Business ethics
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Business--Moral and ethical aspects
Businesspeople--Professional ethics
Commercial ethics
Corporate ethics
Corporation ethics
Professional ethics
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Muzzling dissent: how corporate influence over politics has fueled anti-protest laws
This report examines anti-protest laws passed or introduced in three American states — Louisiana, Minnesota, and West Virginia — and traces how corporate influence has spurred elected officials to attempt to use those laws to clamp down on opposition during the construction of new, controversial...
Report
Corporate crime in Australia: the extent of the problem
This is the first study to comprehensively examine the frequency, nature and context of offending by Australian corporations. While similar studies have been conducted in other countries, particularly the United States, the extent to which Australian corporations offend—and whether they do so across multiple regulatory...
Conference paper
Customizing Lean leadership: new facilitator case studies
This paper shares success stories from the new facilitators on how their teams, in the company’s value stream, applied Building a Lean Culture with a Lean Leadership (LL) training program knowledge to their business.
Report
Ethics owners: a new model of organizational responsibility in data-driven technology companies
While actual job titles vary, ethics owners are tasked with 'translating public pressure into new corporate practices' by creating an ethical framework for technology workers to operate within. The authors of this report assert that understanding the work of ethics owners—and the tensions they face—is...
Journal article
Critical success factors for corporate social responsibility adoption in the construction industry in Malaysia
In the construction industry, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly valued as a strategic tool for business sustainable development and for addressing ethical issues. However, understanding the concept of CSR in the construction industry, and how to practice it, is limited. This study aims to...
Report
The value of contemporary associations
What is the value of professional associations to the good that professions do? And what do professional associations achieve that state regulation or leaving it to the market alone could not?’
Survey
Ethics index 2019
The Ethics Index surveys more than 1,000 people with various political and socioeconomic backgrounds about their perceptions of ethical issues and conduct. This is the fourth year of the study. This year's results found that the Australian society is operating at a ‘somewhat ethical’ level.
Journal article
Ethics management for the construction industry: a review of ethical decision‐making literature
This research aims to address the theory‐practice gap of ethics management in construction by providing a critical review of the ethics decision‐making literature.
Journal article
Professional ethics in the South African construction industry
This paper addresses ethical issues with regard to the breach of professional responsibilities and obligations to clients and the general public, as evidenced from a questionnaire survey of architects, contractors, quantity surveyors and consulting engineers. Breaches in professional responsibilities include conflicts of interest and the...
Journal article
Developing an Australian code of construction ethics
This article looks at the increasing need to consider the role of ethics in construction. The industry, historically, has been challenged by allegations of a serious shortfall in ethical standards. Only limited attempts to date in Australia have been made to address that concern.