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A Contemporary Look at Business Ethics
A volume inContemporary Human Resources Management:
Issues, Challenges, and OpportunitiesRonald R. Sims, Series Editor
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A Contemporary Look at Business Ethics
INFORMATION AGE PUBLISHING, INC.Charlotte, NC • www.infoagepub.com
Ronald R. SimsCollege of William and Mary
Copyright © 2017 Information Age Publishing Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
ISBN: 978-1-68123-954-5 (Paperback) 978-1-68123-955-2 (Hardcover) 978-1-68123-956-9 (ebook)
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Contents
List of Figures ................................................................................vii
List of Tables ................................................................................. ix
Acknowledgments .......................................................................... xi
1 Business Ethics and the Challenge of Ethical Behavior in Contemporary Organizations ..................................................... 1
2 Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility ...........................49
3 Global Business and Ethics: Being Ethical No Matter What or Where? ...................................................................................... 99
4 Understanding Why Unethical Behavior Occurs in Organizations ..............................................................................151
5 Unethical Leadership in Organizations ......................................211
6 Ethical Leadership in Organizations ...........................................251
7 Ethical Decision-Making: Easier Said Than Done? .....................297
8 Ethics Education and Evaluation in Organizations .....................347
9 Ethics in Business and the Role of Human Resource Management ................................................................................405
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10 An Approach to Institutionalizing (Acculturating) Ethics in Business ...................................................................................463
11 Ethics in Business: Future Perspectives on Doing the Right Things in the Right Ways ............................................................. 517
About the Author .........................................................................565
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List of Figures
Figure 7.1 The decision-making process with embedded ethical reasoning model. ................................................................. 325
Figure 8.1 Considerations in developing an ethics education evaluation plan. ................................................................... 383
Figure 8.2 Model for designing ethics education with accompanying evaluation plans. ........................................ 385
Figure 10.1 The importance of the ethical match between employees-organization to the institutionalization of ethics. .................... 476
Figure 11.1 Casual model of spiritual leadership theory. ..................... 532
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List of Tables
Table 2.1 Stakeholder View of Corporate Responsibility .................... 52
Table 2.2 Difference Between CSR and CSV ....................................... 62
Table 2.3 Different CSR Motivations and Measures ............................ 70
Table 2.4 CSR Mission Statements ........................................................ 74
Table 2.5 T.J. Maxx’s Donation Program ............................................. 77
Table 3.1 Major Sources of Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Environment ........................................................................ 130
Table 3.2 Ethical Influence of Globalization on Stakeholders ......... 131
Table 3.3 Ethical Influence of Globalization on International Functional Areas .................................................................. 131
Table 3.4 Ethical Practices in Global Corporations .......................... 133
Table 3.5 Hasbro’s Global Business Ethics Principles ....................... 134
Table 4.1 Factors Influencing Perceived Moral Intensity .................. 170
Table 4.2 Ethically Questionable Business Practices: Why Do They Occur? ......................................................................... 193
Table 5.1 The Behaviors and Personal Characteristics of Toxic Leaders ................................................................................. 220
Table 6.1 Ethical and Unethical Leadership ..................................... 282
Table 6.2 Ethical and Unethical Leader’s Behaviors ......................... 283
Table 6.3 Criteria for Evaluation of Ethical Leadership ................... 284
Table 7.1 Primary Values and Business Ethics ................................... 335
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Table 7.2 The Universality of the Golden Rule in the World Religions ............................................................................... 336
Table 9.1 Examples of HRM-Related Ethical Misconduct Activities ......407
Table 10.1 Topics Frequently Covered in Value Statements and Codes of Ethics .................................................................... 484
Table 11.1 Similarities and Differences Between Ethical, Spiritual, Authentic, and Transformational Theories of Leadership ....................................................................... 536
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Acknowledgments
A very special thanks goes to Information Age Publishing for once again providing an outlet for me. I also want to thank Herrington Bryce who continues to serve as my colleague, mentor, and valued friend. The admin-istrative support of the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at the Col-lege of William and Mary is also acknowledged.
Thanks and appreciation goes to my children who have always been my source of motivation.
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