The objective of this paper is to present different approaches that explain the corporate social responsibility. First, we describe two approaches based on economic (rational approach) and moral considerations (moral approach). Second, we propose an alternative approach that suggests that...

Ethical formalization is a statement setting down corporate values, principles and beliefs. Analysis of ethics policies in large France based companies shows that it is becoming a new dimension of management completing corporate strategy. The study of these ethical formal policies is followed by...

Our article aims at evaluating the theories used to the ethical analysis of human resource management (HRM), by highlighting the contribution and limits of each theory to our understanding of ethical issues in HRM. In order to do this, first, we have made a theoretical and critical examination...

Drawing on the emerging identity work literature, this article adopts a Foucauldian perspective to further investigate how individuals deal with their moral agency in practice. To this end, we conduct an empirical case study linked to the introduction of a new management practice in a service...

In a book published in late 2010, Bertrand Collomb and Michel Drancourt set out a “defence of business” (Plaidoyer pour l’entreprise. Paris: François Bourin, 2010). The authors share a passion for business, the first as a director for almost 20 years of the Lafarge Group (a leading player...

Le terme d'éthique est devenu au fil des vingt dernières années un mot commun, dont le sens dépend de son utilisateur et régulièrement mobilisé dans le champ du management. Il est particulièrement prisé pour parler du comportement des entreprises vis-à-vis de ses partenaires et de ses...