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To watch/read
- Panorama Tesco
- The triple bottom line - book
- TED sustainability
- Do political systems dictate how far ahead we look?
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Managing CSR through Codes 2013-2.pptx
- Exist throughout Carroll's pyramid
- Clinton - a champion of CSR?
- Encouraging move to broader social responsibility
- Business ethics management is the direct attempt to formally or informally manage ethical issues or problems through specific policies, practices and programmes”
(Crane and Matten 2007)
- …are voluntary statements that commit organizations, industries, or professions to specific beliefs, values, and actions and/or set out appropriate ethical behaviour for employees.
(Crane and Matten 2007)
- Do the systems allow bad people to rise to the top?
- Codes of conduct are far less prevalent in the rest of Europe (Spence and Lozano 2000)
- Not what a code says but how it is developed, implemented and followed up. Suggestions for successful implementation. Maximise participation of organisation members in development stage to encourage commitment and ‘buy in’ (Newton, 1992). Discipline employees found in breach (Webley 2001)
Follow-through – actually implement and be consistent (Trevino et al. 1999).
- Multi-nationals should be guided by 3 principles (Donaldson 1996). Respect for core human values. Respect for local traditions. Belief that context matters when deciding right and wrong