| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Fernando A.C., 2010-09 |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance S.K. Bhatia, 2004 The Book Is Divided Into 11 Parts-Business Ethics-Misconception About Business Ethics Managing Ethical Dilemmas-Shaping The Ethical Culture-Professionals And Ethics. Ethical Values-Indian Ethos In Management-Corporate Governance And Professional Ethics-Culture-Corporate Social Responsibility-Protection Of Shareholders. Followed By 9 Annexures, References And Index. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance and Business Ethics Alexander Brink, 2011-08-12 This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective. Corporate governance has enjoyed a long tradition in the English-speaking world of management sciences. Following its traditional understanding it is defined as leadership and control of a firm with the aim of securing the long-term survival and viability of that firm. But recent business scandals and financial crises continue to provide ample cause for concern and have all fuelled interest in the ethical aspects. As a result, corporate governance has been criticized by many social groups. Economic sciences have failed to provide a clear definition of the corporate governance concept. Complexity increases if we embed the economic approach of corporate governance in a philosophical context. This book seeks to define the concept by examining its economic, philosophical and business ethics foundations. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance Ethics & Social Responsibility of Business - SBPD Publications Dr. Amit Kumar, , Dr. Mukund Chandra Mehta, 2021-09-29 1.Business Ethics : An Overview, 2. Business Ethics and its Theories, 3. Nature of Ethics and its Relevance to Business, 4. Corporate Governance : An Introduction and Framework, 5. Failure of Corporate Governance and Reforms, 6. Clause 49 : Corporate Governance Initiative in India, 7. Corporate Governance Practices : An Introduction, 8. Board Committee : Roles and Responsibilities, 9. Whistle Blowing : An Introduction , 10. Whistle Blower Policy and Framework, 11. Whistle Blower Protection Act, 2014, 12 .Corporate Social Responsibility : An Introduction, 13. Corporate Social Responsibilities and Social Audit. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance Walther C. Zimmerli, Klaus Richter, Markus Holzinger, 2007-06-12 This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse facets of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. Coverage presents industry-specific topics in ethics. The book also provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business. |
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| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance and Ethics Zabihollah Rezaee, 2008-06-16 Colleges and universities play an important role in training competent and ethical future academic and business leaders. In today’s global business environment, with volatile worldwide capital markets and eroded investor confidence in corporate accountability, the demand for effective corporate governance and ethical conduct in ensuring reliable financial information is higher than before. This book is intended to develop an awareness and understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, concepts, and issues pertaining to corporate governance and business ethics from historical, global, institutional, commercial, best practices, and regulatory perspectives. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics: Corporate Governance, CSR, Indian Ethics and Values (2nd Revised and Updated Edition) Prof. N.M. Khandelwal, 2020-06-28 The book has been written for MBA students and working managers in order to develop conceptual clarity about ethics, ethos and values as applied to business. The ethical dilemmas faced in day-to-day complex business life have been analyzed. Corporate social responsibility and Corporate Governance have been major contemporary issues due to Asian Crisis, U.S. sub - prime crisis and the current global debt crisis in the U.S.A. and Europe. The book is expected to prepare business managers and leaders with ethical, social and environmental foundations and commitment. They will realize that business without ethics is a sin and governance without ethics is a crime with serious consequences. All ethical dilemmas have ethical solutions also. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance (Principles and Practices) Khanka S.S., 2014 (For the Students of MBA, PGDBM, M.COM. And Other Management Courses) |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Ethics, Governance and Corporate Crime Roshima Said, David Crowther, Azlan Amran, 2014-06-18 This book is comprised of academic work on key current issues pertaining to the areas of ethics, governance and corporate crimes. The book provides a platform for researchers to publish their work, articulate their concerns and offer critical perspectives on what they see happening around them. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance Ethics and CSR Justine Simpson, John R Taylor, 2013-01-03 The rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is creating a paradigm shift in contemporary corporate culture and organizational behaviour with shareholder and stakeholder activism on the rise as international banking crises and global corporate scandals dominate the headlines. Through accountability and transparency, fiduciary capitalism is being challenged to tie sustainability and corporate conscience to the bottom line. With the emergence of impact investing, social responsibility and ethics in corporate governance is becoming essential to long-term success in the new global marketplace. Corporations need to demonstrate that ethical, environmentally conscious business practices and profit are no longer mutually exclusive. Justine Simpson and John R. Taylor's Corporate Governance Ethics and CSR gives the reader a comprehensive guide to today's requirements for governance and reporting that organizations must adopt to successfully strike a balance between financial gain and socially responsible, green business practices that enhance the greater good. Employing current examples (Walmart, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup) and case studies in both the public and private sectors, Simpson and Taylor have compiled a thorough and fascinating roadmap, including historical context, for anyone seeking to understand the complex workings of the international corporate economy that affects us all. This book is perfect for students of, and those wishing to participate in, this revolutionary wave sweeping our planet. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Ethics, Governance and Risk Management in Organizations Intan Marzita Saidon, Roshima Said, 2020-04-06 This book brings together research works, ideas, critical reviews and strategic proposals encompassing various ethical and corporate governance issues in workplaces and organizations around the globe. For the most part, organizations are managed by policies, guidelines and systems. Good ethics and solid corporate governance help to tie these three elements together so that an effective and successful organization is established. Alongside corporate governance, ethics play an integral role in ensuring the long term survival of businesses. Multidisciplinary in approach, this book provides a platform for scholars and researchers from various backgrounds and interdisciplinary expertise to showcase their research work, ideas, critical review and strategic proposals on the ethical aspects, governance and risk management issues in organizations. The book includes discussions of ethical issues in a variety of organizations around the globe including the non-profit and non-governmental sector and also provides readers with ideas, guidelines and strategic recommendations for handling such issues. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Rational Corporate Policies Konstantinos Mantzaris, 2020-10-02 This book is about providing a comprehensive framework for understanding business ethics and corporate governance. As internal doubts persist on whether an individual adheres to business ethics and corporate policies, readers need to utilize this book in order to develop moral reasoning by demonstrating the moral entity consideration principle. This is vital in terms of coping with an internationalized business environment where human resources must adhere to multidimensional and demanding policies, while attempting to develop their mindset capacity of ethical thinking. This book is about providing a comprehensive framework for understanding business ethics and corporate governance, by analyzing the moral aspects of a plethora of challenges regarding human resources management, policy making, corporate responsibility, code of conduct, agency theory, workforce planning, information systems, and employment relationship. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Khanka S.S., Profit maximization motive of business has led to competition and corruption erasing the distinction between ethical and unethical business practices. The result is rampant unethical practices in business causing harm both to business and society. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Case Studies on Business Ethics and Corporate Governance R. Harish, 2008 There is a growing awareness and realization about the need for industry to be more ethical and responsible in its actions, whether towards its employees, suppliers or customers; or towards the environment and the society at large. Adhering to appropriate norms and regulations pertaining to corporate governance and maintaining financial and fiscal integrity are also gaining importance. Shareholder groups too have become more active and are raising their voices whenever they observe that companies may not have been adequately ethical and fair in their behavior and dealings. Several movements aimed at ethical and fairtrade practices have gained ground, and products with fairtrade and/or environment friendly/organic labels are beginning to command significant market demand and price premiums. Given this background, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance have become important subjects of study in many business schools across the world. It is, therefore, felt that a book of cases pertaining to the concepts and issues typically dealt with in such a course would be of immense help to both faculty and students. This book attempts to fill this need by presenting a bouquet of cases on a cross-section of topics that may be covered in a course on Business Ethics and Corporate Governance. The cases are selected from different industries and geographic regions of the world, thereby adding to the diversity and richness of content. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Ethics, Governance, and Social Responsibility: Precepts and Practices: Precepts and Practices A. C. Fernando, 2009 Is profit-making the only goal of a business? Should an unbridled market mechanism drive corporate enterprise? To what extent should corporations compensate for the manifest and hidden costs that are incurred by the society at large? These are some of the questions that have engaged specialist economists, business barons, corporate heads and management experts for decades. Corporate Ethics, Governance, and Social Responsibility: Precepts and Practices addresses these issues and deals with three key concepts impacting contemporary businesses: business or corporate ethics, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics Deon Rossouw, 2013 Why do ethics make business sense? What is the social responsibility of business? What is the role of ethics within corporate governance? How should organisations manage ethics from within? Business Ethics fifth edition is suitable for BCom students following courses in ethics, and can also be used for graduate or postgraduate modules in business management and human resource management. Given the growing emphasis on corporate governance, the book is also of relevance to business ethics practitioners as it addresses key ethical issues affecting corporations in the twenty-first century. Business Ethics tracks global developments in areas such as corporate ethical culture and highlights the relevance thereof within the southern African context. Features: Reference to how the Companies Act of 2008 affects ethics governance and the impact of the Social and Ethics Committee introduced by the Act Reference to ethics reporting in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI G4) sustainability reporting guidelines published in 2013 Updated chapters on macro-ethics and corporate responsibility A new chapter on leadership commitment and governance structures that address the role of leadership and ethics management programmes in building ethical culture in organisations Updated chapters on ethics and corporate governance, determining ethics risk and formulating an ethics strategy, institutionalising ethics, reporting ethics performance, and organisational ethical culture 13 new case studies to facilitate the application of knowledge and skills to specific business scenarios.--Publisher description. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance K Viyyanna Rao, G Naga Raju, 2017-10-31 The present volume covers a wide spectrum of issues from Governance to Ethics. What contributes to the survival of a business is its sincerity to the society. Keeping this as the core of the discussion, the book covers the topics including governance practices in India and abroad, the role of board of directors, independent directors, audit committees and auditors. The book also contains discussion on the role of SEBI, stock exchanges and the Government of India. An analysis of the provisions incorporated in the Companies Act, 2013 is unique. Another major part of discussion pertains to the precepts and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility. Presentation of Live Cases drawn from the contemporary developments is another highlight of the book. Salient Features: Ideas and tools for implementation of ethics with the help of qualitative and quantitative analysis and interpretation. Corporate governance reforms and best practices for a global perspective and business ethics from behavioural and applied aspects. Maximum flexibility in presenting the amount and order of materials on corporate governance and business ethics. Live and practical examples in the form of case studies/exhibits at relevant places. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance and Business Ethics Jeremy Moon, Marc Orlitzky, Glen Whelan, 2010 This volume re-integrates corporate governance and business ethics which can be treated as separate entities. It traces recent ways in which the ethics of corporate governance have been articulated through reviews of practice, ethical re-evaluations, agency theory, the stakeholder concept and international developments. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Project Governance Patrick S. Renz, 2007-01-08 This book unveils a gap in the governance of development projects that ultimately hinders effective, transparent and accountable usage of resources. Illustrated with entertaining examples, the book develops a Project Governance model. The models six modules build an integrated, strategically oriented and ethically reflected platform for a more truthful and efficient cooperation in difficult projects or programs such as in development. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics K. Praveen Parboteeah, John B. Cullen, 2013-04-12 Business Ethics provides a thorough review and analysis of business ethics issues using several learning tools: Strategic Stakeholder Management as the Theme: All chapters use a strategic stakeholder approach as a unifying theme. The text is thus the first text that adopts this approach. Most business ethics scholars and practitioners agree that successful ethical companies are the ones that can strategically balance the needs of their various stakeholders. By adopting this approach, students will be able to see how the various aspects of business ethics are connected. Theory-based and Application-based: All chapters have important applicable theories integrated with discussion of how such theories apply in practice. Unlike other texts that are either too theoretical or too practical, this text provides the appropriate blend of theory and practice to provide deeper insights into the concepts covered in the chapter. Global Perspective: Unless most other texts, this text provides a global perspective on business ethics. Most chapters include material pertaining to ethics in global contexts. Included are cases about companies in a wide range of countries including Japan, U.K., China and India among many others. Cases: The text contains over 30 real world global cases. Each chapter ends with a short two page case as well as a longer case that varies in length. Each has discussions questions at the end. Finally each of the four parts ends with a Comprehensive Case; proven teaching cases from The Ivey School and other sources. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics Business Ethics, 2015-01-13 Ethics is beyond business. Ethical practices in the business and marketing activities sustain in the long run. There needs to continuous improvement, transparency, compassion, truthfulness and respect in business practices by the corporates. This book on business ethics and corporate governance has a mixture of concepts, opinions, perceptions and practices in the various activities of business. It contains research case studies and examples of various activities of business. It goes deeper into the realities based on research studies. The book presents blend of various corporates opinions, perceptions and practices on corporate social responsibilities, business ethics, ethical issues in marketing by concentrating on the factors such as product, pricing, advertisement and sales and distribution. The book will be useful for business management courses both for undergraduate and post graduate levels and also for senior level executive and corporate. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, Second Edition BALACHANDRAN, V., CHANDRASEKARAN, V., 2011-12-31 This book, now in its second edition, examines various issues and factors underlying corporate governance and suggests remedies for problems. It addresses contemporary ethical, legal and environmental issues and concepts in the corporate business world, and discusses various codes of conduct, concepts, guidelines, and rules and regulations in relation to ethical business practices. The book is designed for postgraduate students of commerce and management. It would also be useful to students of law, chartered accountancy, company secretaryship, and ICWA. It can also serve as a reference for corporate professionals, administrators, and practising managers. Key features: Examines the CSR practices of Indian corporates. Provides an account of the legislation governing corporate social responsibility. Highlights contributions made to CSR by corporates through NGOs. Provides guidelines for ethics to be maintained by professionals. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance and Ethics Alejo G. Sison, 2010-01-01 This book can be highly recommended to corporate directors, executives, managers and interested academics. At the same time, however, I think it should also be on the reading list of every politician involved in rethinking the regulations of the economic system in these times of social, ecological and financial crisis. Frederic Ghys, Ethical Perspectives This is an interesting and thought provoking study that deals with a relatively neglected area of corporate and personal leadership. . . this book makes a significant contribution to recognising the emerging social and moral responsibilities of the individual leader at board level. . . The case studies used to support the author s argument are extremely detailed and would certainly be of interest to those on corporate boards and directors of organisations who maybe seeking answers to lessons learned and the author makes a clear recommendation regarding the teaching of virtuous values to corporate leaders. Trevor K. Horne, Leadership Matters Corporate Governance and Ethics is an illuminating and practical reading of Aristotle s Politics for today s corporate directors. With a deft synthesis of ethics, economics and politics, Alejo Sison elevates the discussion of corporate governance out of the realm of abstract rules and structures into a more effective form of Aristotelian politics. He argues that corporate governance is a human practice where subjective, ethical conditions outweigh the mastery of techniques, since the firm is not a mere production function but, above all, a community of workers. Corporate governance issues are discussed in a holistic fashion, using international case studies to embed the discussion in environments defined by their economic, legal and cultural systems. One of the author s key messages is that reform starts with the ethical and political education of directors. Alejo Sison uses an integrative approach to corporate governance that incorporates ethical-political considerations with the economic and legal dimensions of issues. He backs his theoretical claims with a series of case histories including Fiat from Italy, Cheung Kong Holdings and Whampoa Limited from China, Banco Popular from Spain and United Airlines from the US. He provides a special focus on the education of corporate directors in accordance with the principles of Aristotle s Politics. This accessible book will appeal to corporate directors, executives and managers; academics and students with an interest in corporate governance, leadership and ethics, corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility; and modern readers of Aristotle s virtue theory and politics in relation to business ethics. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics Bob Tricker, Gretchen Tricker, 2014-01-03 Traditionally, books on business ethics focus on CSR, companies’ relations with their stakeholders, and corporate citizenship. More recently, green credentials and sustainability have been added to that agenda. Unconventionally, this book argues that business ethics are basic to running business, not a separate subject. They are inherent to the governance and management of every organization, not an optional exercise in corporate citizenship. Business ethics concern behaviour in business and the behaviour of business. Decisions at every level in a company have ethical implications – strategically in the board room, managerially throughout the organization, and operationally in all of its activities. The use, and sometimes the abuse, of corporate power, the process of corporate governance, raises ethical issues. Business involves risk-taking, whether decisions are at the strategic, managerial, or operational level. Exposure to ethical risk needs to be part of every organization’s strategy formulation, policy making, and enterprise risk management. Designed to be read by both undergraduates and postgraduates, this book is a primer on ethics in business. It is also relevant to ethics courses that are now part of many legal, accountancy and other professional examinations. The book is not about moral philosophy, nor does it prescribe appropriate standards of behaviour or recommend economic, legal or political solutions. Rather it enables readers to recognize ethical issues in business, to respond appropriately, and to embed ethics in business processes. The book not only considers what business ethics are, and why they are important, but offers practical approaches on how to develop a successful corporate ethics culture. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Issues in Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility SAGE Publishing, 2020-03-19 One need only look at the news to be bombarded with examples of corporate malfeasance and the impact such behavior has on a company’s public image, customers, employees, and bottom line. And while these stories grab the headlines, some companies are adopting practices that display awareness of their impact on the globe, whether that be to the environment, its employees and suppliers, or communities in which they do business. What factors are leading to these decisions? What are the benefits and costs of making ethical business decisions and acting in a socially responsible way, however one defines it? Issues in Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility explores these foundational themes across a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, workplace surveillance, supply chain management, big data, the finance industry, and many more. Coupled with a broad introduction by Dr. David Weitzner, a professor of management at York University, this book provides students with the essential information they need to assess business practices through the lens of ethical decision-making and corporate social responsibility. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective, 3e A C Fernando, K P Muralidheeran et al., 2019 Business Ethics: an Indian perspective provides a comprehensive coverage of the theories of business Ethics and emphasises the importance of ethical principles in overcoming moral dilemmas in the business world. Using a large number of india-centric case studies and examples, this book helps readers develop the Reasoning and Analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business. The coverage on the ethical theories underlying business and their application in the real world, a special focus on ethical issues in consumer Protection and the information Technology sector, whistle-blowing and real life corporate incidents makes this revised edition highly relevant for students today. features: one new chapters on corporate governance and ethics in Banking and Insurance Indian perspective presented through contextually relevant case studies and examples Detailed discussion on issues in the financial, marketing, and human Resource Management disciplines of businesses and whistle-blowing and corruption in India Extensive coverage on emerging cybercrime and the Indian laws governing them An appendix that provides information on the scope and functioning of the right to information Act 2005 |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Ethics, Social Responsibility and Innovation in Corporate Governance Jernej Belak, Mojca Duh, 2017-01-06 The misconduct of various companies directs both practitioners and academics towards the necessity for a requisitely holistic approach to governance and management. As such, there is a current focus for researchers and practitioners on contemporary solutions for governance and management in this sense. Such efforts have led to the development of integral management and governance, meaning that the process of management and governance in a certain company has to be integrated and consistent with culture, credibility, entrepreneurial spirit, ecology, ethics, innovation, and social responsibility. Consequently, in the process of a company’s management and governance, the key stakeholders have to achieve the (corporate) integrity of their company’s functioning. The integrity of such a company’s functioning is currently treated as the precondition for a company’s success in the long run. This volume explores such issues in the broader context of the MER Model of Integral Management and Governance, which is based on the multi-layered integration of governance and management with an enterprise and its environment, considering the fundamental aspirations for the enterprise’s existence and, thus, its quantitative, as well as qualitative, changes. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics Zabihollah Rezaee, 2019-11-06 A comprehensive framework for understanding the most important issues in global business This is the e-book version of Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics. In today's business environment, multinational corporations are under pressure from investors, lawmakers, and regulators to improve their corporate governance, business sustainability, and corporate culture. Business sustainability, corporate governance, and organizational ethics are taking center stage in the global business environment. This long-awaited text covers each of these three important areas in detail, guiding readers to a robust understanding with features including chapter summaries, essential terms, discussion questions, and cases for each topic covered. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERANCE GHOSH, 2012 Overview: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance is a research based textbook which encompasses latest developments, contemporary issues and polemics in today’s businesses. This book helps in developing critical thinking and resolving any and all ethical issues that are a reality for businesses today. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Ravi Kumar, 2017-01-26 Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 10.00, Lancaster University, language: English, abstract: The transnational corporations and globalisation of economic activities has led to two broader issues i.e. corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. Though, they are well appreciated by mass population but still it has certain negative socio-economic effects. As certain writers have pointed out, corporations are special organisations which have enormous impact and influence upon different economies. This is especially in context to the developing economies, where the local government don't have any other option but to go ahead with the terms and conditions of these corporations. In order to exploit the environmental regulations, lower standards on working conditions and basic worker rights, many corporations from developed countries like United States have begun their operations in developing countries of Asia and Africa. But, these corporations claim that they create more jobs and work within the law. While some of these claims are now often unearthed and attacked by social activists and media. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics Norman E. Bowie, 2002-02-15 The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics, written by international experts in the field, acquaints the reader with theoretical and pedagogical issues, ethical issues in the practice of business and exciting new directions in the field. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance Lawrence E. Mitchell, 2017-05-15 The study of corporate governance is a relatively modern development, with significant attention devoted to the subject only during the last fifty years. The topics covered in this volume include the purpose of the corporation, the board of directors, the role of shareholders, and more contemporary developments like hedge fund activism, the role of sovereign wealth funds, and the development of corporate governance law in what perhaps will become the dominant world economy over the next century, China. The editor has written an introductory essay which briefly describes the intellectual history of the field and analyses the material selected for the volume. The papers which have been selected present what the editor believes to be some of the best and most representative studies of the subjects covered. As a result the volume offers a rounded view of the contemporary state of the some of the dominant issues in corporate governance. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Corporate Governance And Business Ethics : Text And Cases U C Mathur, 2005 Business world is, to an extent, a reflection of the country s social and cultural ethos. The unprincipled behaviour among people has become so commonplace that even the corporate world has been affected. It is, therefore, felt that unless companies look after the interests of their stakeholders and apply the ethical code of conduct in their dealings, they can at best gain only temporary benefits. Companies have begun to realise the importance of good Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. Business Schools and their governing bodies too have realised the importance of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics and have included these as subjects to be studied in the postgraduate programmes of Business Management. This book covers the syllabus of some major business schools, which have already introduced the subject. A number of live-wire case studies embellish the book to make it a proper learning medium. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Evolutions in Corporate Governance Alison L. Dempsey, 2017-09-08 In a world where the implications and consequences of corporate actions and decisions are potentially far-reaching and lasting, ethical standards − their observance and their breach − must be part of the language of business conduct, whether in the context of corporate transgressions, regulatory effectiveness, terms of engagement between business and their stakeholders, or the metrics used by investors in assessing performance and risk and understanding long-term value. This critically important book proposes a new paradigm for understanding, developing and maintaining standards of corporate governance. Its point of departure is not a position along the diverse paths of traditional corporate governance and regulatory theory, law and practice, nor specific questions of how to institute, implement and observe policies and practices that function as proxies for good governance. Instead, it starts with the idea of framing governance generally, and corporate governance specifically, as a matter of conduct that is guided by a set of fundamental ideals and principles. Evolutions in Corporate Governance attempts to answer the wider question of how to re-imagine a framework within which ‘good’ corporate governance − that takes account of and is responsible for the social, environmental, ethical as well as legal and economic dimensions of business conduct − is addressed alongside issues of profitability and competition, in the face of forces of globalization and business influence that are testing the limits of what can be accomplished by traditional law and regulation. Dempsey contends that meaningful change in behaviour will only come when there is a corporate governance framework that explicitly encompasses both law and ethics. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics Zabihollah Rezaee, 2019-11-12 A comprehensive framework for understanding the most important issues in global business This is the e-book version of Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics. In today's business environment, multinational corporations are under pressure from investors, lawmakers, and regulators to improve their corporate governance, business sustainability, and corporate culture. Business sustainability, corporate governance, and organizational ethics are taking center stage in the global business environment. This long-awaited text covers each of these three important areas in detail, guiding readers to a robust understanding with features including chapter summaries, essential terms, discussion questions, and cases for each topic covered. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: The Rise of Business Ethics Bernard Mees, 2019-11-28 In 1973, Daniel Bell argued that corporations in post-industrial societies increasingly needed to behave in accord with widely accepted social norms, particularly in terms of ethical behavior and social responsibility. Yet widespread criticism of business behavior was not an invention of the 1960s and 70s or a product of changing commercial norms. The key feature historically has been business scandal. Understandings of how the field of business ethics has emerged are undeveloped, however. This book is the first attempt to explain the conditions which saw a focus develop on business ethics especially in the 1960s and 70s, and how the broader field developed to encompass related notions such as corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, ethical leadership, sustainable business and responsible management education. The Rise of Business Ethics provides an introduction and analysis of the key developments in contemporary business ethics by examining them in terms of their diachronic development – the key thinkers, the key issues, the key institutions and how they each contributed to contemporary understandings of business ethics, governance and practice. Addressing the topic from a European as well as North American perspective, The Rise of Business Ethics will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of business ethics, business and society, business history, organization studies and political economy. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management Archie Carroll, Ann Buchholtz, 2008-03-20 Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Law and Ethics in Global Business Brian Nelson, 2013-10-31 This book provides comprehensive and, above all, business focused guidance on the fundamentals of business law and how they should be integrated into ethical and effective business decisions. It concentrates on legal principles and thereby is able to articulate the impact of global business law and its international applications providing a comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical principles which both facilitate and regulate corporate business. This is an ambitious undertaking, yet arguably no more ambitious than the projects undertaken by global business leaders making business decisions around the world. The author combines the expertise of a long-term blue chip law background with the insights of an experienced business educator. Law and Ethics in Global Business is both a comprehensive course book for MBA study and an invaluable business reference source for any executive involved in global business. |
| business ethics and corporate governance: Leadership and Business Ethics Gabriel Flynn, 2008-07-17 This book points to a necessary relationship between ethics and business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership. Without the sort of leadership that upholds the dignity and rights of employees and clients, as well as the interests of shareholders, even the most meticulously prepared ethics statements are destined to founder, as evidenced at Enron and elsewhere. Over the past 30 years or so, since business ethics became established as a discipline in its own right, much progress has been made in the ethical conduct of business at all levels. In short, business people, like politicians, doctors and church leaders, have come to realize that it is not possible to avoid involvement in ethics, for much of what business people do and cannot do may be subject to ethical evaluation. While the history of business ethics as currently practised may be traced to the medieval and ancient periods; our principal concern is with developments in the ?eld over recent decades. A consideration of how the topic has been treated by the Harvard Business Review, the business world’sleadingprofessionaljournal,provideshelpful insights into past progress and present challenges. In 1929, just as business ethics was beginning to evolve, Wallace B. |
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CULTIVATE definition: 1. to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop: 2. to try to develop and….
EQUITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
EQUITY definition: 1. the value of a company, divided into many equal parts owned by the shareholders, or one of the….
LIAISE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
LIAISE definition: 1. to speak to people in other organizations, etc. in order to work with them or exchange….
