Ethics in New Zealand organisations

The main objective of this study is to assess the state of business ethics in New Zealand organisations. The survey results suggest that top New Zealand companies give low priorities to ethical values. A number of suggestions have been put forward by the respondents to improve the corporate ethical...

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Main Author: Alam, Kazi Firoz (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 1993
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 12, Issue: 6, Pages: 433-440
Further subjects:B Education System
B Survey Result
B Annual Reporting
B Business Ethic
B Economic Growth
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Summary:The main objective of this study is to assess the state of business ethics in New Zealand organisations. The survey results suggest that top New Zealand companies give low priorities to ethical values. A number of suggestions have been put forward by the respondents to improve the corporate ethical environment. These include commitment of top management, written and published codes of ethics, comprehensive accounting standards and annual reporting and monitoring and an efficient legal and education system.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF01666557