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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.

A Farewell To Arm’S Length In Value Chain Responsibilities, Craig Caldwell

Craig B. Caldwell

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How Groups Improve The Quality Of Balanced Scorecards, S. Hughes, K. Paulson-Gjerde, Craig Caldwell, P. Rouse

Craig B. Caldwell

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A Farewell To Arm’S Length In Value Chain Responsibilities, Craig Caldwell, R. Phillips

Craig B. Caldwell

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Corporate Governance And Business Ethics: Insights From The Strategic Planning Experience, Ingrid Bonn, Josie Fisher

Ingrid Bonn

In this paper we develop an integrated approach towards corporate governance and business ethics. Our central argument is that organisations can learn from the development of strategic planning in the 1970s and 1980s. We identify three weaknesses – a bureaucratic and formalised approach, lack of implementation and lack of integration throughout the organisation – which were prevalent in strategic planning in the past and which are potentially just as problematic for an integrated corporate governance approach to business ethics. We suggest ways these weaknesses might be avoided and provide questions for boards of directors to consider when integrating ethical concerns …

Value Chain Responsibility: A Farewell To Arm's Length., R. Phillips, Craig Caldwell

Craig B. Caldwell

A Conceptual History Of Entrepreneurial Thought., Patrick J. Murphy, J. Liao, H. P. Welsch

Patrick J. Murphy

We introduce a conceptual history of knowledge expansion in the entrepreneurship field based on a logical mechanism of conjecture and refutation. Our undertaking interprets and explains the emergence, rise, re-emergence, and decline of key problem situations and theories through prehistoric, economic, and multidisciplinary movements in entrepreneurial thought.

Effects Of Board Structure On Firm Performance: A Comparison Between Japan And Australia, Ingrid Bonn, Toru Yoshikawab, Phillip Phanc

Ingrid Bonn

This article compares the effects of board size, proportion of female directors, proportion of outside directors and average age of directors on firm performance in Japanese and Australian firms. We found that board size and age of directors were negatively associated with the performance of Japanese firms. For Australian firms, outsider ratio and female director ratio were positively associated with performance.

Personality And Situations In Co-Worker Preference: Similarity And Complementarity In Worker Compatibility., Patrick J. Murphy

Patrick J. Murphy

Guided by fit-oriented personality theories, we asked with whom people prefer to work, given their own and others’ personality traits and in light of trait-relevant work situations. Participants (N = 185) completed the Personality Research Form (Jackson, 1989) and rated preference for hypothetical co-workers at opposite poles of Dominance, Affiliation, Autonomy, Defendence, and Abasement in simulated job settings varying in work proximity and supervisory status. As expected, judges preferred co-workers providing opportunity for trait expression (e.g., affiliative judges preferred affiliative co-workers), especially when expecting to work together and in light of who would be in charge (e.g., low-autonomous judges preferred …

Understanding Research On Values In Business, Craig Caldwell

Craig B. Caldwell