Who decides what is ethical? Society, organisations or
individuals?
Ethics is about character and courage. How we meet the challenge
when doing the right thing will cost more than we want to pay.
Robert D. Hass
CEO Levi Strauss & Co.
Ethics, morals and the . . .
Further reading.
Argyris, C. (1990) Overcoming Organizational Defences, Englewood
Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall.
Badaracco, J. (1992) 'Business Ethics: Four Shapers of
Executive Responsibility'--California Management . . .
The global 100 list of the most sustainable corporations in the
world.(APPENDIX 1)
www.global100.org (Corporate Knights Inc. Toronto ON, 2005)
The following list of The Most Sustainable Corporations in the
World (Global 100 List for 2005 www.global100.org) is reproduced . . .
Becoming comfortable with the ethical dimension.(CHAPTER
6)
We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not
for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that,
they have never failed to appear.
George W. Merck (Merck & . . .
Work globally, develop locally: diaspora networks as entry point
to knowledge-based development.
SUMMARY
This article examines ways to increase the chances that migration
of high-skill workers will benefit sending countries. It explores the
formation of diaspora networks as search networks . . .
Context, challenge and choice.(business ethics)
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise
Machiavelli The Prince (1513)
Much of what the West took for granted in our free market system
and assumed to be human nature was . . .
Useful websites.(Website list)
Corporate Social Responsibility Networks
AccountAblity www.accountability.org.au
Best Practices Database www.bestpractices.org
Business for Social Responsibility www.bsr.org/
Caux . . .
Epilogue.(Outline of History)(Book review)
>Human history more and more becomes a race between education
and catastrophe
H.G. Wells (1866-1946) Outline of History, 1920
In this book, we have suggested that there are three . . .
Introduction.(business ethics in today's age)
The unexamined life is not worth living
Baruch Spinoza (1634-1677)
Ethics is no longer a purely personal concern. Nor is it something
that organisational leaders can take for granted. The waves . . .
Regional innovation systems in Asian countries: a new way of
exploiting the benefits of transnational corporations.
SUMMARY
This paper argues for the importance of using the regional
innovation systems (RIS) approach as both an analytical framework and a
policy tool for generating economic development in . . .
Understanding ethical perspectives: the mindfield of personal
ethics.
Ethics establishes who you are and what you stand for.
Individuals have an innate need to make sense of the situations in
which they find themselves, yet organisational managers often . . .
Changing societal values: the rise of stakeholder
capitalism.(CHAPTER 2)(corporate social responsibility)
All truth passes through three stages First it is ridiculed Second
it is opposed Third it is accepted as being self-evident
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Social change
The history of . . .
Top 120 Australian and New Zealand companies--corporate social
responsibility index.(APPENDIX 2)
www.reputex.com.au (RepuTex[R], Melbourne VIC, 2005)
The biggest 100 Australian companies and 20 New Zealand companies
from Business Review Weekly's top 1000 companies have been ranked
below in . . .
Virtue ethics and the rise of the meaning economy: virtue ethics
in tomorrow's business world.(CHAPTER 7)
Leadership, the learned ability to inspire 'followship',
has qualities that reflect more the character of the individual than the
particular type of organisation that they head; or the form of . . .
Twin innovation systems, intermediate technology and economic
development: history and prospect for China.
SUMMARY
This paper argues that less developed countries (LDCs) need twin
national systems of innovation: systems with one, 'upper'
level or sub-system to engage with advanced technology and . . .
Governance: corporate social responsibilty and employee
accountability.(CHAPTER 3)
Every human act takes place in language. Every act in language
brings forth a world created with others in the act of coexistence which
gives rise to what is human. Thus every human act has an . . .
Universal declaration of human rights.(APPENDIX 3)(United
Nations)
Preamble
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation
of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
. . .
Ethics and doing business in China.(CHAPTER 8)
The superior man understands righteousness; the inferior man
understands profit.
Confucius (551--479 BC)
When things are investigated, knowledge is extended. When knowledge
is extended, . . .
The evolving role of research consortia in East Asia.
SUMMARY
Research consortia have played an important role in the economic
success of several East Asian countries. This paper looks at the ways
these consortia--which are created for strategic . . .
Innovation with Chinese characteristics: towards harmonious
transformation.(APPENDIX)
REPORT ON SPEECH BY PRESIDENT HU JINTAO AT CHINA'S FOURTH
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING, 9 JANUARY 2006
A wealth of policy materials, case studies, press releases . . .
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