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Body Shop International: an exploration of corporate social responsibility
Dennis, Bryan; Neck, Christopher P.; Goldsby, Michael - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 10, pp. 649-653
Attempts to examine the following question: is Body Shop International a socially responsible organization? This exploration includes a description of the concept of corporate social responsibility and an investigation of some specific actions by Body Shop International to ascertain whether or...
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Ethical behavior and social responsibility in organizations: process and evaluation
Fray, Anne Marie - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 1, pp. 76-88
ensuring a performance link and strengthening the managerial axis as a vector of ethics. Originality/value – The paper … survey, but opens the way for subsequent research connecting the proposed paths to the concept of sustainable ethics …
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Managerial Responsibility: The Re‐emergence of the Corporate Conscience
Maddux, Gary A. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 5
The author propounds that management carries a responsibility – to employees and suppliers as well as customers. Respect is seen as the key relationship variable. In this it is argued such managerial techniques as Management by Objectives (MBO) and internal competition are counterproductive.
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Poor Quality Products: Is their Production Unethical?
Helms, Marilyn M.; Hutchins, Betty A. - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5
Suggests that declining product quality and manufacturers′ social responsibility is of increasing concern to consumers and to manufacturers, who must bear the cost of such faulty practice. Reviews documented cases of poor quality products and matches them with the ethical theories of...
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Business ethics, where do we stand? Towards a new inquiry
de Rond, Mark - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 4, pp. 54-61
Reviews ten criticisms concerning business ethics: six of which question the development of the field in general; and … which individual integrity, rather than corporate ethics is paramount.  …
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Integrating ethics into the strategic management process: doing well by doing good
Key, Susan; Popkin, Samuel J. - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 5, pp. 331-338
Using ethical considerations in strategic decision making will result in the development of the most effective long term and short term strategies. Specifically, ethical criteria must be included as part of the strategic process in before‐profit decisions rather than after‐profit decisions...
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The dark side of management decisions: organisational psychopaths
Boddy, Clive Roland - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 10, pp. 1461-1475
Purpose – This paper aims to look at some of the implications of organisational psychopaths for organisations and corporations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper defines organisational psychopaths as being those psychopaths who exist at an incidence of about 1 percent of the general...
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Corporate Codes of Ethics
Schlegelmilch, Bodo B.; Houston, Jane E. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 7
Business ethics is an area growing in importance for business managers. Research in the USA suggests that three …‐quarters of major corporations have specific codes of ethics, and in the UK some 40 per cent (and increasing) of major … organisations have codes of ethics. This article explains a survey on corporate ethics undertaken in the UK and points to some …
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A Human Resource Philosophy
Kilcourse, Tom - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 9, pp. 37-42
By subjugating the judgement of its managers to systems, or to the ego of a Messianic MD, modern organizations squeeze … demonstrating the ethics which they espouse. Gives examples of behaviour which arises when there is no clear moral lead …
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Value‐driven Management
Ginsburg, Lee; Miller, Neil - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 4
In changing times, vision and values can be the most powerful focus an organisation can have. The CEO is an architect of these values. They must be shared, and tied to reward systems. Several case examples are cited, including statements of values from DuPont, Tampella and American Commercial...
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