Business ethics : a stakeholder, governance, and risk approach /: a stakeholder, governance, and risk approach. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bob Tricker and Gretchen Tricker.
• Other Names: Tricker, R. Ian (Robert Ian); Tricker, Gretchen
• Contents: Why study business ethics? -- What the book is about -- Who the book is for -- What the book will enable readers to do -- The approach to learning -- Background to the book -- pt. ONE Business ethics -- principles -- 1. Business ethics affect everyone -- Ethical issues arise throughout the business world -- Ethics are imbedded in and reflect cultures -- The relationship between law and ethics -- Philosophical theories provide a context -- Business ethics involve choices -- A stakeholder view of business ethics -- Corporate governance and risk management involve ethics -- Why do people behave the way they do? -- The importance of trust in business -- 2. The evolution of business ethics -- Business has always needed sound ethics -- Business ethics of ancient traders -- Business ethics in the 19th century -- Scandals and collapses in the 20th century -- Ethical failures and the response of business -- 3. On corporate social responsibility. Do companies have social responsibilities? -- Balancing responsibilities between shareholders and stakeholders -- Pros and cons of corporate social responsibility -- Approaches to corporate social responsibility -- The practice of corporate social responsibility -- On sustainable development, the United Nations Global Compact and GRI -- Corporate vision, mission and values -- 4. Business ethics and corporate governance -- What is corporate governance? -- Board structures -- Board functions -- The regulation of corporate governance -- Some theoretical insights -- agency, stewardship and stakeholder ideas -- The roles of the board chairman and chief executive officer -- The role of the auditors, regulators and company secretary -- Changing expectations in the governance of organizations -- Appendix to Chapter 4 -- Additional information on corporate regulation -- 5. Business ethics and enterprise risk -- A new emphasis on corporate risk. Levels of risk -- strategic, managerial and operational -- The concept of ethical risk -- The significance of strategic ethical risk -- Moral hazard in business ethics -- The concept of enterprise risk management -- Managing risk throughout the organization -- Risk recognition -- Risk assessment -- Risk evaluation -- Determining risk strategy and policies -- Risk monitoring and reporting -- Developments in ERM -- pt. TWO Business ethics -- practice -- 6. Creating a sound ethics culture -- Different approaches to ethics management -- What makes a business decision ethical? -- What makes people act the way they do? -- Establishing an ethics culture -- Ethics and stakeholder relations -- Ethical codes for different organizations -- Drafting an ethics code -- The management of business ethics -- On whistle-blowing and whistle-blowers -- 7. Uniting business ethics, governance and risk -- The 21st century's emphasis on business ethics, governance and risk. Uniting business ethics, corporate governance and risk management -- Creating a corporate vision and mission -- Building core corporate values -- Codes of business ethics -- Preventing bribery and corruption -- 8. Business ethics in finance -- What is involved in business finance -- Ethics in financial strategy -- Ethical relationships with investors in public companies -- Insider dealing and trading -- Ethical investment and ethical funds -- Money laundering, combating global crime and terrorism -- Ethical relationships with shareholders in non-listed companies -- Ethical relationships with non-equity sources of finance -- Ethical challenges for independent outside auditors -- Ethical relationships with regulators -- Ethics and credit-rating agencies -- Ethics in financial management -- Ethics in financial operations -- 9. Ethics in business operations -- Ethical issues in procurement -- Ethical aspects of business operations and information technology. Ethical issues in marketing and market research -- Competitors as stakeholders -- Ethical challenges of the global market -- On bribery and corruption around the world -- 10. Business ethics and employees -- Employees as stakeholders -- Employers' relations with employees -- Employees' relations with employers -- Employment and human rights -- 11. Business ethics, society and the state -- What we mean by society -- Societal organizations as stakeholders in business -- Ethical issues in relations between business and society -- The state as a business stakeholder -- Ethical issues in government-business relations -- Globalization and business-government relations -- 12. The future of business ethics -- The essence of business ethics -- Why business ethics have become so important -- The power of business oligarchies -- Frontier issues in business ethics -- Some final thoughts.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 441 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 174/.4; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Risk Assessment & Management; Business ethics; Corporate governance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics; Business ethics; Corporate governance; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1306287936; 9781306287937; 9780203066522; 0203066529; 9781135075330; 1135075336
• Related ISBNs: 9780415815000; 9780415815017; 0415815002; 0415815010
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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