Institute a proactive reputational management framework that matches individual behaviour to organizational values The Business Ethics Twin-Track is a practical guide to reputational risk management. A deep exploration of the concept of reputation, the ways in which it can suffer, and the consequences when it does, the book outlines an ethics controls framework that can mitigate risk and improve business performance. Readers will learn how to identify and manage weaknesses, and how to institute a system of governance that embeds proper, ethical conduct into the corporate culture. A clear set of controls and procedures provides actionable instruction that can be customised to suit the organisational structure, and discussion of historical and international ethics provides the context for implementation. Case studies illustrate the real-world applications, while interviews with executives from a variety of sectors provide important practical insights into some of the key issues discussed in the book. The law regulates behaviour in health and safety and financial crime, but otherwise, conduct is largely determined by the culture, ethics and values of an organisation. Effective reputation management is complex, and often difficult to achieve, as much of the available information on the topic is more theoretical than practical. This book bridges the gap by providing the tools that will help managers to: Implement a modern ethics control framework, encompassing codes, officers, reporting lines and training Consider the role of the media and social media in reputational damage to individuals and organisations Analyse the key controls in responsibility and governance frameworks from around the world Determine the causes and controls of conduct risk, including incompetence, negligence and criminality Today's fast-paced media environment means corporate reputations can be obliterated in moments, and damage limitation is often too little, too late. Adopting the measures set out in this book will embed ethics into the culture, and match people's behaviours to the organisation's values.

This volume provides an in depth approach to issues and problems currently confronted by multi-national enterprises ("MNEs") and other large foreign investors in China. It examines legal, business, and strategic issues for foreign investors that are seeking to enter the China market and for those foreign investors already in China and seeking to expand or reorganize their operations. The volume takes an overall approach of the large foreign investor with a long term business plan for China and proposes a basic corporate structure for this investor. The structure involves a series of wholly foreign owned enterprises, joint ventures, and representative offices all under the control and ownership of one or more investment holding companies. Each of the entities in this structure are discussed individually and as part of an overall corporate conglomerate. The volume also examines the protection of intellectual property as a basic corporate business problem that should be part of the initial planning process as the foreign investor makes its initial move into China. Too often protection of intellectual property is not considered to be a priority until violations occur in China. Some prior planning and an emphasis on protecting intellectual property rights can be advantageous and help to avoid the serious problems that can later arise. This volume is written for those business and legal managers who are given heavy responsibilities for managing a China business but who lack a background in China. Because of the great interest in China by many MNEs, many business and legal managers are moving to China or are given additional responsibilities in the US for the MNE's new China operations. Many of these persons are expected to make decisions about a China operation even though they may lack even basic knowledge about the Chinese political, legal, and business environment. This is the first book written by an American lawyer designed to address this need.

This collection of quality cases and essays on business ethics addresses some of the most pertinent ethical issues in today's business environment. It goes well beyond matters of fraud and public relations to consider standards of professionalism, corporate decision- making structure, the interface between ethical theory and economic practice, etc.; contains cases that deal not only with ethical failures, but with ethical successes.

An introduction employing a worldview approach to the ethical issues that arise in the business world. The third title in the Basic Ethics in Action series, Business Ethics helps readers come to terms with their own ethical, aesthetic and religious values and subsequently react in a way that reflects those values. Covers all issues of professional practices with regard to competition, advertising, information technology, working conditions and affirmative action; gender issues; government regulation and the international marketplace. For professionals or others interested in defining, understanding and developing appropriate ethical standards in the workplace.

This book provides assistance to employees by taking a journey through the challenging world of business ethics at the ground level of the organization rather than flying through the abstract concepts and philosophical arguments at the treetop level. By examining issues and scenarios that relate directly to their work environment (and their degree of autonomy in that environment), employees can develop a clearer sense of how their corporate code of ethics relates to operational decisions made on a daily basis.

For courses in Business Ethics and business courses desiring a brief, readable supplement encouraging business ethics. Brief text shows students how to be ethical business people. Common sense, practical approach to doing good work--emphasizing the need to prepare in advance for ethical dilemmas. Helps improve behavior in the rushed, output-driven business environment.

Offers a detailed analytical framework, intended to serve as a sound basis for viewing business and business people in sociological terms. It integrates ethical literature with economics and management literature, paying special attention to the cultural factors of history and literature.

The six volumes of Peterson's Annual Guides to Graduate Study, the only annually updated reference work of its kind, provide wide-ranging information on the graduate and professional programs offered by accredited colleges and universities in the United States and U.S. territories and those in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Africa that are accredited by U.S. accrediting bodies. Books 2 through 6 are divided into sections that contain one or more directories devoted to individual programs in a particular field. Book 6 contains more than 19,000 programs of study in 147 disciplines of business, education, health, information studies, law, and social work.

"Preface. . Sect. I. Introduction to Business Ethics. . Ch. 1. Introducing Straight Talk About Managing Business Ethics: Where We're Going and Why. 3. Ch. 2. Why Be Ethical? (Why Bother? Who Cares?). 22. Sect. II. Ethics and the Individual. . Ch. 3. Common Ethical Problems. 53. Ch. 4. Deciding What's Right: A Prescriptive Approach. 79. Ch. 5. Deciding What's Right: A Psychological Approach. 100. Sect. III. Ethics and the Manager. . Ch. 6. Ethical Problems of Managers. 127. Ch. 7. Managing for Ethical Conduct. 148. Sect. IV. Ethics and the Organization. . Ch. 8. Ethical Problems of Organizations. 179. Ch. 9. Ethics as Organizational Culture. 204. Ch. 10. Creating an Ethical Organizational Culture: Model Ethics Programs. 246. Sect. V. Ethics and the World. . Ch. 11. Managing for Ethical Conduct in a Global Business Environment. 289. App. Integrative Case: Manville Corporation. 320. . Index. 331.