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In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 9, pp. 8-11

What organizations spring to mind when corporate social responsibility is mentioned? Perhaps you think of the Body Shop who will not sell products that are tested on animals. Or maybe you picture Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream corporation that aims to recognize “the central role that...

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Corporate socialism unethically masquerades as “CSR”

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 6, pp. 31-35

In light of a slew of recent ethical infractions in business, commercial organizations are increasingly expected to exhibit ethical behavior and moral management, and rightly so. However, firms are now also being called to practice “corporate social responsibility” (CSR), not always rightly...

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Volvo the winner on issues of car safety

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 10, pp. 25-27

It is 75 years since women in the United Kingdom became enfranchised, and this anniversary has prompted much comment and debate about feminist issues in the British media. Anyone who suggested now that women should not have the vote would be ridiculed. Nevertheless, such a view would have been...

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Establishing a policy for whistleblowing

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 6, pp. 14-17

Last year, for the first time since 1986, Time Magazine awarded its prestigious Person of the Year accolade to three females. Why? Because these women had the courage to speak up about wrongdoings within their respective organizations. Sherron Watkins (of Enron), FBI staff attorney Coleen Rowley...

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Can money and ethics mix?

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 6, pp. 18-20

According to a recent opinion poll conducted by the Gallup Organization measuring the honesty and ethics of different …

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Microsoft’s anti‐trust tryst: ethical implications

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 6, pp. 21-23

With more twists and turns and more ups and downs than a roller coaster ride, Microsoft’s anti‐trust case rumbles on. The latest turn? After being told that it does not have to break into two after all (a perceived victory snatched from the jaws of defeat), the software giant is now in...

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Is there such a thing as an ethical consumer?

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 6, pp. 28-30

Ethics has become a cliché, Enron an everyday word and corporate governance an international obsession. Companies are … globe for ethics, ethics and more ethics, do we actually practice what we preach? Do we know the good companies from the bad … and, if so, are we prepared to choose one brand over another for the sole reason of ethics, regardless of cost, quality or …

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Shell’s bid to rebuild its reputation

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 7, pp. 9-11

no one but Shell itself, which has learned the hard way the value of social awareness, ethics and trust in a world that …

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Deeply ethical

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 8, pp. 25-27

practice, as well as the time allocated to studying business ethics on academic courses, most of us presume without question …

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7th CFO summit: conference report

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 3, pp. 3-5

The 7th CFO summit took place last month in Phoenix, Arizona. This three‐day conference, packed with seminars, one‐to‐one meetings and social events, provided senior finance executives from across the USA with an opportunity to get together and discuss ideas, swap experiences and gain...

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