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Differences in attitudes about fraud and corruption across cultures

Lloyd Bierstaker, James - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 16 (2009) 3, pp. 241-250

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine differences in managers' and employees' attitudes about fraud across different cultures, provide some theories as to why these differences exist, give some recent examples of cultural differences in ethical perceptions from practice, make...

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Corruption from a cross‐cultural perspective

Hooker, John - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 16 (2009) 3, pp. 251-267

Purpose – Because cultures operate in very different ways, different activities are corrupting in different parts of the world. Taking the view that corruption is an activity that tends to undermine a cultural system, this paper aims to examine this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Why or why not? Rationalizing corruption in organizations

Rabl, Tanja; Kühlmann, Torsten M. - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 16 (2009) 3, pp. 268-286

Purpose – The literature states that rationalization strategies contribute to a spread of corruption in organizations. They are supposed to serve not only as post hoc justifications but also as ex ante determinants of corrupt behavior. This empirical study aims at challenging this theoretical...

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The effect of wasta on perceived competence and morality in Egypt

Mohamed, Ahmed A.; Mohamad, Mohamad S. - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 18 (2011) 4, pp. 412-425

Purpose – Wasta is an Arabic word that means the intervention of a patron in favor of a client in attempt to obtain privileges or resources from a third party. In Arab countries, wasta is often used to obtain employment, thus causing unequal opportunity. The purpose of this paper is to study...

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Meaning, authority, rationality and care as MARCs of sustainable organisations

Westelius, Alf; Westelius, Ann‐Sofie; Brytting, Tomas - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 20 (2013) 2, pp. 161-185

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to present MARC, a model for assessing – and improving – the health of organisations from a humanistic point of view. Design/methodology/approach – The model has been developed in an organisational development clinical research tradition. The...

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What price career success?

Callanan, Gerard A. - In: Career Development International 8 (2003) 3, pp. 126-133

The recent financial collapses of high profile US‐based corporations owing to legally‐questionable practices have led management theorists to search for answers as to how and why these ethical lapses were able to occur. This article examines the possibility that a company’s culture and...

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Corporate reputation: the boardroom challenge

Pharoah, Andrew - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 3 (2003) 4, pp. 46-51

Boardroom recognition of the importance of reputation as a key business driver is growing. This article analyses the findings of the Corporate Reputation Watch – a study by Harris Interactive for Hill and Knowlton – which examines the attitudes towards corporate reputation of over 800 CEOs...

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Proactive versus reactive business ethics performance: a conceptual framework of profile analysis and case illustrations

Svensson, Goran; Wood, Greg - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 4 (2004) 2, pp. 18-33

The topic of this paper focuses on proactive versus reactive business ethics performance in the marketplace. The … business ethics performance. In turn, they are underpinned by evolutionary and contextual issues in the marketplace. The … authors provide a generic conceptual framework of proactive and reactive business ethics performance. Case illustrations …

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Stakeholder theory in perspective

Pesqueux, Yvon; Damak‐Ayadi, Salma - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 5 (2005) 2, pp. 5-21

Those who use stakeholder theory as a reference are both underlining the correlation between facts and a certain conceptualization thereof, and trying to make the necessary shift from a “panoptic” analysis akin to a panoramic vision of texts and positions, to an “in‐depth” one geared...

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The stakeholders’ perspective on the international business school

Stähli, Albert - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 5 (2005) 2, pp. 121-129

This article describes the contribution of the international business school to anchor ethical behavior maxims in the heads of the economic decision makers. Successful management training means that knowledge is not only obtained, but that the learning processes and the key qualifications which...

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