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Business Ethics: A stakeholder, governance and risk approach
13 Dec 2013-
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the evolution of business ethics and its application in the field of finance and business operations, and present a sound business ethics culture that unifies business ethics, governance, and risk.
Abstract: Part I: Business Ethics - Principles 1. Business Ethics Affects Everyone 2. The Evolution of Business Ethics 3. On Corporate Social Responsibility 4. Business Ethics and Corporate Governance 5. Business Ethics and Risk Management Part II: Business Ethics - Practice 6. Creating a Sound Ethics Culture 7. Uniting Business Ethics, Governance and Risk 8. Business Ethics in Finance 9. Ethics in Business Operations 10. Business Ethics and Employees 11. Business Ethics, Society and the State 12. The Future of Business Ethics
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TL;DR: In this article, a large survey of Australian public service workers was used to compare the findings of previous studies in relation to whistle-blowing likelihood and to extend the quantitative findings to include ethnicity or cultural marginalisation and occupational and professional role and affiliation.
Abstract: Whistle-blowing has the important role of reducing the prevalence and impact of wrongdoing in organisations. The purpose of this paper is to utilise a very large survey of Australian Public Service (APS) workers to replicate the findings of previous studies in relation to whistle-blowing likelihood and to extend the quantitative findings in relation to whistle-blowing antecedents to include ethnicity or cultural marginalisation and occupational and professional role and affiliation.,The authors utilise the 2014 APS Census, a large data set containing 100,000 observations relating to employee engagement, leadership, health, satisfaction and general impressions of the public service. Logistic regression is employed to obtain estimates and marginal effects in respect to predictors for whistle-blowing. The authors determine the Bayesian information criterion to assess the impact of ethnicity on the probability of whistle-blowing.,The findings support the notion that organisational “outsiders” tend to report perceived wrongdoing less than those who feel assured of their cultural or organisational status. The authors further find support for the notion that membership of small organisational groupings, primarily measured by organisational size, also tends to reduce the whistle-blowing likelihood. Opportunities for further research and potential policy and practical issues are discussed briefly in conclusion.,While confirming the predictors seen in many previous studies, the authors identify groups who report more or less than expected that have not been reported in previous research. These include employees from a non-English speaking background and various occupational and professional groups “at risk” of low reporting.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on identifying the ethical issues in business organisations with special emphasized to the apparel manufacturing organizations, such as poor working conditions, law wages, long working hours and prevention of worker rights in relation to joining together in trade unions.
Abstract: Business organisations face ethical questions everyday concerning all aspects of the business. Today the management of ethics has become a very important aspect in the general management of business in order to maintain harmony within the organization and to ensure harmonious existence in the society. Business ethics can be defined as the principles and standards that determine acceptable conduct in business organizations which determined by customers, competitors, government regulators, interest groups, and the public, as well as each individual’s personal moral principles and values.The apparel industry in Sri Lanka is one of the most important business sectors as it is the number one foreign exchange earner and the largest single employer in the manufacturing industry. The industry provides direct employment opportunities to over 300,000 and 600,000. The ethical business practices of apparel industry are more important towards the business creditability and growth of Sri Lankan economy as over the past decade, global interest has focused on how, where and by whom products were made.The field of business ethics has traditionally been the domain of philosophers, academics and social critic. Consequently, much of today's literature about business ethics is not geared toward the practical information on managing ethics in the workplaces. The problem is the outcome of insufficient involvement of leaders and managers in discussion and literature about business ethics. Therefore, this paper focused on identifying the ethical issues in business organisations with special emphasized to the apparel manufacturing organisations. Poor working conditions, law wages, long working hours and prevention of worker rights in relation to joining together in trade unions were identified as the critical ethical issues in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka.
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...Tricker and Tricker (2014) explained that ethical issues arise throughout business, in all types of organisations, at all organisational levels, and every country and culture....
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TL;DR: In this article, an online structured survey gathered responses from all eight of the pilot construction projects gathering information on benefits to organisations and New Entrance Trainees (NETs). Findings indicate 63% of organisations would voluntarily adopt social clauses.
Abstract: The triple-bottom-line for construction sustainability proposes three main pillars: environmental, financial and social. Governments recognised that public spending through the procurement process is capable of instigating social change through social clauses in construction contracts. Northern Ireland was one of the first test areas to implement this within the United Kingdom. After the initial pilot clauses were trialled, “Buy Social” was implemented in pilot form. However, no assessment of “Buy Social” was conducted prior to this study, which examines impacts from a “Buy Social” and previous social clause perspective. An online structured survey gathered responses from all eight of the pilot construction projects gathering information on benefits to organisations and New Entrance Trainees (NETs). Findings indicate 63% of organisations would voluntarily adopt social clauses. A large number of social clause impacts on NET’s are documented: the most positive being that after being involved in social clauses 88% were considered more employable.
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...Literature was divided on whether social clauses should result in mandatory or voluntary CSR: MacFarlane (2014) [8] stated contractual approaches are better, but Tricker & Tricker (2014) [23] argued they should be voluntary....
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