Opening the Black Box: Corporate Codes of Ethics in Their Organizational Context

A review of the literature on Corporate Codes of Ethics suggests that whilst there exists an informative body of literature concerning the prevalence of such codes, their design, implementation and promulgation, it is also evident that there is a relative lack of consideration of their impact upon m...

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Published in:	Journal of business ethics 1997-07, Vol.16 (10), p.1077-1093
Main Authors:	Cassell, Cathy, Johnson, Phil, Smith, Ken
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Annual reports Behavior modeling Business Business enterprises Business ethics Business structures Codes Contextualism Corporate culture Corporate identity Corporate responsibility Design Ethical behavior Ethical codes Ethics Group behavior Manager behavior Morality Organizational behavior Organizational behaviour Organizational structure Psychological aspects Social ethics Social responsibility Social responsibility of business Studies United States
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Summary:	A review of the literature on Corporate Codes of Ethics suggests that whilst there exists an informative body of literature concerning the prevalence of such codes, their design, implementation and promulgation, it is also evident that there is a relative lack of consideration of their impact upon members' everyday organizational behaviour. By drawing upon organizational sociology and psychology this paper constructs a contextualist and interpretive model which seeks to enable an analysis and evaluation of their effects upon individual, group and organizational behaviour.
ISSN:	0167-4544 1573-0697