Multinationale Firmen stehen zunehmend unter Druck, ihre Geschäfte nach ethischen Grundsätzen zu führen und den Wohlstand in den rohstoffproduzierenden Ländern zu fördern. Viele Unternehmen reagieren darauf, indem sie über ihre sozialen Auswirkungen berichten, wobei einigen von ihnen der...

Aktuelle Umfragen zeigen, dass großen Unternehmen und internationalen Konzernen von der Bevölkerung in Deutschland eher wenig Vertrauen entgegengebracht wird. Dies hat auch entscheidend mit den Themen und der Art und Weise zu tun, wie die Unternehmen kommunizieren. In diesem Kontext ist - von...

The paper deals with the elements of business ethics and social responsibility, as important factors for improving the corporate image of the organizations, and thus achieving a competitive advantage on the market. The competitiveness and development of the organization in conditions of more and...

Ethics has become professional imperative in public relations field, whereby unethical action is not any more considered as integral characteristic of public relations (PR) professionals, especially among scholars and practitioners. However, the question what if public relations professionals...

Codes of ethics encompass companies’ vision on business conduct and ethics in relation with its stakeholders. Presenting a code of ethics is rather a voluntarily process, therefore a large amount of heterogeneity is found among such codes. A general model of code of ethics would be a...

We study the optimal disclosure policy in a sender-receiver communication game where the receiver's morale, defined as his expected state of the world, affects his performance. The sender observes the state and chooses whether to disclose it to the receiver, who then decides whether to...

This is the fifth part of an undisguised six-case series in which the son of a company founder leaves academe to take control of the business. Issues of how to take control, dealing with the union, building trust and respect, and managing change and growth all come up in the series. The A case...

This is the sixth and final part of an undisguised six-case series in which the son of a company founder leaves academe to take control of the business. Issues of how to take control, dealing with the union, building trust and respect, and managing change and growth all come up in the series....