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The Development of Ethical Issues Facing Boards of Directors: A Model with Implications

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  • Ian Jones
  • Michael Pollitt

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Outlines a model of how ethical issues develop over time using an ethical issue life cycle with three phases. Illustrates the model with reference to ethical issues currently facing UK boards of directors, and uses the Bible to further develop the model to suggest how company boards might respond to ethical issues as they progress.

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  • Ian Jones & Michael Pollitt, 1999. "The Development of Ethical Issues Facing Boards of Directors: A Model with Implications," Working Papers wp151, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
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    1. Maurie Cohen, 1998. "Evidence of a New Environmental Ethic: Assessing the Trend towards Investor and Consumer Activism," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ian Jones & Michael Pollitt (ed.), The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance, chapter 7, pages 111-140, Palgrave Macmillan.
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    3. Luis Rodriguez-Dominguez & Isabel Gallego-Alvarez & Isabel Garcia-Sanchez, 2009. "Corporate Governance and Codes of Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 90(2), pages 187-202, December.

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    Keywords

    business ethics; corporate governance; whistleblowing;
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    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility

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