Enron Ethics (Or: Culture Matters More than Codes)
This paper describes and discusses the Enron Corporation debacle. The paper presents the business ethics background and leadership mechanisms affecting Enron's collapse and eventual bankruptcy. Through a systematic analysis of the organizational culture at Enron (following Schein's frame o...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2003
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-256 |
Further subjects: | B
Culture Matter
B Business Ethic B Leadership Mechanism B Organizational Culture B Economic Growth |
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Summary: | This paper describes and discusses the Enron Corporation debacle. The paper presents the business ethics background and leadership mechanisms affecting Enron's collapse and eventual bankruptcy. Through a systematic analysis of the organizational culture at Enron (following Schein's frame of reference) the paper demonstrates how the company's culture had profound effects on the ethics of its employees. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1024194519384 |