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Corporate (and stakeholder) responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe
Elms, Heather - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 1 (2006) 3, pp. 203-211
stakeholder responsibility in CEE. The paper suggests that CSR should be understood as corporate responsibility to stakeholders … responsibility in CEE are associated with limitations in stakeholder responsibility. It proposes that in a market in which … such stakeholder activism in CEE. Findings – The paper's main conclusion is that without stakeholder responsibility …
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Environmental ethics for business sustainability
Zsolnai, Laszlo - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) 11, pp. 892-899
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to derive operational principles from environmental ethics for business organizations to achieve sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses different levels on which business affects the natural environment. Individual biological...
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“Me, myself & I”: practical egoism, selfishness, self‐interest and business ethics
Debeljak, Jelena; Krkač, Kristijan - In: Social Responsibility Journal 4 (2008) 1/2, pp. 217-227
Purpose – This paper aims to elucidate some of the arguments against egoism in the current debate, as well as to create some new arguments, or rather objections (epistemological and ontological from the position of egoism as moral solipsism), and to explicate some arguments against egoism...
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Acquiring CSR practices: from deception to authenticity
Debeljak, Jelena; Krkač, Kristijan; Bušljeta Banks, Ivana - In: Social Responsibility Journal 7 (2011) 1, pp. 5-22
Purpose – This paper seeks to focus on CSR manifested regarding two points, namely CSR insincerity and authenticity from the point of view of pragmatist and care ethics principles. Its purpose is to evaluate critically the genuineness of the early stages in acquiring CSR practices, and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015021948
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A new direction for CSR: the shortcomings of previous CSR models and the rationale for a new model
Claydon, Jane - In: Social Responsibility Journal 7 (2011) 3, pp. 405-420
Purpose – This paper aims to take the reader on a journey through the development of CSR since it first emerged in the 1940s, through to contemporary models of CSR. Design/methodology/approach – By drawing on existing CSR literature the achievements and gaps of CSR are demonstrated. The...
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Leviticus on how to make and distribute profit
Shapiro, Brian P.; Cohen, Norman M.; Naughton, Michael - In: Society and Business Review 8 (2013) 1, pp. 45-54
Purpose – Leviticus is an important source of moral reflection in Western culture. This paper applies passages from Leviticus 19 and its Rabbinic and medieval commentaries to modern day management education and practice. The purpose of this paper is to explore Leviticus 19's concern with the...
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Treading the lines between self‐interest, cultural relativism and universal principles
Lamond, David - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 8, pp. 1122-1131
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to introduce this special issue of Management Decision by exploring the themes of the issue and the contribution of each of the articles in the collection. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews notions of ethics, justice and responsibility. It...
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Interrelations between competitiveness and responsibility at macro and micro level
Herciu, Mihaela; Ogrean, Claudia - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 8, pp. 1230-1246
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the growing of competitiveness at any level may be possible through more responsibility (business ethics) on the one hand and less corruption (as lack of business ethics) on the other. Design/methodology/approach – The objective of the...
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The hypocrisy‐sincerity continuum in corporate communication and decision making
Fassin, Yves; Buelens, Marc - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 4, pp. 586-600
Purpose – The disconnect between the corporate social responsibility (CSR) rhetoric and the practical reality experienced within companies calls for improved CSR evaluation systems that take into account the hypocrisy content of the firm's communication. The aim of this article is to...
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From learning organization to practically wise organization
Rowley, Jennifer; Gibbs, Paul - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 5, pp. 356-372
learning to embrace the multi‐stakeholder, ethically and morally informed perspectives embedded in the notion of practical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015030295