Journal articles: 'Unethical business practices'

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Woods, Mike, Natasa Christodoulidou, Burhan Yavas, and Demos Vardiabasis. "Unethical Business Practices in the Foodservice Industry." Journal of Foodservice Business Research 16, no. 4 (September 2013): 407–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15378020.2013.824284.

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Unger, Alexander, Jin Yan, and Rainer Busch. "The relationship between the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory and violations of business ethics in China: Unbalanced time perspective increases the acceptance of unethical business behavior." Time & Society 28, no. 1 (February 25, 2016): 83–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463x16634723.

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Scope of research In a sample of 316 Chinese MBA students, the influence of Time Perspective on two types of unethical behaviors was tested. We differentiated between rule-based and social-concern issues. Time Perspective was measured by using a Chinese version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. Participants’ evaluation of the issues as ethical—or unethical—and their behavioral intention to violate business ethics were measured. Hypotheses We assumed that Past-Positive and Future will enhance ethical orientation, whereas Past-Negative, Present-Fatalistic and deviance from balanced time perspective (DBTP) will reduce ethical orientation (evaluation of unethical practices as ethical and high behavioral intention to apply unethical practices). Results For evaluation of rule-based issues, Past-Positive, Present-Hedonistic and Future significantly influenced in the predicted direction, whereas no significant effects of time perspectives for social concern issues were observed. According to behavioral intention, only Present-Fatalistic reached significance for both types of ethical issues in the predicted direction. Further, it was shown in a mediation-model that the influence of DBTP on behavioral intention to show unethical practices is mediated by the evaluation as ethical/unethical in the case of rule-based issues (in the case of social concern, the factors reached no significance or only nearby significances, respectively). Chinese managers with a high deviation from a balanced time perspective showed reduced evaluation of unethical practices as unethical, and an enhanced behavioral intention to show unethical practices. Other potential variables of influence, such as age, gender, the size of company, and the degree of globalization were considered, and their influences were controlled. Conclusions and limitations Time perspectives are of relevance for business ethics, but the relationship was only shown for rule-based issues. In the case of social concern, the relationship was only shown for Present-Fatalistic on behavioral intention.

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Zheng, Connie, and Soheila Mirshekary. "Exposure to unethical behaviour: does it change accounting firms’ ethical stance?" Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 2 (2014): 319–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i2c3p1.

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Decisions to implement ethical policies and practices at the organizational level are assumingly influenced by two key factors: (1) the extent to which businesses are exposed to prevalent unethical behaviours; and (2) change of business owner/manager’s personal attitudes toward unethical behaviours. Based on the theories of planned behaviour (TPB) and reasoned action (TRA), it is hypothesised that exposure leads to changed personal attitudes of individual business owners/managers, which in turn determine the potential actions taken by them to implement ethical policies and practices in their respective firms. Using a sample of 209 Australian small accounting firms, we test these hypotheses. Path analysis results indicate close relationships between the exposure and firm owners/managers’ personal attitudes towards unethical behaviour; and between the exposure and firms’ decisions to implement ethical policies. Increased exposure to unethical behaviour is nonetheless a concern as it triggered stronger personal attitudes towards accepting unethical behaviour. However, more exposure to unethical behaviour creates motivates owners/managers of small accounting firms to take actions and implement more ethical policies and practices at firm level. Policy implications of these results and future research directions are discussed.

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Yun, Gawon, Maling Ebrahimpour, Prabir Bandyopadhyay, and Barbara Withers. "Internal and vendor employees’ unethical behaviors in the supply chain: the case of India." Benchmarking: An International Journal 27, no. 1 (September 30, 2019): 59–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-01-2019-0038.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a corporate ethical policy, such as a code of ethics, on the unethical behavior of internal and vendor employees in the supply chain in India. It also aims to find whether International Standards Organization (ISO) certification of vendors affects the result and any significant relationship between management commitment and unethical behavior can be supported by the findings as well. Design/methodology/approach Empirical analyses were conducted on a survey consisting of 43 questions comprising 181 valid responses. Multiple regression analysis that includes four independent variables – code of ethics, management commitment, supply chain principles and personal values taking unethical behavior as dependent variable – was used to find the significance of the relationship. Findings The implementation of a code of ethics, management commitment, supply chain principles and personal values all have a negative association with unethical behavior. Personal values, measuring a firm’s financial aspects for non-compliance to ethical behavior, have a positive association with unethical behavior. The relationships of top management commitment, personal values with internal employees’ unethical behavior are significant. The significant relationship between management commitment and unethical behavior can be supported by the findings as well. It was also found that ISO certificates and firm size as the control variables did not have any effect on the relationship between the independent variables and unethical behavior. The analysis also shows that ISO 26000 certificate, the international standard for socially responsible operations, does not impact this relationship. Research limitations/implications Measuring substantial managerial effort for corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices by asking questions like, “how committed employees think top management is to social responsibility,” may not fully measure substantial managerial effort for CSR practices. To improve the results of the current study, future research can use the CSR index or disclosure as a measure to better reflect management commitment and practice for social responsibility. Second, the current study is limited to measuring how many occurrences of unethical behavior are witnessed by employees instead of what specific unethical behavior is more often witnessed. Considering India has the second largest population in the world, 181 responses may not represent the true practices in the business environment in India for generalization. Practical implications The findings suggest that management should put more of an emphasis on improving the commitment of upper-level managers to decrease the overall unethical practices of their employees. The study finds that employees’ personal values influence their ethical behavior. Therefore, communications and training of employees at all levels should emphasis on improving personal values. Social implications Businesses should influence academics to incorporate personal value building in course curricula. The Indian CSR law should incorporate the holistic view of CSR taking care of needs of all stakeholders under the provision of the regulation. In 2015, India became the first country in the world to legislate CSR practices in corporations but it misses the opportunity to sensitize the management and employees on ethical practices as it mainly identified philanthropic expenses as mandatory CSR spending and silent on ethical business practices. Originality/value The present study contributes to the literature by bringing supply chain context to the effect of different factors on unethical behaviors and interaction of internal and vendor firms in terms of ethical practices. There are several studies on business ethics in different countries including China, but in the case of India similar studies are not much. The present study fills the gap.

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Remišová, Anna, Anna Lašáková, and Alexandra Bohinská. "Reasons of Unethical Business Practices in Slovakia: The Perspective of Non‑Governmental Organizations’ Representatives." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 67, no. 2 (2019): 565–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201967020565.

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After the fall of communism, the first non‑governmental organizations (NGOs) were established in Slovakia in the 1990’s. Since then, our NGOs have played an important role in promoting business ethics even though it was originally not part of their primary mission. Given that, we held semi‑structured interviews with the leaders of nine prominent Slovak NGOs to identify the perceived causes of unethical practices occurring in the Slovak business environment. The results of this qualitative research suggest that our respondents connect the causes of unethical actions in business mainly with the macro‑level of society, that is with the way the State with its institutions and authorities operate. Out of ten identified causes of unethical business practices, our respondents assigned five to the macro‑level, while they linked three reasons to the mezzo‑level with unethical conduct of companies and two to the micro‑level with unethical decisions of individuals. Since the government has taken measures to create a more ethical business environment recently, it is now up to companies to realize they hold the joint responsibility for the state of the Slovak society and to concentrate more on what they can do for their part in favor of the development of business ethics.

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Ayuba, Bello, and Ibrahim Ali Aliyu. "Unethical Business Practices in Nigeria: Causes, Consequences and Control." International Review of Business Research Papers 14, no. 2 (September 30, 2018): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21102/irbrp.2018.09.142.01.

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Sims, Randi L. "The Relationship Between Academic Dishonesty and Unethical Business Practices." Journal of Education for Business 68, no. 4 (April 1993): 207–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08832323.1993.10117614.

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Lašáková, Anna, Anna Remišová, and Ľubica Bajzíková. "Differences in Occurrence of Unethical Business Practices in a Post-Transitional Country in the CEE Region: The Case of Slovakia." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 19, 2021): 3412. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063412.

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This study aims to contribute to the understanding of unethical practices in business and asks whether certain types of organizations are considerably more exposed to unethical business practices than others are. Drawing from the tenets of institutional theory, the paper investigates the occurrence of unethical practices in different organizational “fields”, namely the industry sector (with focus on Finance and Construction), company membership in professional networks, company ownership (public/private), and company age. The method of stratified random sampling by proportional allocation is used to establish the sample (n = 1295), composed mostly of company owners and higher managers. Results show that, in general, the industry sector, membership in professional networks, and company age are associated with significant variance in the perceived incidence of unethical practices, whereas company ownership has no significant effect in this regard. More specifically, the construction sector is significantly more exposed to unethical practices than other sectors in the sample, while the finance sector is not. Companies with membership in professional networks report a significantly lower occurrence of unethical practices. Young companies are significantly more exposed than their more mature counterparts; however, here the effect of company size must be accounted for. The research was conducted in one of the former CEE block countries—Slovakia. Given their common communist past and comparable peripeties with the transition process, these findings might be useful for understanding business ethics issues in a wider context of the CEE region.

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Remišová, Anna, and Anna Lašáková. "Unethical practices in the Slovak business environment: Entrepreneurs vs. the State?" Ethics & Bioethics 10, no. 1-2 (June 1, 2020): 78–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2020-0002.

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AbstractThis paper critically analyses one of the unexpected results of qualitative research aimed at detecting the presence of unethical business practices in Slovakia. The authors seek to find out why entrepreneurs participating in this research do not take responsibility for the development of business ethics and why, in their primary reflections on unethical practices in the Slovak business environment, have they shifted it almost completely to the State level (1), and whether their attitude is morally justified (2). The main theoretical foundation in the following analysis is the theory of development of business ethics on three levels (micro, mezzo and macro), also known as the “subject-matter of business ethics” approach. The paper discusses attitudes of the research sample, including Slovak entrepreneurs and company representatives, towards the State, and the consecutive critical reflection of their opinions shows that businesspersons tend to give up on their own proactive approach to the development of business ethics and position themselves in the role of an “expectant” instead of a “creator” of ethical standards in society. Furthermore, the paper points out that businesses lack ethical self-reflection in relation to corruption, more precisely, they lack reflection of their place in the corrupt relationship with the State. Given these findings, the paper concludes that an essential basis for the long-term development of business ethics in our country is the establishment of partnerships between the State and business entities, while recognizing the place of nongovernmental democratic institutions.

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Mirshekary, Soheila, and Rodney Carr. "Effects of exposure to unethical practices on the personal attitudes of accountants in small accounting firms." Journal of Management & Organization 21, no. 1 (January 2015): 98–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2014.62.

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AbstractWe investigate how exposure to unethical practices affects the personal attitude of accountants in small accounting firms towards unethical behaviours. This is an important topic for business because accountants in small accounting firms are in a position to influence the behaviour of the large number of businesses they serve. The main independent variable is a measure of exposure to a variety of different types of unethical practices. A regression involving the exposure variable onto personal attitude is carried out using data from owners/managers of small accounting firms in Australia. Findings confirm a negative relationship between the amount of exposure and personal attitude towards questionable practices: increased exposure to questionable ethical behaviour is related to an increase in the level of acceptance of unethical behaviour. While such a finding is not unexpected, it suggests that other strategies need to be pursued to encourage ethical behaviour.

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Doorasamy, Mishelle, and Kiran Baldavaloo. "Compromising Long-Term Sustainability for Short-Term Profit Maximization: Unethical Business Practice." Foundations of Management 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 79–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/fman-2016-0007.

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Abstract The current environmental challenges caused by the dependence on nonrenewable energy, increased waste disposal, the toxic emissions created by operational activities, and also the scarce supply of water are so complex and important that it requires immediate attention. Strict environmental legislation, market pressures, and urgent need for sustainability have given businesses no option but to ensure that they do all that is possible to ensure that their business operations are sustainable. This paper addresses the underlying factors that determine the extent to which organizations adopt sustainable business practices and cleaner production techniques and technologies. It had been concluded that ethics is linked to sustainable business practices, because the objectives of both these concepts are to think about doing what’s right for others and the world, including the environment. According to the organizational corporate compliance regulations, a company’s commitment to ethical business and sustainable business practices should be detailed in their policy handbook and communicated to all employees within the company (Sustainability Report 2013/2014).

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Zheng, Connie S., and Soheila Mirshekary. "The power of Australian small accounting firms’ unethical exposure." Social Responsibility Journal 11, no. 3 (August 3, 2015): 467–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-02-2014-0018.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate small business owner/manager’s exposure to unethical behavior, and to examine the influence of unethical exposure on organizational intention to implement ethical policies and practices. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 209 Australian small accounting firms with a path analysis, this paper adopts a modified ethical decision-making model to test the relationship between exposure and personal attitudes toward unethical behavior, and the relationship between exposure and intentions to implement ethical policies and practices at firm level. Findings – The results show that increased exposure to unethical behavior triggered stronger personal attitudes with small accounting firm owners/managers tending toward accepting unethical behavior. In contrast, at the firm level, more exposure to unethical behavior creates cautious overtones and motivates owners/managers to take action and implement more ethical policies, with the underlying aim of addressing serious ethical issues. Research limitations/implications – The study tests the ethical decision-making model but focuses only on three constructs (i.e. exposure, attitude and response). The aim is to examine whether extensive exposure to unethical behavior would change personal attitudes toward accepting such behavior, and whether unethical exposure would trigger firm owner/managers to take action and address the ethical dilemma by establishing some ethical guidelines. Other important variables (such as subjective norm, personal locus of control) embedded in the ethical decision-making model should be included in future research. Practical implications – The study draws attention to ethical dilemmas encountered by many small accounting professionals and their organizations. It addresses the importance of upholding the ethical standard and avoiding the extensive exposure to unethical behavior. It also emphasizes the needs for small businesses to establish some ethical policies and practices. Originality/value – The paper is purposely set out to reduce the gap in studying how small accounting firms make decisions in implementing their ethical policies and practices to address the rampant ethical dilemma faced by their employees as a result of many corporate scandals and financial crises of the past decade. The results are particularly valuable for small accounting firm owners/managers. The findings also have educational and policy implications.

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Ofurum, Ugonna Augustina, and Justin Mgbechi Odinioha Gabriel. "Multidimensional Ethical Dilemmas of Contemporary Organizations: A Literature Review." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5, no. 3 (2019): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.53.2001.

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This paper reviewed the literature on ethics, ethical theories, ethical principles; as well as the implications of unethical practices in organizations. The study revealed that unethical business practices have devastating consequences on organizations; since they result in poor corporate image, financial losses; market failures and sometimes complete corporate collapse. It was further observed that corruption, bad leadership, poor corporate governance, conflict of interest, lack of accountability, inadequate CSR, abusive and intimating behaviors among others are common in most organizations. The paper concludes that it is beneficial and in the enlightened self -interest of organizations to adopt good ethical practices. The paper also recommends that managers’ should ensure that ethical standards are crafted in their business philosophy and strategic intents in order to build and maintain a good corporate image.

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Remisova, A., P. Stachova, and A. Bohinska. "Entrepreneurs’ perception of the influence of the State on the development of business ethics: On the example of Slovakia." Entrepreneur’s Guide 13, no. 2 (May 1, 2020): 152–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.24182/2073-9885-2020-13-2-152-175.

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The authors perform a critical analysis of the answers of respondents from four focus groups focused on those practices of the State and State institutions which are perceived as unethical by entrepreneurs in Slovakia and thus negatively affecting the development of business ethics in this country. The article examines two questions: firstly, what the causes of the critical attitude of entrepreneurs towards the State as a body responsible for developing business ethics at the macro level are, and secondly, which specific activities of the State entrepreneurs perceive as unethical in terms of the development of business ethics.

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Tsalikis, John, Bruce Seaton, Philip L. Shepherd, and Michelle van Solt. "The impact of the US government policies on consumer perceptions of business ethical behavior." Society and Business Review 15, no. 1 (October 20, 2018): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbr-09-2018-0100.

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Purpose The unethical behavior of businesses toward their customers is thought to contribute to a loss of trust and confidence in the integrity of American corporations. Distrust between the two parties in the marketplace inhibits business transactions. The business ethics index (BEI) was established to formally and continuously measure the consumer sentiments of the ethical behavior of American businesses. This paper aims to measure the effect of political affiliation on consumers’ ethical perceptions of businesses. Design/methodology/approach The BEI was originally developed as an indicator of consumers’ sentiments toward the ethicality of business practices. The current research uses the BEI once again to evaluate consumers’ perceptions of business ethics in the era of President Donald Trump and his administration. The BEI was therefore extended with the question: “Do you believe that because of the new president Donald Trump, businesses will behave: ‘more ethically’, ‘about the same’ or ‘more unethically’?”. Findings Data from 1,008 telephone interviews in the USA were used to calculate a BEI of 114.5, indicating an overall positive consumer sentiment toward the ethical behavior of business. Respondents’ political affiliation was found to significantly affect their perception of the ethical behavior of businesses. Originality/value This is an initial step in studying the connection between governmental policies and business ethics perception.

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King, Brian, Larry Dwyer, and Bruce Prideaux. "An evaluation of unethical business practices in Australia's China inbound tourism market." International Journal of Tourism Research 8, no. 2 (2006): 127–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jtr.563.

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Shah, R. K., and M. Alotaibi. "A Study of Unethical Practices in the Construction Industry and Potential Preventive Measures." Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management 3 (January 10, 2018): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jacem.v3i0.18905.

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The conflict of interest amongst the professionals like client and contractor project managers, site engineers, quantity surveyors and designers/architects play crucial roles for the unethical practices and consequently these practices have adverse impact on the product quality, faith of clients and investors’ confidence in the construction industry. Hence, this research is aimed at examining the common forms of unethical practices among professionals in the construction industry as well as uncovering the factors that have encouraged these practices. This study depends on the questionnaire survey amongst professionals of the construction industry. The survey is conducted to recognise the view of key stakeholders from different perspectives of the affected parties on the concept of business ethics in the building and construction industry, which has key contribution on the national economic growth of the developing countries. The survey concludes that untimely legal action including changing project manager’s responsibility and delays in payment processes are key ethical practices from owner/client aspect, while contractor’s unethical practices are under bidding, bid cutting and shopping, bid rigging and over billing. But from the consultant aspect; lack of supervision, poor monitoring and taking bribes under different pretend are found to be the encouraging factors for unethical conducts in the construction industry. It is also found that accepting the bribes, gifts and conflicts of interest are the most common forms of unethical practices. The findings from the study are expected to help as an important eye opener to policy makers and regulatory agencies in detecting and preventing unethical practices. In conclusion, avoiding the conflict of interest and promoting the ethic codes to professionals will help to restore the investor and people confidence, faith of the clients and improve the quality of buildings and infrastructures. The study recommends that promoting awareness regarding the values of ethical behaviour at different forum and ensuring the effective punishment for unethical activities at different stages of project life cycle might reduce the unethical practices in the construction industry.Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management, Vol. 3, 2017, Page: 55-77

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Amara, Edmund Benedict. "A Review of The Unethical Business Practices That Causes Loan Default in Small Scale Enterprises in Port Loko Municipality in Sierra Leone." TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT 7, no. 2 (August 30, 2021): 183–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.21522/tijmg.2015.07.02.art016.

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Small scale enterprises are an income stream for the unemployed and under-employed in Sierra Leone. The financing of such a venture is from the loan capital of Micro Finance Institutions and other credit agencies in the country. Default in the repayment of loan capital within prescribed conditions has been an issue because of the unethical practices of lenders and borrowers and hence concern for studies. The primary objective of the study is to do a review on the unethical business practices that causes loan default in small-scale enterprises in Port Loko municipality in Sierra Leone. Such studies will avail recommendations that shall be instruments to minimize the rate of unethical practices of borrowers and lenders within the Pot Loko Municipality. The Specific objectives of the study are to know the attitudes of Lenders and borrowers that influence loan default. Questionnaires were administered to respond to Researched Questions which were framed from the research objectives. Also, Reviews of others writers were done with regard ethical issues. The researcher Used the Likert Scale in preparing and administering the questionnaire. Opinions of Respondents were analyzed using the Structured Package for Social Sciences. The following analyses were done: i) Percentage Analysis, ii) Analysis of correlation by use of the Pearson Correlation. iii). Analysis of coefficient iv) Analysis of Model summary v) Analysis of Anova. From the study, the Researcher discovered that Unethical business practices like bribe-taking and other dishonest games are predominant between lenders and borrowers, and these practices have greatly influenced loan default in small-scale enterprises in Port |Loko Municipality in Sierra Leone and have a significant relationship on loan default.

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Skinner, Heather. "The impact of cultural values and economic constraints on tourism businesses’ ethical practices." International Journal of Tourism Cities 5, no. 2 (June 26, 2019): 169–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-12-2017-0087.

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Purpose Anecdotal evidence suggests that in times of economic constraints particularly in countries such as Greece that have long been stereotyped as corrupt, business practices amongst small- and medium-sized organisations that make up the majority of these nations’ tourism operators may become less than ethical or legal. The purpose of this paper is to explore these issues empirically in order to understand the impact of both cultural values and economic constraints on tourism businesses’ practices. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory case study using mixed methods has been adopted. Quantitative data were gathered from tourism business owners, managers and employees via questionnaires to establish the nature and scope of various unethical, illegal or immoral practices. Qualitative data were gathered to explore the ways these issues are considered and enacted. Findings Results show that there are many unethical and illegal practices that have been witnessed first-hand. Businesses’ attempts at acting in an ethical and socially responsible manner tend to be affected by not only cultural issues, but also economic constraints, yet there remains a desire to act in a way that does not impact negatively on tourists or on the local society and environment. Originality/value This research fills a gap in the literature relating to the ethical stance and practices of tourism entrepreneurs. It also presents an original conceptualisation of these issues in light of their location within the extant literature on ethics, corporate social responsibility and both sustainable and responsible tourism.

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Sasirekha, V. "ETHICALLY PRACTICED UNETHICAL STRATEGIES IN PHARMA INDUSTRY - WHOM TO BE BLAMED." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 6, no. 2 (February 28, 2018): 32–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v6.i2.2018.1538.

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As the competition is getting more intense, the number of instances of companies alleged to have been involved in illegal and unethical practices is increasing at an alarming rate. Being an integral part of the society, business organizations have certain duties, responsibilities, and obligations toward the society, referred to as "Business Ethics". The pressures of the reality challenges the ethical frameworks traditionally followed by organizations. The global pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated, capital intensive, and driven by large research and development expenditures. Despite the pharmaceutical industry’s notable contributions to human progress, it is fraught with ethical challenges. This paper presents the ethically practiced unethical strategies that are followed in the industry referencing the case studies of mega corporations and concludes the need for “systematic training in ethics” for all the stakeholders and the need for ethical leadership in an organization.

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Zahra, Shaker A. "Unethical practices in competitive analysis: Patterns, causes and effects." Journal of Business Ethics 13, no. 1 (January 1994): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00877155.

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Bagraim, Jeffrey, Suki Goodman, and Stephanie Pulker. "Understanding Dishonest Academic Behaviour Amongst Business Students – The Business Leaders of the Future." Industry and Higher Education 28, no. 5 (October 2014): 331–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2014.0222.

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This study applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to increase understanding about dishonest academic behaviour amongst undergraduate business students. A total of 579 respondents from three universities in South Africa completed an online survey about their beliefs regarding academic dishonesty, their intentions to engage in dishonest academic behaviour and their recent history of dishonest academic behaviour. A partial least squares (PLS) structural model shows that the TPB significantly explains dishonest academic behaviour. Validated TPB models that help to predict dishonest academic behaviour should be helpful in designing interventions to decrease academic dishonesty and thereby help to prevent later unethical business practices.

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Devonish, Dwayne, Philmore A. Alleyne, Cheryl Cadogan-McClean, and Dion Greenidge. "An Empirical Study of Future Professionals’ Intentions to Engage in Unethical Business Practices." Journal of Academic Ethics 7, no. 3 (September 2009): 159–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10805-009-9096-x.

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Sharma, Jai Prakash. "Corporate Governance Failure: A Case Study of Satyam." Indian Journal of Corporate Governance 3, no. 2 (July 2010): 136–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0974686220100204.

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Corporate Governance has become prominent over the last two decades as many countries witnessed corporates succumbing to questionable corporate policies and unethical practices, setting in motion reforms through codes and standards on corporate governance. India too had had its share of corporate scams. The recent fraud in Satyam has shattered the dreams of various investors, shocked the government and regulators alike and led to questioning the accounting practices of statutory auditors and corporate governance norms. Unethical business conduct, cooking of books of accounts, questionable role of audit committee, flawed ownership structure and other major governance flaws were noticed in the collapse of Satyam. As in USA, UK and other countries, India too needs similar kind of corporate governance reforms. Even though corporate governance mechanisms cannot prevent unethical activity by top management completely, but they can at least act as a means of detecting such activity before it is too late.

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Gavana, Giovanna, Pietro Gottardo, and Anna Moisello. "What Form of Visibility Affects Earnings Management? Evidence from Italian Family and Non-Family Firms." Administrative Sciences 9, no. 1 (March 5, 2019): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci9010020.

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This paper addresses the issue of financial communication quality by studying the determinants of earnings management practices in family and non-family businesses. Previous literature has highlighted the effect of a company’s size, as a form of visibility, on earnings management practices. This study focuses on the analysis of the relationship between different forms of visibility—exposure to financial press, proximity to the consumer, size of assets, sales and firm age—and earnings quality. The results show that the forms of visibility taken into consideration have a different effect on earnings management practices. Furthermore, they show that family businesses are less likely to resort to these unethical practices, especially in the presence of financial press exposure and proximity of the business to the consumer.

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Thomas, Bibianah, and Nor Suziwana Tahir. "The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility towards Consumer Buying Behaviour: A Study among Universities Students." Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship 4, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jibe.v4i2.14310.

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Business corporations need to realize that in order to achieve their primary objective, they need to consider their responsibility towards society and environment. However, there are still a lot of unethical businesses that ignore their stakeholder’s interest. Therefore, business need to aware that their involvement of CSR practices in certain extent does affect the consumer buying behavior. This paper examines the relationship between CSR practices and consumer buying behavior. Quantitative approach was employed and 241questionnaires were collected and valid to be used. It was found that positive relationship existed between all the CSR practices (economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic) and the consumer buying behavior. However, based on the students in Selangor perspective, the main element of CSR practices that influence the consumer buying behavior is economic. Therefore, business corporations need to strive to maximize their shareholder’s wealth as the consumers expect the corporations to fulfill the shareholder’s interest as they are among those who contribute in providing funds for the businesses survival and growth. Additionally, consumers also expect the business corporations should offer reasonable price and provide a good quality of products and services to them.

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Storholm, Gordon, and Hershey Friedman. "Perceived common myths and unethical practices among Direct Marketing professionals." Journal of Business Ethics 8, no. 12 (December 1989): 975–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00383434.

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Arli, Denni. "Investigating consumer ethics: a segmentation study." Journal of Consumer Marketing 34, no. 7 (November 13, 2017): 636–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcm-08-2016-1908.

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Purpose The plague of unethical practices in global businesses has sparked much research on the role of ethics in today’s business and society. One of the most effective tools to understand consumers’ motivation and behaviour is segmentation. Hence, the purpose of this study is segment ethical consumers based on consumer-ethics variables (i.e. actively benefiting, passively benefiting, questionable behaviour, no-harm, recycling and doing good). Design/methodology/approach Using a sample from the general population in Australia (N = 517), a TwoStep cluster analysis was conducted using baseline consumer ethics psychographic measures. The analysis resulted in three distinct segments: “The Good Samaritans”, “The Mainstream Ethical Consumers” and “The Unethical Consumers”. Findings The results clearly reveal that segments do exist among consumers in regards to their ethical beliefs. The study shows that a large percentage of consumers are ethical, there is also a segment consisting of unethical consumers. Research limitations/implications The study shows that only a small percentage of consumers are highly ethical (i.e. The Good Samaritans). This shows an opportunity for educators and public policy makers to push the “Mainstream Ethical Consumers” to become the “Good Samaritans”. The Good Samaritans are consumers who will go above and beyond to be ethical and more likely to do good toward the society. Practical implications Unethical consumers comprise a unique segment where researchers, educators and public policy makers need to focus on when addressing unethical consumer behaviour in the society. Originality/value This is one of the first few studies to segment consumers based on the consumer ethics scales. By understanding different segments within consumers, the results of this study will assist researchers, managers and public policy makers address unethical behaviour in society.

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GRAY, JOHN A. "REFORMS TO IMPROVE CLIENT PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION AGAINST PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNERS' UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES." American Business Law Journal 32, no. 2 (September 1994): 245–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1714.1994.tb00935.x.

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Adewole, Asolo Adeyeye. "Corporate Social Responsibility, Self-Regulation, and the Problems of Unethical Business Practices in Africa." International Corporate Responsibility Series 3 (2007): 69–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/icr200736.

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Lubbe, Nandi, and Dave Lubbe. "Topics to be included in a meaningful and informative undergraduate business ethics course for accountancy students: A South African perspective. Part 1." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 1 (2015): 1322–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i1c11p5.

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Unethical business practices in South Africa, as in many other countries, is at the order of the day. As a result there is increasing pressure on the auditing and accounting professions to devote sufficient attention to business education during the training of prospective auditors and accountants. This is the first in a series of two articles regarding topics that should be included in a meaningful and informative business ethics course for undergraduate students in the fields of accounting and auditing.

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Lubbe, Nandi, and Dave Lubbe. "Topics to be included in a meaningful and informative undergraduate business ethics course for accountancy students: A South African perspective. Part 2." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 1 (2015): 1335–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i1c11p6.

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Unethical business practices in South Africa, as in many other countries, is at the order of the day. As a result there is increasing pressure on the auditing and accounting professions to devote sufficient attention to business education during the training of prospective auditors and accountants. This is the second in a series of two articles regarding topics that should be included in a meaningful and informative business ethics course for undergraduate students in the fields of accounting and auditing.

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Rohit Kanda and Harish Handa. "The Impact of Service Ethics on Organizational Competitiveness in India - A Primary Approach to the Startup and Emerging Service Enterprises." Think India 21, no. 2 (August 23, 2018): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/think-india.v21i2.7763.

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Ethics concern an individual’s moral judgments about right and wrong. The decision to behave ethically is a moral one; employees must decide what they think is the right course of action. This may involve rejecting the route, which would lead to the biggest short-term profit. It seems the larger a corporation gets, the slimier their actions become. When big profits are a company’s largest and only concern, their employees and the world in general tends to suffer. Here are companies, which have engaged in terribly unethical business practices and are, fortunately, being called out for it. Many a times, business houses get involved in unethical business practices to increase their profits or improve their capability in market. Such practices were carried out throughout the world. This calls for studying the matter. Approaching towards our Focus Group, i.e., Indian Service Sector, which is the youngest and the fastest-growing sector of Economy as well as has the largest share in the structure and growth of the economy, is the foremost tool of growth and development of nation, we can have. However, this sector in recent past many a times, especially in India, has been accused of its service failures and incompetence, arising out of irresponsible behaviour / treatise of management or professionals at various levels. Now, in this research that focuses on Emerging and Start-up Indian Service Sector Corporates, the status of ethics in their practices and the need and possibility of its revival has been studied.

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Akaah, Ishmael P., and Edward A. Riordan. "The incidence of unethical practices in marketing research: An empricial investigation." Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 18, no. 2 (March 1990): 143–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02726430.

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Shanahan, Doreen E., Jeffrey R. Baker, Stephen M. Rapier, and Nancy Ellen Dodd. "Too Big to Care." Journal of Business Ethics Education 17 (2020): 221–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jbee20201714.

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Beginning in 2002, Wells Fargo began opening fraudulent accounts for unsuspecting customers. Stakeholders at every level either participated in, ignored, or tolerated the bank’s behavior that defrauded consumers on a massive scale. These unethical and well-documented schemes spanned more than a decade. Using public sources, this case recounts the events and ethical lapses that unfolded over the multiyear investigation of the Wells Fargo fraudulent accounts scandal and illuminates the general systemic failures of corporate culture and governance, public regulation, and market responses to promote ethical business practices. This case provides the opportunity to consider what means for fostering ethical conduct might exist if a corporation can be big enough and rich enough that civil, criminal, regulatory, and market forces cannot deter unethical corporate practices, and if the market does not punish the corporation for a culture that promotes fraud.

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Tripathy, Mitashree. "The Power of Ethics: Rethinking Leadership Roles at Workplaces." Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences 6, no. 2 (October 3, 2019): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/muse.2019.11594.

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In the past leadership roles at workplaces looked only into bringing profits to organizations, compete with each other and create a brand image come what may. The emergence of incorporating moral and ethical codes developed when both employees and leaders of organizations big and small got involved into unethical practices which lead to tremendous loss in business and involved legal cases. Not only the reputation of such companies got tarnished but gradually they started losing their authenticity in the business world. Surprisingly, moral codes and ethical standards always existed in the organizations’ policies but their relevance was recognised only in the twenty first century when business organizations began to merge and expand worldwide because of globalization and the system changed forever. Organizations today simply cannot compromise with unethical practices and values. Today, organizations believe that good leadership is not merely competing, bringing profits and creating image but also transforming workplaces and bringing changes in the lives of people through ethics. Studies reveal that the integration of ethics within leadership roles can bring significant benefits at workplaces. Morally upright leaders foster good business, encourage excellent task performance, make powerful decisions and nurture corporate vision. This paper studies the relevance of blending leadership with ethics with a purpose to fetch substantial impact at workplaces.

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Petry, Edward S., Amanda E. Mujica, and Dianne M. Vickery. "Sources and Consequences of Workplace Pressure: Increasing the Risk of Unethical and Illegal Business Practices." Business and Society Review 99, no. 1 (June 1998): 25–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0045-3609.00004.

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Magrizos, Solon. "Teaching business ethics in a digital world." Journal of Global Responsibility 11, no. 4 (September 4, 2020): 377–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jgr-02-2020-0026.

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Purpose While teaching of business ethics has been increasing in business schools worldwide, universities still face increasing pressure to do more to proactively defend and help avoid unethical business practices and scandals calling for more responsible education. This study aims to examine teaching business ethics in light of recent technological advances (i.e. teaching via the use of digital devices) and well-established pedagogical practices. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a 2 × 2 experimental design examining the effect of active (vs passive) and presence (vs absence) of digital devices in student learning of 192 US students. Findings The findings suggest that the active learning scenario, the usage of laptops and phones helped students get higher results in the test compared to active learning with no digital devices or passive learning with digital devices. Originality/value Active learning practices such as group discussions and peer assessment or the flipped classroom approach make a difference for business ethics teaching where students need to develop inquiry and interest for the subject and engage in ethical dilemmas and real-life examples. Further, students in the active learning scenario performed better in knowledge tests when they were asked to use their digital devices.

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Cohen, Deborah Vidaver. "Creating and Maintaining Ethical Work Climates: Anomie in the Workplace and Implications for Managing Change." Business Ethics Quarterly 3, no. 4 (October 1993): 343–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3857283.

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This paper examines how unethical behavior in the workplace occurs when management places inordinately strong emphasis on goal attainment without a corresponding emphasis on following legitimate procedures. Robert Merton’s theory of social structure and anomie provides a foundation to discuss this argument. Key factors affecting ethical climates in work organizations are also addressed. Based on this analysis, the paper proposes strategies for developing and changing aspects of organizational culture to reduce anomie, thereby creating work climates which discourage unethical practices and provide employees with mechanisms to resolve ethical conflicts in a constructive way.

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Negri, Stefania. "Transplant Ethics and the International Crime of Organ Trafficking." International Criminal Law Review 16, no. 2 (February 17, 2016): 287–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01602001.

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Transplantation procedures have become increasingly sophisticated and nowadays offer unforeseen opportunities of survival to hundreds of thousands of patients. However, due to the global organ shortage, unethical practices like organ trafficking and transplant tourism have progressively emerged and spread worldwide, rapidly becoming a highly profitable business for transnational organised criminal groups. These practices represent a serious threat to public health and human security, egregious violations of fundamental human rights and a bold infringement of universal principles of medical ethics, and they thus call for a robust response from the international community at large. Being a complex and multifaceted phenomenon of global proportions, the major challenge in combating organ trafficking is to criminalise “all” unethical conducts as transplant-related crimes at both the domestic and international level. This article aims to offer a critical overview of the international legal instruments applicable in the field and to discuss the pivotal role that international criminal law can play in support of prescriptive bioethics in the global fight against organ trafficking.

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Kerich, Henry. "International Financial Institutions and the Challenges of Global Business Ethics." International Journal of Economics and Finance 8, no. 3 (February 26, 2016): 232. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v8n3p232.

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Business ethics are moral principles and doctrines that determine behavior in the business world. Although the purpose of every business is to earn profits, it also ought to pay a major role in society by ensuring fair practices. Instead of fairness and equality, greed has taken over the present business scenario leading to unethical business practices. World Bank and International Monetary Fund have been criticized for harsh imposition of austerity measures on member borrower countries. IMF programs are connected with adverse social action like reduced investment in public health and education in the recipient countries resulting in ethical violation and lack of corporate social responsibility to the communities served. A number of World Bank financed projects have social and environmental effects for the people in the affected areas resulting in ethical issues criticism. The IMF and World Bank have also been criticized for violation of ethical issues of equity and fair play.

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Wu, Ruxin, Shuyuan Ming, and Fei Huang. "Guanxi and Unethical Behavior in the Chinese Workplace: Job Satisfaction As a Mediator." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 47, no. 3 (March 31, 2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.7294.

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We explored the effects of guanxi prevalence and guanxi practices on 3 types of unethical work behavior (UWB), proposing that job satisfaction would mediate the relationship between guanxi in the workplace and employees' UWB. Data were collected from 379 employees working for companies in China. Results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that guanxi prevalence had a positive relationship with property-related UWB and conventional and minor (ordinary) UWB, such as doing personal business in company time. Guanxi practices had a significant positive relationship with violation of laws and regulations, property-related UWB, and ordinary UWB. Both guanxi prevalence and guanxi practices had a significantly negative relationship with job satisfaction, and job satisfaction had a significant negative correlation with violation of laws and regulations, property-related UWB, and ordinary UWB. Job satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between guanxi prevalence and ordinary UWB. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Hamid, Farisha, Hafiza Aishah Hashim, and Zalailah Salleh. "Auditors’ view on acceptability of clients’ earnings management practices." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 4 (2016): 535–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i4c4p2.

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The purpose of this paper is to assess the views of auditors on earnings management in Malaysia. This study uses a questionnaire designed by Merchant and Rockness (1994), which consists of thirteen (13) short scenarios. Each scenario describes a potentially questionable earnings management activity undertaken by the general manager. The respondents were asked to judge the acceptability of each of the scenarios using a five-point (5) Likert scale. Based on responses, this study finds that acceptability varies with the type of earnings management. The auditors believe that discretionary accrual manipulation is more unethical than real activities manipulation, while the consistency with MFRS and the direction of effect on earnings management do not seem to be an issue to the respondents regarding the acceptability of earnings management

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Garrett, Dennis E., Jeffrey L. Bradford, Renee A. Meyers, and Joy Becker. "Issues management and organizational accounts: An analysis of corporate responses to accusations of unethical business practices." Journal of Business Ethics 8, no. 7 (July 1989): 507–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00382927.

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Suar, Damodar, and Rooplekha Khuntia. "Influence of Personal Values and Value Congruence on Unethical Practices and Work Behavior." Journal of Business Ethics 97, no. 3 (June 4, 2010): 443–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0517-y.

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Cary, Christina, H. Joseph Wen, and Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon. "Data mining: Consumer privacy, ethical policy, and systems development practices." Human Systems Management 22, no. 4 (November 26, 2003): 157–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/hsm-2003-22402.

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The growing application of data mining to boost corporate profits is raising many ethical concerns especially with regards to privacy. The volume and type of personal information that is accessible to corporations these days is far greater than in the past. This causes many consumers to be greatly concerned about potential violations of their privacy by current data collection and data mining techniques and practices. The purpose of this study is to identify the ethical issues associated with data mining and the potential risks to a corporation that is believed to be operating in an unethical manner. The paper reviewed the relevant ethical policies and proposed ten data mining systems development practices that can be incorporated into a software development lifecycle to prevent these risks from materializing.

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Lyon-Jenness, Cheryl. "Planting a Seed: The Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Boom in America." Business History Review 78, no. 3 (2004): 381–421. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25096907.

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Between 1850 and 1880, enthusiasm for horticulture swept the nation, particularly the Upper Midwest. Nursery owners and seed traders welcomed the escalating demand for trees and flowers but soon faced consumer complaints about their questionable business practices. Customer dissatisfaction had many sources, ranging from unethical entrepreneurs to faltering industry infrastructure and underhanded dealing. The nurserymen and seed dealers worked diligently to overcome these criticisms, sharing information to improve industry methods and attempting to deflect responsibility for fraudulent practice onto disreputable competitors or inexperienced customers. The conflicts between commercial horticulturists and their broadening customer base reflected tensions within America's rapidly expanding consumer culture and suggested that traditional restraints on industry practice based on personal ties and shared values would no longer suffice when dealing with a newly diversified and seemingly intractable clientele.

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Nerka, Arleta. "Mobbing as an example of unethical behaviours at work." Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym 21, no. 5 (March 22, 2018): 147–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1899-2226.21.5.12.

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Currently, in the workplaces, the issues of behaviours classified as unethical or a violation of an employee’s dignity and personal rights are on the rise. Mobbing is one of the manifestations of such behaviours, described in the provisions of the Labour Code. The phenomenon of mobbing refers to the quality of interpersonal relationships at work and affects the operation of the entire organizational structure. This is a severe example of the violation of personal rights because such harassment is no less than a psychological terror affected by one or more persons against (typically) a single individual. The aim of this study is an analysis of mobbing, especially as regards the employer’s obligation to oppose mobbing practices. Ethical behaviour towards staff is not only a condition for observing the principles of community life in the work environment but it is the building block for creating a positive image of the employer in the business community. Mobbing behaviour impacts an organization’ image and poses several financial costs.

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Nwanji, Tony Ike, and Kerry E. Howell. "Shareholdership, Stakeholdership and the Modern Global Business Environment: A Survey of the Literature." Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 18, no. 4 (July 2007): 347–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601079x07001800406.

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This paper surveys literature relating to the Anglo-American model (shareholder theory) and stakeholder theory of corporate governance in the modern global business environment. Stakeholder theory emerged during the 1970–80s and suggested that corporations should look beyond the shareholder perspective of profit maximisation. Through a survey of the literature we examine why the traditional Anglo-American model of corporate governance had difficulties when dealing with certain unethical business practices of corporate boards. Overall, this study investigates whether an application of deontological and teleological ethical theories may illustrate how boards of directors could manage stakeholder issues and deal with problematic moral dilemmas and ethical decisions.

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Rajan, Mukund, and Nilanjana Bhaduri. "Role of Human Resources in Building Ethical Organisational Culture." NHRD Network Journal 13, no. 2 (April 2020): 213–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2631454120919833.

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Business ethics has always been a primary determinant of organisational identity. With increasing instances of corporate wrongdoing and unethical behaviour, organisations do try to invest in corrective actions, but their emphasis tends to be on the ‘letter’, i.e. the legalities of operating a business within the law. However, there is a very strong influencer element that lies in the ‘spirit’, i.e. the values, thought and the practice embedded within the organisation culture that makes things right. This article deep dives into the enhanced role that the human resources (HR) function needs to play to nurture and develop an ethical organisation. This article is based on an interview with Dr Mukund Rajan, the Tata veteran who has held the office of the Chief Ethics Officer of the Tata Group. His views are supplemented with research findings on organisation practices supporting ethical culture.

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