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A longitudinal study of the commitment to business ethics of corporate Australia Callaghan, Michael, Wood, Greg and Svensson, Goran 2008, A longitudinal study of the commitment to business ethics of corporate Australia, International journal of entrepreneurship and small business, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 173-184. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A longitudinal study of the commitment to business ethics of corporate Australia Author(s) Callaghan, Michael Wood, Greg Svensson, Goran Journal name International journal of entrepreneurship and small business Volume number 6 Issue number 1 Start page 173 End page 184 Publisher Inderscience Publishers Place of publication London, England Publication date 2008 ISSN 1476-1297 Keyword(s) business ethics codes of ethics commitment longitudinal study evolution Australia corporate culture commercial practice Summary This paper compares the results of a longitudinal study of ten years, conducted at five yearly intervals, from 1995 to 2005. The aim of the study was to examine the commitment to business ethics of the top 500 Australian companies. Primary data was obtained via a self-administered mail questionnaire distributed to a census of the top 500 Australian companies. This paper examines those responses that indicated that their company possessed a code of ethics. The paper finds that business ethics has continued to evolve and that, in most cases, such evolution has been positive. It would seem that codes of ethics have moved beyond a regulatory requirement and are now considered an integral component of corporate culture and commercial practice in many of Australia's top companies. Language eng Field of Research 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017125 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Management and Marketing Higher Education Research Group Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:49:58 EST Tue, 08 Dec 2009, 14:44:00 EST Tue, 08 Dec 2009, 14:45:03 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 09:15:30 EST Fri, 25 Nov 2011, 09:05:36 EST Fri, 25 Nov 2011, 09:15:43 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 428 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:49:58 EST

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