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Codes of Business Conduct: Conditions for Success, Preparation and Implementation
Melé, Domènec; González, CésarTechnical Note BEN-126-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA business code of conduct, sometimes called an ethical business code, is a corporate document which sets out values, standards and rules of how to respond to dilemmas or other situations related to the business where it is considered essential that employees follow guidelines set out by the management. This document examines the case for and against business codes of conduct and offers some recommendations on how they can be drawn up and impleme...Starting at €8.20
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IMSA
Melé, Domènec; Vega E. J.Case TD-82-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAfter five years of strong growth, Ingeniería de Medida, S.A. (IMSA), a company selling sophisticated electronic measuring equipment, enters the defence industry. It adopts a policy of treating military personnel generously with free trips, accommodation and expense allowances for attendance at training courses which it offers as a complement to is product. Four years later, precisely when the Defence Department is about to cut its budget, a seni...Starting at €8.20
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Ethics in Decision Making
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-118-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFor an action to be morally correct, it is necessary that both the intention and the object be chosen (the end does not justify the means). There are circumstances concurrent to the action and foreseeable consequences that aggravate or attenuate the morality of an action. An alternative with negative side effects may be lawful if certain conditions that are developed in the text are met. There are several practical criteria for resolving conflict...Starting at €8.20
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New England Wire and Cables (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-119-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €5.74
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Relations of Justice in the Business Environment
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-88-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityJustice is giving everyone their rights. Underlying justice, then is the existance of rights and titles to rights. General justice takes on two specific forms: commutative and distributive justice. The case ennumerates a range of facets of justice in companies related to the rights of people, their economic goods, established laws, contracts and distribution.Starting at €8.20
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Practical Wisdom in Decision Making
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-87-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn everyday language, practical wisdom is often equated with "being cautious" or "wary". The concept of "practical wisdom" is much richer than that, however, and is crucially important in ethics. Practical wisdom impels a person into action, not only to avoid obstacles or dangers, but, above all, to do right. Practical wisdom plays a part in decision making, where it helps us to grasp the problem; in deliberative analysis of the problem; in the d...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Storm on Wall Street (C)
Melé, Domènec; Torres, Maximilian B.Case TD-110-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIs Dennis Levine at it again? Shortly after his release from Lewisberg federal penitentiary,where he served 15 months for insider trading,Levine seems to be embroiled in an up-front fee scam. So claim two small-time development entrepreneurs who contracted for Levines services via his financial consulting firm,Adasar Group.Starting at €5.74
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Benetton's Advertising Campaigns (1984-2000)
Banda, H.; Melé, DomènecCase TD-137-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn the last fifteen years, the Benetton group has conducted a series of original and controversial advertising campaigns masterminded by the photographer Toscani. The advertisements have included references to subjects such as racism, AIDS, terrorism, war, ethnic conflict, the disabled, human rights and the death penalty. On occasions they have used photographs that have aroused public outrage and even legal sanctions, but they have also won impo...Starting at €8.20
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Shell's «Brent Spar» loading buoy (B)
Melé, Domènec; Jardí L.Case TD-126-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €5.74