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The relevance to international mergers of the ethical perspectives of participants

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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Greg WoodGreg Wood
International mergers are becoming more widespread among medium-sized companies that for decades have held a prime position in their home country market, but who now feel threatened that they may not be of a significant size to continue to be viable in the international marketplace. The purpose of this paper is to examine the merger of one Australian company and one of its former competitors in the international marketplace from the perspective of the congruence between their espoused ethical cultures in business prior to the merger. A questionnaire comprising 46 questions was sent to the public relations manager of each organization prior to the merger. These managers were asked to fill in the questionnaire and to provide a copy of their code of ethics. The research found that organizations need to not only have a code of ethics, but also need to focus especially on the area of code augmentation to ensure that they communicate the ethos of their code to their employees.

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Journal

Corporate governance

Volume

5

Issue

5

Pagination

39 - 50

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Group

Location

Bradford, England

ISSN

1472-0701

eISSN

1758-6054

Language

eng

Notes

Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2005, Emerald Publishing Group

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