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Standards and Audits for Ethics Management Systems

The European Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Josef Wieland

    1. Fachhochschule Konstanz, Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany

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  • Gives an overview of the state of the European discussion on the topic of ethics standards
  • Unique in its field - offers a compressed collection of all relevant European ethics standards and the application of ethics standards in practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ethical Economy (SEEP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Standards

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. ValuesManagementSystemZfW: A New Standard for Values Driven Management

      • Josef Wieland
      Pages 3-24

    3. AA1000 Series: The Challenge of Accountability Management

      • Michael Peirce
      Pages 25-40

    4. The Ethical Management System of FORETICA

      • Pedro Francés, Germán Granda, Alberto Urtiaga
      Pages 41-59

    5. The Q-RES Project: The Quality of Social and Ethical Responsibility of Corporations

      • Simone de Colle, Lorenzo Sacconi, Emma Baldin
      Pages 60-115

  3. Studies about Standards and Audits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Values Management Systems and their Auditing: Concept, Instruments and Empirical Experiences

      • Josef Wieland, Stephan Grüninger
      Pages 119-147

    3. Issues in the Development of an Anti-Corruption Management System Standard

      • Thomas F. McInerney
      Pages 148-162

    4. Political Party Funding and Business Corruption

      • Antonio Argandoña
      Pages 163-190

    5. Developing a Corporate Values Statement — A Case Study

      • Domènec Melé
      Pages 191-202

    6. Measuring Moral Capital

      • Alejo Jose G. Sison
      Pages 203-215

    7. Ethics Management Systems, Responsibility and Information Technology

      • Bernd Carsten Stahl
      Pages 216-232

    8. Framework for Ethically Aware Businesses: The Integrity Management Model

      • Bernhard Waxenberger
      Pages 233-251

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 253-255
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About this book

The articles collected in this volume deal with the contents and processes of good corporate practice. Their common question is how moral values and ethical demands can become an integral part of economic and corporate deci­ sions- in a way that is credible and comprehensible for the society. Generally accepted best practice or minimum requirements for codes of conduct matter in this context. They codify values like integrity, fairness, openness, honesty, truthfulness, solidarity and justice, which have to be im­ plemented in a company's day-to-day business. In one sentence: There is a need to develop criteria for seriosity and credibility, for evaluating and con­ trolling standards of conduct and the managerial systems created for this purpose. In the international arena terms like Ethics management system, Ethics program, Values program, Ethics audit and Social audit are in use to denote these management systems. In this context it seems to me that the European perspective results from the values driven integration of corporate govern­ ance (e.g. risk management, compliance), quality management (e.g. human capital, supply chain) and corporate citizenship (human rights, ecology, so­ cial responsibility, communitiy) into a comprehensive and consistent man­ agement decision system. The core value and common denominator of these areas is sustainability. This, for instance, as opposed to narrow compliance programs that are largely law driven, to use a distinction which Lynn S. Paine introduced.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fachhochschule Konstanz, Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Konstanz, Germany

    Josef Wieland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Standards and Audits for Ethics Management Systems

  • Book Subtitle: The European Perspective

  • Editors: Josef Wieland

  • Series Title: Ethical Economy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05107-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40206-0Published: 01 July 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07292-5Published: 21 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05107-8Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-2707

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-2723

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 255

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, Philosophy, general, Economics, general

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