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- Singh, Jang Bahadur, et al.
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A comparative study of the contents of corporate codes of ethics in Australia, Canada and Sweden
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of world business (Print). - Greenwich, Con. : JAI Press Ltd. - 1090-9516 .- 1878-5573. ; 40:1, s. 91-109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reports on and analyzes the contents of 197 corporate codes of ethics (78 Australian, 80 Canadian and 39 Swedish). Among other things, it was found that the contents of the Australian and Canadian codes were similar, reflecting the similar histories and cultures (as measured by Hofstede's dimensions) of these two countries. Further, the contents of the Swedish codes were found to be very different from the Australian and Canadian codes in some areas, reflecting the cultural differences between Sweden and the other two countries. (C) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Svensson, Göran, et al.
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Business ethics in TQM : the qualities and spectrum zones of a case illustration
- 2005
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Ingår i: TQM Magazine. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0954-478X .- 1758-6887. ; 17:1, s. 19-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The conceptual framework of business ethics in total quality management is described based on a case study in the Swedish retail industry. The study shows that business ethics is significantly important as in the long run, TQM will not succeed in business operations unless business ethics is considered in the core values to support the techniques and tools applied for TQM. TQM insists that business operations must be performed without delay, minimizing the damage and with the agreed quality. The business organizations must maintain proactive values in their business processes to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.
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- Svensson, Göran, et al.
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Corporate ethics in TQM : management versus employee expectations and perceptions
- 2005
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Ingår i: TQM Magazine. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0954-478X .- 1758-6887. ; 17:2, s. 137-149
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of a conceptual framework of corporate ethics in total quality management (TQM) is presented by a case description. The case description illustrates the evolution of management versus employee expectations and perceptions of corporate ethics. Four parameters of corporate ethics are used to incorporate ethics into TQM, namely management versus employee expectations and perceptions. The case description shows that TQM may be running well and accomplishing the hard goals. It is a business approach that should penetrate all activities inside and outside that are related to the company, including the soft issues.
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- Svensson, Göran, et al.
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The serendipity of leadership effectiveness in management and business practices : conceptual paper
- 2005
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Ingår i: Management Decision. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0025-1747 .- 1758-6070. ; 43:7-8, s. 1001-1009
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose:The objective of this paper is to conceptualize the serendipity of leadership effectiveness in management and business practices. The term "serendipity" is defined as the mix of leadership effectiveness by accident and sagacity in management and business practices.Design/methodology/approach:The paper provides a conceptual discussion of the serendipity of leadership effectiveness in management and business practices.Findings:This paper contributes a number of models and a matrix that are introduced to address the underlying criteria of the cause-effect relationship between leadership effectiveness and organizational achievements.Research limitations/implications: This paper challenges the idealistic picture that flourishes in the management literature and in management practice of the direct, positive impact of leadership on prosperous management and business practices. In fact, it reinforces and underpins the critical or sceptical views of leadership effectiveness raised in the literature.Practical implications:Normally, views of organizational achievements are based on the assumption that contextual, timely and skilful precisions in leadership effectiveness are high. Shareholders and stakeholders may benefit from a thorough examination of these issues in organizational achievements. It would not be surprising to find that leadership effectiveness in management and business practices to a minor or major extent is derived from pure luck and coincidence in contextual and timely precisions: right place, right time. This means that such leadership effectiveness may be based on serendipity rather than skilfulness in terms of organizational achievements.Originality/value:The authors contend that the term "serendipity" contributes to enhance the ongoing discussion in the literature of the link between leadership effectiveness and organizational achievements. It also provides a fundament of understanding, explanation and prediction of leadership effectiveness in management and business practices.
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