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Course references

Laws and guidelines referred to in the IBE Introduction to Business Ethics Course

The Combined Code on Corporate Governance http://www.frc.org.uk/documents/pagemanager/frc/Combined%20Code%20June%202006.pdf

Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980023.htm
Department of Trade and Industry Guide to PIDA http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/employment-legislation/employment-guidance/page16186.html

Operating and Financial Review Guidelines www.frc.org.uk/images/uploaded/documents/Reporting%20Statements%20OFR%20web.pdf

Company Law Review http://www.dti.gov.uk/bbf/co-law-reform-bill/clr- review/page22794.html

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) www.sarbanes-oxley-forum.com

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/36/1922428.pdf www.dti.gov.uk/europeandtrade/trade-policy/oecd-multinat-guidelines/page10203.html

International Labour Standards www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/index.htm

OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials (1997) www.oecd.org

UN Convention against Bribery and Corruption http://www.unodc.org/unodc/crime_convention_corruption.html

UN Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

UN Principles for Responsible Investment http://www.unpri.org/principles/

Books

A selection of books covering ethics in business, from a variety of angles. A reference copy is available in the IBE business ethics library.

More books can be found on the teaching business ethics section of this website.

  • The Ethical Organisation: Ethical Theory and Corporate Behaviour, Kitson A., & Campbell R, MacMillan Business, 1996
  • Ethics in Organisations, Murray D, The Fast Track MBA Series, Kogan Page/Coopers & Lybrand, 1997
    This book looks at ethics in a fairly broad sense. Subjects covered include: public concern, values and codes, stakeholders, company vision, and business ethics into the 21st century. It is written in a way that is intended to help you to review the behaviour of your own organisation.
  • Ethical Leadership, Connock S & Johns T, IPD, 1995
  • Competitive and Ethical, Wyburd G, Kogan Page, 1998
  • A Companion to Business Ethics, Federick,R, Blackwell, 1999
  • Business Ethics, Hendry J., & Sorell T, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
    Explains the philosophy underpinning ethics theory and explores drivers for ethical behaviour and ethical issues by stakeholder group.
  • Business Ethics: facing up to the issues, Ed. Bonny C. and Moon C, The Economist Books, 2001
    Highlights how important it is for companies to address ethical issues and how firms can in practice go about addressing those issues. Part 1 explores changes to and the greater complexity of the business environment. Part 2 examines the interface between individuals and organisations. Part 3 looks at specific ethical problems. Part 4 gives practical guidance for developing and implementing codes of ethics and looks at auditing approaches adopted by companies.
  • Business Ethics: A European Perspective, Crane A. And Matten D. 2004. .Oxford: OUP. Comprehensive coverage with a 'European perspective' alongside a 'corporate citizenship and sustainability' approach linked to issues of 'globalization'. It is an approach that primarily views business ethics from a managerial standpoint
  • All IBE publications - please see the list here.
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Other resources

For links to ethics organisations see our UK and International links pages.
For further resources, visit IBE's education website in association with EBEN-UK - http://www.ibe.org.uk/teaching/home.html

Business Ethics: A European Review (4 issues a year), Blackwells.

Journal of Business Ethics (12 issues a year), Kluwer.


'Complete Guide To Ethics Management'McNamara, C. (1999) www.managementhelp.org/ethics/ethxgde.htm

The Ethical Enterprise: Doing the right things in the right ways, today and tomorrow - A Global Study of Business Ethics 2005-2015American Management Association (2006) . http://www.amanet.org/research/index.htm

Multinational Issues

 


Donaldson, T. (1985) 'Multinational Decision-Making: Reconciling International Norms'. Journal of Business Ethics, vol 4, 357-366.

Donaldson, T. (1996) 'Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home'. Harvard Business Review, September-October 1996.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalisation - an action plan for business, Cramer, J. (2006) . Greenleaf Publishing: Sheffield.

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