Corporate Business Ethics Research Articles

Инструментарий оценки и повышения эффективности деятельности нефтегазовых предприятий

The principles, criteria, indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of the oil and gas complex in various business areas are considered. The classification of performance indicators is systematized according to the criteria of economy, efficiency, investment attractiveness and business value. The importance of the social components of efficiency for large integrated production and economic systems and the compliance of the program of social and economic development of the oil and gas complex with state priorities are emphasized. A descriptive model for managing the efficiency of an oil and gas complex has been formed. The importance of highlighting the effectiveness of marketing, strategic and operational management, as well as the use of tools for achieving social efficiency according to the criterion "Corporate Business Ethics" in accordance with ESG standards is shown.

Business ethics education, employee perceptions of corporate business ethics, and organizational performance of apparel companies

Business ethics education, employee perceptions of corporate business ethics, and organizational performance of apparel companies

Critical Business Ethics: From Corporate Self‐interest to the Glorification of the Sovereign Pater

AbstractResearch in critical business ethics has demonstrated how economic self‐interest is the primary reason that businesses adopt nominally ethical practices. After reviewing this body of research, the authors propose that it can be further developed by questioning its conception of self‐interest, by exploring its non‐economic dimensions and by reconsidering the meaning of the ‘self’ that is said to have such interests. Drawing insights from feminist theory and political theology, the paper interrogates corporate business ethics as a public glorification of corporate power based on a patriarchal conception of the corporation. Genealogically rooted in early Christian ceremonial practices used to glorify God the Father, this is a glorification for the sake of glory rather than just for the sake of commercial ends. The authors further argue that corporate business ethics is rendered as the feminized servant of the sovereign corporate patriarch, always at hand to glorify the master. The meaning of corporate business ethics is hence one where the feminine is not absent, but rather is servile to a masculinity conceived in relation to domination, greatness and sovereignty. Collectively, this shows how the power wielded and desired by corporate business ethics far exceeds the pursuit of financial self‐interest; it is also related to modelling the corporation on a male God. The paper concludes by considering how research in critical business ethics can be extended through forms of inquiry that destabilize the ethical glorification of the corporation, and displace its masculinist privilege.

CSR Responsiveness vs. Corporate Business Ethics-A Critical Analysis

With the dawn of mandating the implementation of CSR in the Companies Bill (2013), many corporates are yet to adopt appropriate policies and procedures that fall into the context of CSR Activities.The ethics of the organization define its moral obligation not only to its employees but also to the society. CSR Responsiveness and Ethics of the organization should go hand in hand to bring about effective CSR Practices that would create a significant outcome towards the growth and development of our nation. The study aims to understand the implication of CSR Responsiveness with the Corporate Business Ethics existing in a Multinational Organization in India. The study was conducted in one of the top Multinational IT Sectors in Tamil Nadu and the census method was adopted and all 137 employees who were engaged in the CSR Division of the organization were taken for the study adopting the descriptive research design. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between CSR Responsiveness and the Corporate Ethics of the organization. These attributes tend to affect the other when implemented depicting a strong bond with one another. Employees may be given awareness with regard to the salient features of the 'Companies Bill 2013' (Section 135) to ensure effective implementation of CSR Practices. An effective scientific enquiry may be undertaken in order to identify the strengths and short comings of the scheme. Thus, bringing about a congruence between CSR Responsiveness and the Corporate Business Ethics Existing in the Organization. This would ensure that CSR Responsiveness and Ethics of the organization go hand in hand in bringing about effective CSR Practices that would create a significant outcome toward the growth and development of our nation.

Democratic Business Ethics: Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal and the Disruption of Corporate Sovereignty

There is an established body of politically informed scholarly work that offers a sustained critique of how corporate business ethics is a form of organizing that acts as a subterfuge to facilitate the expansion of corporate sovereignty. This paper contributes to that work by using its critique as the basis for theorizing an alternative form of ethics for corporations. Using the case of the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal as an illustrative example, the paper theorizes an ethics that locates corporations in the democratic sphere so as to defy their professed ability to organize ethics in a self-sufficient and autonomous manner. The Volkswagen scandal shows how established organizational practices of corporate business ethics are no barrier to, and can even serve to enable, the rampant pursuit of business self-interest through well-orchestrated and large-scale conspiracies involving lying, cheating, fraud and lawlessness. The case also shows how society, represented by individuals and institutions, is able to effectively resist such corporate malfeasance. The ‘democratic business ethics’ that this epitomizes is one where civil society holds corporations to account for their actions, and in so doing disrupts corporate sovereignty. This ethics finds practical purchase in forms of dissent that redirect power away from centres of organized wealth and capital, returning it to its democratically rightful place with the people, with society.

Interrelation between Work Ethics and Business Ethics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Strictly speaking, business ethics is the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity. In practice, however, various studies may fall under this category, as long as they touch upon such issues as moral values and beliefs, (in)justice, legal compliance and the like, as related to management-employee relationship, or, generally, a company's relations with its stakeholders. Previous research has, for instance, dealt with the behaviour of individuals when faced with ethical choices, assessment of choices made by business executives (Jones 1991; Trevino 1986), with the interest focused on the effects of situational or contextual variables on ethical behaviour (e.g. Ford and Richardson 1994; Jones and Kavanagh 1996; Mesmer-Magnus and Viswesvaran 2005; Robertson and Ross 1995; Trevino 1986). Quinn (1997) suggested a distinction between personal ethics and business ethics, He found some evidence that people's personal ethical attitudes are not brought to bear on business issues. Carlson, Kacmar, and Wadsworth (2002) found that the context of a given situation had an effect on perceptions of ethical or non-ethical behaviour.The paper will discuss corporate business practices perceived through the lens of the employee’s work ethics; exposing the dichotomies and dilemmas faced by employees despite numerous business ethics policies and guidelines. To start with, work ethics will be presented from the cross-cultural perspective, spanning from work ethics and Islam and focusing on Saudi Arabia, to Japan and the impact of the Japanese culture on the Japanese work ethics. Against the background of cross-cultural differences in ethical values related to work, 'global' but 'Americanised' corporate business ethics, in particular that of American IT companies will be examined. The author will argue that translating policies and other business-ethics-related documents into several languages is an insufficient strategy in a multinational working environment, leading to increased clashes between the employee’s ethical values embedded in a given culture, on the one hand, and the imposed business ethics values of the parent company on the other. This in turn calls for more localised measures, which will be put forward tentatively.In particular, the author will look into corporate framing and execution of power by companies that goes against their codes of business ethics. Corporate code of ethics and business conduct are discussed since employees are supposed to familiarise themselves with it and apply its standards to their daily working life. All employee of a given company, regardless of employment level, position, or geographic location, are expected to meet its business values and to practise ethical behaviour in all business dealings. New employees are also commonly required to complete an internal ethics course, and then retake it in predefined intervals. Other documents will also be mentioned, whereby employee dilemmas in dealings with external stakeholders, such as partners and suppliers ('partner and supplier codes'; 'directives for relationship with partners') will be taken into consideration.

A Gaming/Simulation Approach to Corporate Business Ethics

A Gaming/Simulation Approach to Corporate Business Ethics

On the Transfer of the State Control and Regulatory Functions to Small Business Associations

The author states that associations of small businesses are necessary for formation of positive corporate business ethics, control over authorities, development of partnership of business and authorities aimed at improving economic performance. Stage-by-stage monitoring of associations of small enterprises is carried out in Moscow. Its first results show that opportunities of transferring some of the state control and regulating functions to business associations unfortunately are rather weak due to immaturity of small business itself.

The relationship of ethical decision-making to business ethics and performance in taiwan

This paper examines the relationship of ethical decision-making by individuals to corporate business ethics and organizational performance of three groups: (i) SMEs (small and medium enterprises), (ii) Outstanding SMEs (the Key Stone Award winners) and (iii) Large Enterprises, in order to provide a reference for Taiwanese entrepreneurs to practice better business ethics. The survey method involved random sampling of 132 enterprises within three groups. Some 524 out of 1320 questionnaires were valid. The survey results demonstrated that ethical decision-making by individuals, corporate business ethics and organizational performance are highly related. In summary, then, high levels of organizational performance were directly attributable to high levels of applied corporate and individual ethics. Furthermore, there is a demonstrable tendency for Outstanding SMEs to reject ethically unsound practices such as padded expense accounts, tax evasion and misleading advertising. The measurement criteria used to assess organizational performance, however, did not include an objective evaluation of financial performance.