Business Codes of Multinational Firms: What Do They Say?

By M. Kaptein. 2004

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Cultural Values and International Differences in Business Ethics (2007, methodology): “The results also complement the conclusions derived from sectoral, country, and functional studies by, among others, Van Tulder and Kolk (2001), Kaptein (2004), Lindfelt (2005), and Stevens et al. (2005).”
Value Solidity in Government and Business (2008, background): “Also included were 25 issues of three journals: Journal of Business Ethics (1999–2001), Business Ethics Quarterly (2000–2001), and Business & Society (2001), and research on codes of conduct by Kaptein (2004).”
A study of the impact of three leadership styles on integrity violations committed by police officers (2007, background): “In order to improve or safeguard the integrity of their organization, many boards have developed all sorts of policies, ranging from codes of conduct and whistle-blowing procedures to job-rotation and screening procedures for applicants (Kaptein, 2004; Pope, 2000; Transparency, 2001; Weaver et al., ”
Developing a Measure of Unethical Behavior in the Workplace: A Stakeholder Perspective (2008, methodology): “…noting that although many of the companies use their responsibilities toward stakeholders to structure their business code, many more structure their business codes differently, such as by business principle, core value, corporate asset, issue, or a combination of these elements (Kaptein, 2004).”
A Content Analysis of Whistleblowing Policies of Leading European Companies (2007, methodology): “And for the top 200 of multinational companies, Kaptein (2004) conducted a similar analysis of the business codes of the 105 organizations that had such a code.”
WHAT ' S VALUED MOST? SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR (2008, background): “This is not the case for those values most often mentioned in the codes of conduct of multinationals (see Kaptein 2004 , p. 22), something which is probably due to the cultural differences between the companies studied, resulting in a fragmented list of international code of conduct business values.”
Opportunities and Problems of Standardized Ethics Initiatives – a Stakeholder Theory Perspective (2008, background): “Opportunities from the perspective of descriptive stakeholder theory Contrary to firm-specific codes of conduct, which usually simply report that it is necessary to account for stakeholder interests (Kaptein, 2004; Sethi, 1999), standardized ethics initiatives give organizations direction in how thi”
The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model (2007, background): “Kaptein and Wempe (1998) compared the objectives of the company with the extent to which these objectives were realized, while Treviño et al.”
Corporate Governance and Codes of Ethics (2009, background): “Multinational companies also seem to be of particular interest (Bondy et al., 2004; Carasco and Singh, 2003; Kaptein, 2004; Payne et al., 1997).”
Tax avoidance and corporate social responsibility: you can't do both, or can you? (2010, methodology): “Prior research into codes of conduct found that such tools are predominantly adopted in large corporations ( Kaptein, 2004”
A Review of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices in Canada (2012, background): “The literature (Adams et al. 2001; Kaptein 2004) points to the proliferation of codes of conduct as an indicator of adopting ethical behaviour, particularly when firms engage in off shoring and outsourcing in developing countries (van Tulder et al.”
From Chain Liability to Chain Responsibility (2009, background): “Around two thirds of the 100 largest firms in the world already formulated a code of conduct (Kaptein, 2004).”
Suppliers’ Compliance with MNCs’ Codes of Conduct: Behind the Scenes at Chinese Toy Suppliers (2007, background): “Murphy, 1995; Sethi and Williams, 2000; Schwartz, 2002; Sethi, 2002), and from a descriptive perspective analysing what different types of codes actually include (e.g. Montoya and Richard, 1994; Emmelhainz and Adams, 1999; Kathryn and Miyake, 2001; van Tulder and Kolk, 2001; Kolk and van Tulder, 200”
Corporate Values, Codes of Ethics, and Firm Performance: A Look at the Canadian Context (2008, background): “Kaptein (2004) states that a code of ethics clarifies the objectives the company pursues, the norms and values it upholds and what it can be held accountable for.”
The Effects of Proximity and Empathy on Ethical Decision-Making: An Exploratory Investigation (2009, background): “language regarding safe working conditions and injury prevention (Kaptein, 2004).”