Self–Interest and Business Ethics: Some Lessons of the Recent Corporate Scandals

By T. Carson. 2003

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MetaFraud: A Meta-Learning Framework for Detecting Financial Fraud (2012, background): “These frauds have had a significant negative impact on the economy and stock markets worldwide, and have resulted in a general loss of confidence in the integrity of businesses (Albrecht, Albrecht, and Albrecht 2008; Carson 2003).”
A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Business Ethics Instruction (2009, background): “Due in part to corporate scandals (Carson, 2003; Ghorpade, 1991), the business community has recognized that the nature of the work environment in the early twenty-first century is drastically impacting ethical behavior.”
When consumers doubt, Watch out! The role of CSR skepticism (2013, background): “…companies' heavy investment in publicizing their good works (Porter & Kramer, 2004), reported incidents of irresponsible corporate behavior abound (Carson, 2003; Lange & Washburn, 2012), and negative information is generally more diagnostic and weights more heavily than positive information…”
Examining the role of CSR skepticism using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (2014, background): “While increasingly more companies undertake CSR initiatives in an attempt to contribute to society or pursue their strategic goals, examples of corporate social irresponsibility abound (e.g., Carson, 2003; Lange & Washburn, 2012; Murphy & Schlegelmilch, 2013).”