Download or read book Business Ethics and Stakeholder Management written by Juergen-Matthias Seeler and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-02-04 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: Excellent, language: English, abstract: Business ethics is a matter of increasing importance and public awareness. Recent scandals and the financial crisis have suggested that the standard of business ethics is not high and that corporate behaviour should not solely be oriented to profit goals. Rather, a firm's ethical conduct should be part of its focus. While discussions of ethical questions in a market economy are mainly related to large firms, this thesis specifically aims at revealing potential problem issues and solutions for small firms. These firms are often ignored when moral concerns in business are addressed. This is in contrast to their importance for the economy and society of almost every country of the OECD, as they constitute the majority of all companies, and provide a major share of jobs. The majority of the studies examining business ethics are focused on large corporations, using quantitative strategies. Few studies related to small business have been undertaken. The question of how these firms and their owner-managers could systematically engage in business ethics and ethical stakeholder management remain unanswered. The thesis develops a tool which explicitly addresses this topic: the Ethics Integration Guideline. On the basis of a research paradigm of constructivism, a study was designed which was intended to elicit, and then to guide, small business owner-managers' ethical attitudes, perceptions and experiences. It aimed to develop a structured guideline which can help small firm owners to integrate ethical considerations into their business activities. Taking owner-managers' perspectives into account provides insight into the small firms' context. Thus, practical applicability of the guideline is provided. The results of the research suggested the framework for an Ethics Integration Guideline comprised

Download or read book Business Ethics and Stakeholder Management Developing a Structured Approach for Small Business Owner Managers written by Juergen-Matthias Seeler and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: Excellent, , language: English, abstract: Business ethics is a matter of increasing importance and public awareness. Recent scandals and the financial crisis have suggested that the standard of business ethics is not high and that corporate behaviour should not solely be oriented to profit goals. Rather, a firm’s ethical conduct should be part of its focus. While discussions of ethical questions in a market economy are mainly related to large firms, this thesis specifically aims at revealing potential problem issues and solutions for small firms. These firms are often ignored when moral concerns in business are addressed. This is in contrast to their importance for the economy and society of almost every country of the OECD, as they constitute the majority of all companies, and provide a major share of jobs. The majority of the studies examining business ethics are focused on large corporations, using quantitative strategies. Few studies related to small business have been undertaken. The question of how these firms and their owner-managers could systematically engage in business ethics and ethical stakeholder management remain unanswered. The thesis develops a tool which explicitly addresses this topic: the Ethics Integration Guideline. On the basis of a research paradigm of constructivism, a study was designed which was intended to elicit, and then to guide, small business owner-managers’ ethical attitudes, perceptions and experiences. It aimed to develop a structured guideline which can help small firm owners to integrate ethical considerations into their business activities. Taking owner-managers’ perspectives into account provides insight into the small firms’ context. Thus, practical applicability of the guideline is provided. The results of the research suggested the framework for an Ethics Integration Guideline comprised of sets of questions and imperatives derived from the interview statements during the research. It turns out that the guideline differs considerably from approaches applied in large firms. The Ethics Integration Guideline developed in this research provides a unique tool which connects research results with user’s individual perspectives and experiences in his firm. The guideline is flexible, applicable and adaptable to the needs of the firm in question. It bridges the gap between ethics theory and business conduct. Thus, it contributes to professional practice in small firms – a sector which is commonly underestimated in its importance to the welfare of a society.

Download or read book Stakeholder Management in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises written by Jens Hillebrand and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 17/20 (1,3), Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, course: International Master in Management Science, language: English, abstract: This study derives a model of stakeholder management in small and medium-sized enterprises which describes the process from the owner-managers' personal ethics to the firm's eventual engagement with its stakeholders. Following a thorough review of literature published on stakeholder theory, ethical behaviour in organizations, and small and medium-sized companies, five hypotheses are put forward on which the model is based. The results of three case studies on owner-managed micro-enterprises from the Belgian beer producing industry are used to test the validity of the model and the hypotheses. The results of the case studies on Belgian micro-breweries support the major part of the proposed SME stakeholder management model and the hypotheses it is based on. The perception of legitimate stakeholders is based on the personal ethics of the owner-manager. These are determined by the owner-manager's preference for a certain normative core and his stage of cognitive moral development. Perceived stakeholders will possess power over the company and/or have a legitimate moral or legal claim on the firm. Individual and situational moderators exist which can influence the transition from the owner-manager's personal ethic to his perception of important stakeholders. Relevant individual factors are the owner-manager's type and length of education and employment, family background, culture and nationality, as well as his locus of control. Situational influences found to be important are the views of relevant peers, (psychological) sanctions and rewards, moral intensity, and moral framing. The company's actual stakeholder management depends on whom the owner-manager perceives to be legitimate stakeholders. It may be ins

Download or read book Business Ethics written by Joseph W. Weiss and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating late 20th-century issues from the complex workplace, this text spotlights major contemporary and international topics in business ethics. Following the premise that though ethical issues change, ethical principles remain constant, the text equips readers with practical guidelines to apply to the ethical dilemmas they will ultimately face.

Download or read book Managing for Stakeholders written by R. Edward Freeman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success, the culmination of twenty years of research, interviews, and observations in the workplace, makes a major new contribution to management thinking and practice. Current ways of thinking about business and stakeholder management usually ask the Value Allocation Question: How should we distribute the burdens and benefits of corporate activities among stakeholders? Managing for Stakeholders, however, helps leaders develop a mindset that instead asks the Value Creation Question: How can we create as much value as possible for all of our stakeholders?Business is about how customers, suppliers, employees, financiers (stockholders, bondholders, banks, etc.), communities, the media, and managers interact and create value. World-renowned management scholar R. Edward Freeman and his coauthors outline ten concrete principles and seven practical techniques for managing stakeholder relationships in order to ensure a firm’s survival, reputation, and success. Managing for Stakeholders is a revolutionary book that will change not only how managers do business but also how they recognize and evaluate business opportunities that would otherwise be invisible.

Download or read book Managing Business Ethics written by Linda K. Trevino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most business ethics texts focus exclusively on individual decision making—what should an individual do—this resource presents the whole business ethics story. Highly realistic, readable, and down-to-earth, it moves from the individual to the managerial to the organizational level, focusing on business ethics in an organizational context to promote an understanding of complex influences on behavior. The new Fifth Edition is the perfect text for students entering the workplace, those seeking to become professionals in training, communications, compliance, in addition to chief ethics officers, corporate counsel, heads of human resources, and senior executives.

Download or read book Business Ethics written by and published by Commerce Department. This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description This official Government manual provides a practical guide to assist owners and managers in meeting emerging global standards and expectations for an effective business ethics program. The manual is intended to be a practical resource for owners and managers, and endeavors to provide a comprehensive framework for designing and implementing business ethics programs by addressing such issues as what it means to be a responsible business, how to approach responsible business conduct as a strategy, which structures and systems help management foster reasonable expectations among enterprise stakeholders as well as guide employees and agents to meet them, how to communicate with stakeholders about enterprise standards, expectations, and performance--and secure stakeholders’ feedback, how to align management practices with core enterprise beliefs through a business ethics program, and how to evaluate performance under a business ethics program and learn from it.

Download or read book Business Society written by Archie B. Carroll and published by Thomson South-Western. This book was released on 1989 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 5th edition employs a stakeholder management framework, emphasizing business' social and ethical responsibilities to both external and internal stakeholder groups. A twin theme of business ethics to illustrate how ethical or moral considerations are included the public issues facing organizations and the decision making process of managers. The text is written from a managerial perspective that along with the twin themes of stakeholders and ethics, shows how to identify stakeholders, incorporate their concerns into the organization's strategy and operations, and also integrate ethical wisdom into their decision making process. In addition, 35 case histories are included to help connect theory and practice through timely and interesting examples.

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Download or read book Principles of Stakeholder Management written by Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and published by Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Business Society written by Archie B. Carroll and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 5th edition employs a stakeholder management framework, emphasizing business' social and ethical responsibilities to both external and internal stakeholder groups. A twin theme of business ethics illustrates how ethical or moral considerations are included the public issues facing organizations and the decision making process of managers. The text is written from a managerial perspective that along with the two themes shows how to identify stakeholders, incorporate their concerns into the organization's strategy and operations, and also integrate ethical wisdom into their decision making process. In addition, 35 case histories are included to help connect theory and practice through timely and interesting examples.

Download or read book The Ethical Manager written by Ronald Michael Green and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1994 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case-oriented text applies current insights in ethical theory to a variety of issues drawn from today's managerial experience. The cases go beyond simply raising questions to theoretically exploring the nature of moral decision-making in management.

Download or read book Business Ethics written by Joseph W. Weiss and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical decisions can be complicated, but ethics class doesn't have to be! BUSINESS ETHICS: STAKEHOLDER AND ISSUES MANAGEMENT APPROACH, 5e, International Edition, helps students get involved and be prepared, because ethics is everybody's business. This easy-to-follow guide addresses business ethics in a way you can understand. By using interesting, current, real-world examples and focusing on stakeholders, this textbook can help you outline your personal business ethics for years to come, giving you the practical tools you need to handle moral dilemmas in the workplace and the world.

Download or read book Strategic Management written by R. Edward Freeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-issue of a foundational work in the field of business ethics from R. Edward Freeman.

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Download or read book Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running a small business provides opportunity for greater success, increased growth, and potentially the chance to move to the global business arena, yet also much more risk. Small businesses not only have less employment, but also less annual revenue than a regular-sized business. With the growth of large corporations and chain businesses, it has become harder to maintain the survival of a small business. The COVID-19 pandemic has also brought more pressure onto the already unsteady survival of small businesses, due to forced closures, decreased agility, fewer technological innovations, and smaller customer bases. The Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival offers current strategies for small businesses that can be utilized in order to maintain equal footing during challenging times. With the proper strategies available to small business owners, small businesses could not only survive, but also excel despite the environment that surrounds them. Covering topics including decision management, new supportive technologies, sustainable development, and micro-financing, this text is ideal for small business owners, entrepreneurs, startup companies, family-owned and operated businesses, restaurateurs, local retailers, managers, executives, academicians, researchers, and students.

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