An Ethical Decision-Making Framework for Competitor Intelligence Gathering

Competitor intelligence gathering involves the aggregation of competitive information to facilitate strategic development and a competitive advantage. Unfortunately, companies are sometimes willing to carry out questionable gathering practices to collect such information. An ethical decision making framework for competitor intelligence gathering is presented in this paper that outlines the impact of several strengthening and weakening factors on individual ethical reasoning. Dialogue is provided about the management of intelligence gathering from various viewpoints, and the implications of these managerial suggestions are discussed. Terri Rittenburg is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Wyoming; she is a member of the Editorial Policy Board for the Journal of Macromarketing. Her research has appeared in journals such as Psychology and Marketing,Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Macromarketing. Sean Valentine is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Wyoming. His research has appeared in journals such as Human Relations, Journal of Businees Research, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management. James Faircloth is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of North Dakota.He has previously published in the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice and Psychological Reports.     

美国供应链信息披露新法规涉及冲突矿产

金融危机爆发以后,美国国会通过了多德·弗兰克金融改革法案以改革金融体系。除了针对金融机构,该法案也包含了一个对更多行业将会产生巨大影响的条款,内容涉及冲突性地区金属矿产的获取。从2013年开始,许多在美国上市的公司必须对美国证券委员会提交关于企业供应链来源的报告,这一新的信息披露要求,对企业提出了一个复杂的责任问题。     

香港交易所致力推动可持续发展新动向

香港交易所《环境、社会及管治报告指引》的公共意见征求工作将在四月初结束,之后交易所准备进入指引制定的下一阶段,在致力推动亚洲的可持续发展方面迈出实质性的一步。在全球金融市场中,香港交易所已经成为IPO的重要中心,所以此次加强信息披露的要求很重要。通过该指引,香港交易所开始驶上国际轨道,与其他交易所及机构型投资者一样注重企业在环保及社会方面披露信息的重要性,要求     

“里约+20”峰会的成效

为了促进国际间合作以应对环保、贫困等问题,改变全球经济发展模式,1992年,联合国在里约热内卢首次举办了针对可持续发展的高峰会议。会议中,政府界发表了《里约声明》并签署了《生物多样性公约》和《联合国气候变化框架公约》等国际公约。今年,     

Keeping Teams Together: How Ethical Leadership Moderates the Effects of Performance on Team Efficacy and Social Integration

Journal of Business Ethics - Prior research has demonstrated a strong relationship between team performance and team members’ team efficacy beliefs and perceptions of social integration....     

Corporate Ethical Values and Altruism: The Mediating Role of Career Satisfaction

This study explores the ability of career satisfaction to mediate the relationship between corporate ethical values and altruism. Using a sample of individuals employed in a four-campus, regional health science center, it was determined that individual career satisfaction fully mediated the positive relationship between perceptions of corporate ethical values and self-reported altruism. The findings imply that companies dedicating attention to positive corporate ethical values can enhance employee attitudes and altruistic behaviors, especially when individuals experience a high degree of career satisfaction.     

The Impact of Ethical Ideologies,Moral Intensity,and Social Context on Sales-Based Ethical Reasoning

Previous research indicates that ethical ideologies, issue-contingencies, and social context can impact ethical reasoning in different business situations. However, the manner in which these constructs work together to shape different steps of the ethical decision-making process is not always clear. The purpose of this study was to address these issues by exploring the influence of idealism and relativism, perceived moral intensity in a decision-making situation, and social context on the recognition of an ethical issue and ethical intention. Utilizing a sales-based scenario and multiple ethics measures included on a self-report questionnaire, data were collected from a regional sample of business students, most of whom had modest work experience. The results indicated that perceived moral intensity was associated with increased ethical issue recognition and ethical intention. Idealism was also associated with increased ethical issue recognition, and relativism was associated with decreased ethical intention. Social consensus was positively related to ethical issue recognition and intention, while competitive context was inversely related to ethical intention. Finally, ethical issue recognition was associated with increased ethical intention. Idealism, moral intensity, social consensus, and work experience worked together as predictors of ethical issue recognition, whereas recognition of an ethical issue, relativism, moral intensity, social consensus, and competitive context worked together to predict ethical intention.     

Spanish and American Executives' Ethical Judgments and Intentions

This study explores differences between executives in the U.S. and Spain in their perceptions of ethical issues in pricing, specifically comparing a domestic firm's actions affecting a foreign market versus a foreign firm's actions affecting the domestic market. Overall, Spanish and American executives provided somewhat different responses to the scenarios. Findings indicate that ethical judgments and intentions among Spanish executives did not vary based on which country was harmed. U.S. executives generally perceived that a morally questionable act directed at a foreign country was more unethical than a morally questionable act directed at the United States. Possible explanations for these findings are suggested.     

可持续发展融入企业管理框架的路径

从“十二五”计划当中不难发现,可持续发展已成为潮流,企业正受到鼓励,将可持续发展融人日常运营当中。许多企业从战略方面开始考虑这一问题,事实上,如何将可持续发展真正融入企业管理框架也一样重要,否则虽然战略很好,但是无法执行。将可持续发展融入框架的方式有很多,但都必须彻底地由上至下地落实。