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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The essential guide to creating an honest, ethical workplace culture in any industry In The Manager's Book of Decencies , Stephen Harrison showed how even the smallest gestures can produce big results and change the culture of an entire workforce. Now the author of that prescient bestseller has teamed up with Jim Lukaszewski, America's Crisis Guru® to write the definitive guide to transforming or restoring your workplace into a showplace of honest,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging generational and cultural divides.
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A just culture is a culture of trust, learning and accountability. It is particularly important when an incident has occurred; when something has gone wrong. How do you respond to the people involved? What do you do to minimize the negative impact, and maximize learning?."
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Series
Publisher
ISTE Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This book covers all forms of ethical assessment of research and innovation at the European Commission, including the implications of the concept of RRI which has emerged as a new framework to be used by the European Commission, and indeed including the newer concepts of Open Innovation and Open Science which are designed to subsume and reconfigure RRI. The book can be used as a 'how to' guide to understand and navigate the ethical and societal demands...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This book develops an intellectual framework for analyzing ethical dilemmas that is both grounded in theory and versatile enough to deal rigorously with real-world issues. It sees ethics as a necessary foundation for the social infrastructure that makes modern life possible, much as engineering is a foundation for physical infrastructure. It is not wedded to any particular ethical philosophy but draws from several traditions to construct a unified...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The field of business ethics continues to expand intellectually and geographically. During the past five decades, scholars have developed and deepened their inquiries into the ethics of commercial and corporate conduct. This Companion provides a novel overview of the discipline of business ethics, covering the major areas of the field as well as new and emerging topics. The eight thematic units range over an extraordinary set of subjects and include...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Curt Verschoor on Ethics is a compilation of the best business ethics columns that will continue for years forward to be of lasting educational value. In a company setting, the columns can function as the basis for discussion on proper business ethics. In academia, the columns can serve as assigned readings over significant ethics events and issues. Some topics that are covered in the columns include: value of a strong ethical culture, studies of...
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Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Business ethics has become too complex and is undermining the ability of companies to meet the ethical expectations of stakeholders. Simpler is better. Leaders need to stop outsourcing ethics and explain their company's value propositions in a clear, concise, nontechnical sentence or two that their least sophisticated stakeholder can understand. And they need to resist making big bets on visions for future social change instead of being transparent...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
New research finds that reporting on unethical conduct in the workplace is linked to employees' degree of psychological safety. Those with lower scores on a measure of psychological safety were less likely to report unethical behavior through effective channels - but were also more likely to observe more instances of unethical behavior. The authors argue that a healthy organizational culture is one in which speaking up and listening go hand in hand...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A just culture protects people's honest mistakes from being seen as culpable. But what is an honest mistake, or rather, when is a mistake no longer honest? It is too simple to assert that there should be consequences for those who 'cross the line'. Lines don't just exist out there, ready to be crossed or obeyed. We - people - construct those lines; and we draw them differently all the time, depending on the language we use to describe the mistake,...
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The author details his incredible journey as a forensic accountant and how he faced death threats, retaliation and family hardships during various fraud investigations. He was tested on numerous occasions but never deviated from professional standards. Over the years, he has collected countless stories representative of the common tendencies that hinder practitioner's ability to detect, deter, and prevent fraud and misconduct, many of which could...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
To better understand the key challenges and success factors driving some organizations' adoption of a holistic approach to ethical and responsible business, the authors interviewed leaders from more than two dozen large companies and multilateral institutions. They found that independent and autonomous leadership plays an important role, but companies must also break down internal silos to create strategic alignment and collaboration and build a culture...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Businesses' past involvement or complicity in atrocities and human rights abuses such as slavery and genocide is a pressing concern for stakeholders today. Managers who meaningfully engage with their companies' past actions can address historic harms while simultaneously contributing to their companies' future success. The authors examine the factors that are pushing companies to take action now, and they offer guidance to help leaders begin the process...
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Leadership, corporate responsibility and management ethics underline the human centered paradigm in the complex world of today. One major issue in management is impact on people. This book relates to the outcomes of human interaction within and beyond the borders of an organization. It discusses what motivates moral behavior at the individual and the collective levels, how morality is engrained in markets and how it is deployed in business processes...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It's disingenuous for companies to pretend they are passive observers of regulations, laws, or the political climate. Corporate political responsibility is a new variation of corporate social responsibility, describing the ideal ways in which businesses should engage with the key systems of society. It requires companies to manage conflicting views about when and how to use their voices and their political influence.
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Investors and regulators are increasingly pushing for greater diversity on boards, but many companies' efforts to do so, known as board refreshment, are falling flat. Vague terms, loose requirements, and CEO influence work against change and favor the status quo. Meaningful refreshment requires organizations to articulate specific intentions and guard against too much CEO input.
Author
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In a world struggling to adapt to seismic social and environmental changes, the time is now for businesses to prioritise creating local conditions of peace. This book builds on original research foregrounding 'peace' as a core business outcome for natural resources industries. Especially in non-warlike situations where natural resources industries have exacerbated or caused conflict, foregrounding peace as a core business outcome can bring substantial...
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Series
Publisher
mitp Verlag
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Software Craftsmanship ist kein Beruf, sondern eine Berufung. Der legendäre Softwareentwickler Robert C. Martin (»Uncle Bob«) gibt Ihnen mit diesem Buch einen pragmatischen und praktischen Leitfaden für die Praktiken an die Hand, die für die Softwareentwicklung essenziell sind. Uncle Bob erläutert die Methoden, Standards und ethischen Grundsätze, die es Ihnen ermöglichen, robusten und effektiven Code zu schreiben, auf den Sie stolz sein können....
Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Most of the high-profile cases of real or perceived unethical activity in data science aren't matters of bad intent. Rather, they occur because the ethics simply aren't thought through well enough. Being ethical takes constant diligence, and in many situations identifying the right choice can be difficult. In this in-depth book, contributors from top companies in technology, finance, and other industries share experiences and lessons learned from...
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