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International Strategies And Ethics: Exploring The Tensions Between Head Office And Subsidiaries, Josie Fisher, Ingrid Bonn
International Strategies And Ethics: Exploring The Tensions Between Head Office And Subsidiaries, Josie Fisher, Ingrid Bonn
Ingrid Bonn
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the complexities and tensions that international organisations face in managing ethics.
Design/methodology/approach – Three levels of ethics are identified and discussed in the paper in the context of three international strategies.
Findings – The study finds that an organisation’s approach to ethics depends on its level of ethics and the type of international strategy adopted. These two dimensions have the potential to create identifiable tensions between head office and subsidiaries that will need to be understood and managed.
Practical implications – The paper offers practical guidance to managers by providing …
International Strategies And Ethics, Jodie Fisher, Ingrid Bonn
International Strategies And Ethics, Jodie Fisher, Ingrid Bonn
Ingrid Bonn
In this paper, we identify and discuss three different levels of ethics that can be implemented by organisations pursuing global, transnational or multinational strategies. Our main argument is that an organisations's approach to ethics depends on its level and type of international strategy adopted. Organisations pursuing global or transnational strategies are likely to regard their approach to ethics as an important strategic decision that needs to be implemented in all subsidiaries around the world. Organisations with multinational strategies are likely to face tension between head-office and subsidiary management if they operate at different levels of ethics.