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Communicating the ethos of corporate codes of ethics in the UK and the USA

Whyatt, Georgina, Payan, Janice, Wood, Greg, Callaghan , Michael and Svensson, Goran 2010, Communicating the ethos of corporate codes of ethics in the UK and the USA, in ANZAM 2010 : Proceedings of the 24th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference : Managing for Unknowable Futures; 2010, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Adelaide, S.A., pp. 1-28.

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Title Communicating the ethos of corporate codes of ethics in the UK and the USA
Author(s) Whyatt, Georgina
Payan, Janice
Wood, Greg
Callaghan , Michael
Svensson, Goran
Conference name Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference (24th : 2010 : Adelaide, S. Aust.)
Conference location Adelaide, S.A.
Conference dates 8-10 Dec. 2010
Title of proceedings ANZAM 2010 : Proceedings of the 24th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference : Managing for Unknowable Futures; 2010
Editor(s) [Unknown]
Publication date 2010
Conference series Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Start page 1
End page 28
Total pages 28
Publisher Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Place of publication Adelaide, S.A.
Summary Business ethics has been a consideration for corporations in the USA since at least the early 1960s, whilst in the UK this interest in business ethics appears to be just over 20 years old. In a survey of the top 500 companies operating in the private sector in the UK and the USA, it would appear that corporations operating in the UK have embraced the ethos of codes of ethics differently to their USA counterparts and that this difference may well be in line with their different adoption rates over the last 50 years of the need for business ethics in organizations. The USA seems to lead the UK in most areas, except when it comes to ethical audits and incorporating the ethics code into the strategic planning process. Could this omission in respect to strategic planning be the Achilles Heel of US business?
Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.
Language eng
Field of Research 220102 Business Ethics
Socio Economic Objective 950402 Business Ethics
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2010, The Authors
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032191

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