A content analysis of ethical policy statements regarding marketing activities
Many large corporations now have written codes of ethics to guide the business/marketing activities of employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and types of topics which are covered in the ethics policy statements of large U.S. corporations. The results indicated that the...
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1988
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Journal of business ethics
Год: 1988, Том: 7, Выпуск: 10, Страницы: 771-776 |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
Large Corporation
B Content Analysis B Маркетинг B Policy Statement B Economic Growth |
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Итог: | Many large corporations now have written codes of ethics to guide the business/marketing activities of employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and types of topics which are covered in the ethics policy statements of large U.S. corporations. The results indicated that the topics covered most often (respectively) were: misuse of funds/improper accounting, conflicts of interest, political contributions, and confidential information. It is concluded that in addition to written ethics policy statements, top management should communicate ethical values and demonstrate by example. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00411024 |