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Is this really right?
One of my closest friends is a mathematician, but we don’t know each other through any professional association. We know each other because we...
On ethical management
Introduction It may be appropriate to begin by saying something about the nature and meaning of ethics. Quite a few people will automatically think...
Applied ethics for managers
Contents: Introduction Ethical management Behaving ethically Managing values The substance of the Code General observations The consequences of...
International environment for business
It may seem odd to link the name of Thomas Hobbes with the topic of business ethics. Yet, a grasp of one of Hobbes' most memorable notions may help...
Moral muteness
A good cartoon has the power to bring home a point about ethics with a precision that rational argument can rarely hope to match. Someone like...
Ethics and values
I believe that it was Malcolm Muggeridge who, at the height of the Cold War, argued that the liberal democracies of the West would not be defeated by...
Voltaire's challenge
Voltaire once observed, “history never repeats itself, man always does”. Many will regard this observation as being tinged with both...
Our ethical radar screen
For many people, the importance of ethics in daily life only comes into sharp focus as a result of encountering unethical conduct. Sometimes the...
Wisdom-based organisations
In recent times there has been growing argument in favour of developing organisations, and in particular corporations, that can harness the power of...
Virtue and the corporate guillotine
Advocates of various regimes for corporate governance are silent about the basic nature of humanity, and most companies remain wedded to outmoded and...
Ethics and corporate governance
There is no such thing as a values-free organisation. The values and principles adopted by an organisation can be for good or for ill. That is, they...
The ethical view on corporate governance
Contents: Introduction What is talk of ethics all about? A final point about ethics Values and principles - in practice How to implement and...
Universal values
In her work at St James Ethics Centre, Suzi Ross is often asked could codes be derived from universal values. Here she presents some of the voices in...
Arnott's doesn't crumble under pressure
When faced with an extortion threat early this year, Arnott's Limited confronted a problem of gigantic proportions. Apart from the strategic...
Corporate DNA - the ecology of companies
Part of the legal fiction associated with the life of corporations is that they are 'immortal'. Certainly, their life span can (and often does)...
Can we afford to be efficient?
Can we afford to be efficient? At first glance this may seem a rather odd question. After all, the community has grown accustomed to calls for...
Credit Unions: a community of value?
Contents: Introduction Credit unions, ethics and the community Understanding the 'ethical dimension' Ethics and the importance of 'community'...
Is public relations a values free zone?
Contents: Introduction Talking about ethics What ought one to do? The importance of relationships How might members of PRIA respond Beyond...
Is advertising a values free zone?
Introduction Some of you may know the work of John Bevins. He is the creator of advertising campaigns such as Take me away P&O and the MBF breast...
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