(1) C. R. Smith Co-Director Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide & Professor of Marketing, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Abstract:
This paper reports on the findings of the third in a series of surveys of large U.S.-based and multinational corporations
on their ethics statements. Focusing on four types – values statement, corporate credo, code of ethics and Internet privacy
policy – we find growth in the use of these statements over the last decade. We discuss the external communication of these
statements, including the avenues that are now used for promotion and their intended audiences. The paper concludes with a
number of research issues to be addressed.