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A longitudinal study of the commitment to business ethics of corporate Australia

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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by Michael CallaghanMichael Callaghan, Greg WoodGreg Wood, G Svensson
This paper compares the results of a longitudinal study of ten years, conducted at five yearly intervals, from 1995 to 2005. The aim of the study was to examine the commitment to business ethics of the top 500 Australian companies. Primary data was obtained via a self-administered mail questionnaire distributed to a census of the top 500 Australian companies. This paper examines those responses that indicated that their company possessed a code of ethics. The paper finds that business ethics has continued to evolve and that, in most cases, such evolution has been positive. It would seem that codes of ethics have moved beyond a regulatory requirement and are now considered an integral component of corporate culture and commercial practice in many of Australia's top companies.

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Journal

International journal of entrepreneurship and small business

Volume

6

Issue

1

Pagination

173 - 184

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Location

London, England

ISSN

1476-1297

eISSN

1741-8054

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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