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Corporate Codes (corporate + code)
Selected AbstractsBeyond corporate codes of conduct: Work organization and labour standards at Nike's suppliersINTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW, Issue 1-2 2007Richard LOCKE What role can corporate codes of conduct play in monitoring compliance with international labour standards and improving working conditions in global supply chains? Addressing this question, the authors first summarize the results of research on factory audits of working conditions in 800 of Nike's suppliers in 51 countries and two intensive case studies. They then discuss how the codes fit into the broader array of institutions, policies and practices aimed at regulating and improving working conditions, suggesting an evolutionary and complementary approach to regulating working conditions in global supply chains. They outline additional research and institutional innovations needed to test these ideas. [source] Management Ethics and Corporate Policy: A Cross-cultural ComparisonJOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, Issue 3 2000Terence Jackson This paper reports the results of a cross-cultural empirical study that investigated differences in the clarity of corporate attitudes towards ethical ,grey areas' and their influences on managers' ethical decision making. The study encompassed managers in France, Germany, Britain, Spain and the USA working in over 200 companies operating in these countries. Comparisons are made at both individual manager level and at corporate level. At the former level significant differences are found among nationalities of managers themselves. For the latter, differences are found among companies according to the nationality of their home country rather than the host country. Despite identifying national differences in areas of gift giving and receiving, loyalty to company, loyalty to one's group, and reporting others' violations of corporate policy, the study presents evidence that clarity of corporate policy has little influence on managers' reported ethical decision making. The perceived behaviour of managers' colleagues is far more important in predicting attitudes towards decision making of managers across the nationalities surveyed. This has implications for the efficacy of the growing popularity of corporate codes across Europe. Companies should place more emphasis on intervening in peer dynamics rather than trying to legislate for managers' ethical conduct. [source] Implementing the ethos of corporate codes of ethics: Australia, Canada, and SwedenBUSINESS ETHICS: A EUROPEAN REVIEW, Issue 4 2004Greg Wood Senior Lecturer First page of article [source] | ||||||||||