Business Ethics Literature Review an Organizational Design Perspective Bahram, S., &
Maupetit, C. (2013). Importance of core values of ethics, integrity and accountability in the
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In this journal article, European corporate governance legislation and laws are reviewed in
connection to the concepts of integrity and accountability. When it comes to corporate
governance standards, institutions and regulatory agencies appear to be out of step with public
expectations. This study, in particular, aims to examine the most recent corporate governance
legislation and regulations issued by the European Commission and five major European
countries before and after 2002. The European Commission represents France and the United
Kingdom as two of the five major European countries. As this article demonstrates, a range of
factors play a role in the collapse of organizations. For organizations, long-term success in the
marketplace depends on adhering to high ethical standards.
Bishop, W. (2012). The Role of Ethics in 21st Century Organizations. Journal of Business
Ethics. Retrieved from
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In this post, you'll learn more about the importance of business ethics in the workplace and how
to apply them. The author delves into the definition of an ethics code as well as the various ways
in which companies might protect themselves from unethical behavior. This article is useful in
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this literature study because it emphasizes the importance of ethics and shows how organizations
should conduct themselves ethically in their operations.
Bishop, W. (2012). The Role of Ethics in 21st Century Organizations. Journal of Business
Ethics. Retrieved from
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mon&accountid=12085
In this article, we'll look at how workplace scandals involving unethical or unlawful activities
have raised the profile of ethical behavior in the workplace to a new height of relevance. This
article goes on to explain to managers why and how they can handle unethical behavior in the
workplace. Additionally, Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning is described in great detail,
including the six phases and three levels of moral development. Finally, the author examines
how a company's structure and size affect its employees' ethical conduct. In this article, you will
learn about the implications of management theory and research, as well as ethics, on the overall
design of an organization's structure and operations.
Ethics. (2011). J.J. Keller's Human Resource ez Explanations. Retrieved from
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, brought financial ethics to the forefront of the
industry's attention and discussion (SOX). In the article, the author provides an example of how
lawsuits resulting in ethics can be detrimental to a company and its shareholders. A number of
arguments are advanced by the author as to why a shareholder might prefer a company that
complies with the SOX Act over a company that does not comply. The significance of the SOX
Act for businesses is discussed in this article.
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Goodpaster, K. (1991). Business Ethics and Stakeholder Analysis. Business Ethics
Quarterly, 53- 73. Retrieved from
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This author provides information on stakeholder analysis in light of the incorporation of ethical
values into management decision-making. Introduced and discussed are the concepts of strategic
stakeholder syntheses and multi-fiduciary stakeholder syntheses. As a conclusion, the paper
suggests that moral reasoning should be incorporated into management thinking in order to
protect rather than undermine private sector legitimacy.
Jacobs, D. C. (2004). A pragmatist approach to integrity in business ethics. Journal of
Management Inquiry, 13(3), 215-223. Retrieved from
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Integrity is a critical component of corporate ethics, according to this essay. The author analyzes
several researchers and practitioners that affirm the importance to the ethical fulfillment of a
variety of purposes in business. The article also tackles why integrity and ethics is vital in
economic action and is a bigger social problem. The author discusses corporate integrity as well
as pragmatism and business ethics. This essay is helpful as the author gives numerous examples
of how not just integrity but ethics should be introduced into corporations.
Joyner, B., & Payne, D. (2002). Evolution and Implementation: A Study of Values,
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 41(4).
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According to this article, having high ethical standards can have a favorable impact on a
company's financial performance. The importance of ethics, values, integrity, and accountability
in the modern workplace cannot be overstated. According to the information presented in this
page, this is correct. Consumers and society as a whole benefit from businesses that operate
under high ethical guidelines. Values, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have been
increasingly important in business writing during the past few years and this trend is predicted to
continue. In this study, the origin and evolution of these notions are defined and tracked.
Studying how two organizations resolved ethical and CSR dilemmas was an important step in
gaining a greater understanding of the connections. This inquiry uncovered the existence and
practical use of values.
Mauro, N., Natale, A., & Libertella, F. (1999). Personal values, business ethics and strategic
development. Cross Cultural Management, 6(2). Retrieved from
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10796942
The article addresses the debate over whether or not business schools should incorporate ethics
as a necessary core part in their curriculum. It concludes that they should. There is a clear
correlation between one's own personal values and ethics and the values and ethics of a firm or
organization in which one works or volunteers. Finally, we will go over the procedures that must
be taken in order to create and run a firm that is committed to maintaining high ethical standards.
There was disagreement between the authors over the concepts of ethics, personal ethics, and
business ethics, as well as the relationship between personal values and corporate operations.
During the past decade, the amount of research on this subject has increased significantly. There
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is a wide range of viewpoints on business ethics presented in this article, illustrating that not
everyone has the same understanding of what constitutes ethical behavior in the workplace.
Michaelson, C., Pratt, M., Grant, A., & Dunn, C. (2014). Meaningful Work: Connecting
Business Ethics and Organization Studies. Journal of Business Ethics. Retrieved from
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mon&accountid=12085
In this article, the author reviews the most recent discoveries in both domains about the nature,
causes, and consequences of meaningful employment, as well as the implications of these
discoveries. An investigation into the linkages between ethical and organizational perspectives
on meaningful labor is conducted in this study, which intertwines the perspectives of these two
disciplines. According to the findings of the survey, meaningful work and employee values are
more important to interviewees than money, job security, promotions, and the number of hours
they work each week. The ability to retain employees is a crucial factor in the success of a
business, and this is important knowledge for companies to understand. Some of the issues
explored in this article include: what makes work meaningful, why it matters, and how it may be
grown into organizations, among other things. This article is beneficial since it provides
examples of meaningful work as well as an explanation of why business ethics are so important
in today's society.
Segal, L., & Lehrer, M. (2013). The conflict of ethos and ethics: A sociological theory of
business people's ethical values. Journal of Business Ethics, 114(3), 513-528.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1359-6
An ambivalent sociological theory is proposed in this article to explain the vast range of
contradictory ethical views expressed by business professionals. An experiment was conducted
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to see how students in the fields of business and criminal justice perceived the importance of
ethical norms in everyday life by asking them to score a range of ethically problematic
circumstances. Because the concept of amivalence in values is included into the social function
of a businessperson, this essay provided vital information.
Sekerka, L., Comer, D., & Goodwin, L. (2014). Positive organizational ethics: Cultivating
and sustaining moral performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 119(4), 435-444. Retrieved
from
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This essay aims to answer the question, "How may a positive lens assist our knowledge of ethical
cognition, feelings, and behavior?" This article's goal is to evaluate the work of a number of
scholars in order to discover what distinguishes a moral organization from one that isn't. The
authors conclude their work by outlining the potential avenues for future corporate ethics
research that they hope to pursue. Authors' works are examined in this article, which sheds light
on the reasons that encourage people to maintain high ethical standards in their daily activities.
Shakeel, M., Khan, M. M., & Khan, M. A. (2011). Impact of culture on Business Ethics. Far
East Journal of Pyschology and Business, 3(2), 59-70.
Businesses cannot operate in a vacuum; instead, they must integrate business ethics with social
norms and employ these together in a combined manner to produce an adjacent ethical practice
that is widely recognized in the market. Businesses adopt the Machiavellian strategy to ensure its
stakeholders that they are doing the right thing, and this article shows how it works. They also
address how corporate social responsibility (CSR) might be considered as a general concept for
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business ethics. This is a lengthy work, but it offers a wealth of material on the issue of culture
and ethics and the ways in which they are linked.
Sims, R. R., & Brinkmann, J. (2003). Enron ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 45(3), 243-
256. Retrieved from
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The Enron Corporation fiasco is the subject of this essay, which delves into the details. An
explanation of what led to Enron's downfall and final demise is provided by the authors. The
essay shows how Enron's culture had a significant impact on the ethics of its employees by a
comprehensive examination of the company's organizational culture. This essay is noteworthy
since it highlights how corporate ethics may destroy an organization without being able to
recover from it.
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2005). Business ethics in TQM. The TQM Magazine, 17(1).
Retrieved from
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10573039
A case study from a bigger research project is used to illustrate the role of corporate ethics in
comprehensive quality management in this article. The findings are presented in the form of case
studies. The qualitative technique is used to develop the case illustration. The information was
gathered through interviews with senior officials at the company. Also discussed is how
corporate ethics is a critical component of social responsibility in this essay. As a result, this
article is important because it highlights the importance of including business ethics in total
quality management at all times. Furthermore, the author argues that future study will benefit
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from additional case studies of how corporate ethics contributes to total quality management
(TQM). Since this is a complex issue, greater research is needed to understand the dynamics of
corporate ethics in TQM and its value to the TQM process.
The importance of business ethics. (2001). HR Focus, 78(1). Retrieved from
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Despite the fact that it is a fast read, it will assist you in understanding the relevance of a
company's code of conduct. Businesses have evolved over time, as has the way in which they
implement business ethics in the workplace, as the author of this book describes in detail.
Businesses that thrive in ethical behavior are emphasized in the piece, which also looks into the
perspectives of employees on the subject of ethics. It is the purpose of this essay to refute
common misconceptions about business ethics and to explain in detail why these assumptions
are incorrect.
Tindall, S. (2014). The modern perils of business ethics. Charter, 85(1). Retrieved from
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A company's bottom line is critically dependent on its business ethics, and this article discusses
the expanding significance of ethics in the decision-making process of directors, CEOs, lawyers,
and governance professionals. This article also looks into the perspectives of employees on the
ethics of their employers. Finally, this study considers the significance of global corporate ethics
in today's business world. You will learn about ethical countries in this post, as well as how other
businesses respond to unethical conduct in other countries.