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Index  

Enron Corporation

Citigroup and, 236

conflict of interest and, 67

corporate crime and, 41

deregulation and, 34–35

ethics and, 7

organizational culture of, 10

situational ethics and, 163–164

trust and, 4, 44

whistle-blowers and, 82–83

environment

behavior and, 10

compliance programs, 42

cross-cultural ethics and, 329

ethics and, 13–14, 161–162

globalization and business, 310–312, 316

principles on, Caux Round Table, 349

protection, 215–218

workplace, 61

. see also organizational culture

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 42, 215, 219

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 63–66, 146, 218

equality. see discrimination

ethical responsibility, 31–33

ethics, defined, 13, 38, 305. see also case studies

Ethics Officer Association, 42, 277

Ethics Resource Center, 4, 6, 7–8, 276, 342

euphemisms, use of, 255

evaluation

communication, 283–284

compliance program, 306–308

performance, 61, 140–142, 155–158, 261–262, 304–306

exercises. see case study exercises

expatriate managers, 317–323

ExxonMobil, 24, 217–218

 

F

facts in decision-making, 123–124

False Claims act, 82

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 83

Federal Communication Commission, 218

Federal Reserve Board, 218

Federal Trade Commission, 218

fiduciary responsibilities, 70, 73–74, 127

financial performance, 36–40, 40–43

financial responsibility, 30–31

Food and Drug Administration, 218

Ford Motor Company, 7, 105–109, 120–123, 129–132

Fortune

on Citigroup, 235–236

on code of ethics, 241–243

on corporate reputations, 24–25, 37

on Enron Corporation, 198

on General Motors, 128

on Malden Mills, 38–39

on media cynicism, 4

on organizational culture, 228

fraud, 41, 199–200

 

G

gaming as a training model, 2, 300–302. see also case studies; case study exercises

Gates, Bill, 34, 250

General Dynamics Corporation, 14, 233, 254

General Electric Company, 44, 231

General Motors, 4, 33, 128, 197

globalization

cross-cultural ethics and, 340–346

ethics and business, 316, 330–333

managers and business, 317–323

. see also culture; international business

Goldman Sachs, 40–41, 46

government

changing corporate culture and, 256

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and, 32, 34–36

ethics scandals in, 7–8

foreign bribery and, 324–329

regulation, 7, 34–36, 218–219

whistle-blowers and, 79–84

worker protection and, 146

. see also politics in global business; regulation

 

grapevine, 171, 280–283

groups

business stakeholders as, 195–197

consistency and homogeneity of, 321–323

individualism vs. collectivism in, 319

norms and behavior, 173–175, 249–250

organizational culture and, 228

shareholders as, 213–215

groupthink, 182

 

H

harassment. see also sexual abuse; women

cross-cultural ethics and, 329

human resources and, 61

management and, 148–149

sexual, 7, 64–67, 168–170

health

asbestos and, 22, 33, 177, 248–249

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 34

global environment and issues of, 333–335, 337

government regulation and, 34–36

privacy and, 206

product safety and, 205–206

worker safety and, 208–210

. see also safety

Health and Human Services, Department of, 35–36

Home Depot, 33, 334

homogeneity, cultural, 322

honesty

business standards and, 219

corporate resources and, 76–78

cross-cultural ethics and, 323–329, 328–329

global environment and, 337

job performance and, 156

organizational culture and, 226–227

personal values and, 3, 27–28

role conflict and, 175–178

. see also integrity

honor code, 3, 178, 242. see also code of conduct; code of ethics

hotlines, 302–304

human resources

compliance programs and, 276–280

employment contracts and, 60–62

management of, 138–146

organizational culture and, 237

human rights, 334–343

 

I

individualism, 319

industry initiatives

Caux Round Table, 341

compliance programs and, 42, 276–280

global business and, 333–340

Health Care Compliance Association, 42

organizational ethics and, 26–27

inequality. see discrimination

integrity

cross-cultural ethics and, 323–329

decision-making and, 98–99, 126

defined, 165, 305

personal values and, 5, 27–28

Royal Dutch Shell and, 344–345

testing, 283

virtue ethics and, 93–94

. see also honesty; reputation

intellectual property, 111

internalization, organizational culture and, 229–230

international business

bribery and, 324–329

child labor and, 330–331

cross-cultural ethics and, 340–346

ethical standards and, 329–333

management and, 317–323

nationalism in, 332–333

principles of, Caux Round Table, 347–351

relativism vs. ethical imperialism, 330

. see also culture; globalization

International Business Machines (IBM)

integrity and, 171–172

 9-11 United Services Group, 46–47

social responsibility and, 36

trust and, 44

intuition, 100–102, 127–128

investment banking, 200–201, 213–215, 256