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Business
Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business
Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies
Updates,
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In May
2004, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a manual
for corporate responsibility programs that integrates corporate
governance, organizational ethics,
and social responsibility: Business
Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible
Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies.
Download is free.
Kenneth W. Johnson, Director of EPIC, is the principal
author.
Igor Y. Abramov, Senior Advisor, Market Access and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce,
is coauthor.
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back here regularly. This page updates the Manual
and points the reader to current resources. It is a service
of the Ethics & Policy Integration Centre,
which is solely responsible for the content contained
herein. No sponsorship or endorsement by the Department
of Commerce is hereby expressed or implied.
Updates
Chapter
2, page 36: The UN Global Compact has added a tenth principle:
"business should work against corruption in all its
forms, including extortion and bribery." See http://www.unglobalcompact.org/
Chapter
2, page 37: OECD
Principles for Corporate Governance These principles
have been revised. For the current principles, including
comments by the Ethics & Policy Integration Centre,
click here.
For reaction of International Chamber of Commerce, click
here.
Chapter
2, page 36-37: The updated table of emerging global standards
can be found at: http://www.ethicaledge.com/global/index.html
Chapter
9: For news on corporate responsibility issues in transitional
and emerging market economies, see: http://www.ethicaledge.com/emerging_markets.html
Appendix
H: The U.S. Sentencing Commission has proposed significant
changes to Chapter 8 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Among other changes, they require a risk assessment; place
specific responsibilities on the "governing authority"
and "organizational leadership"; require training
as a means of communication; require that a program be
regularly evaluated as a minimum requirement for an effective
program; and require an organization to "otherwise
promote an organizational culture that encourages ethical
conduct and a commitment to compliance with the law."
http://www.ussc.gov/2004guid/RFMay04_Corp.pdf
Page
293, note 14: URL has been changed to: http://www.hubbards.co.nz/
Click on "Company" and then "Triple Bottom
Line" for the 2001 report. According to the company,
a 2004 report is forthcoming.
Page
296, note 18: URL should be: http://www.cauxroundtable.org/
Page
301, note 24: URL for the "Statement of General Principles"
is http://www.shell.ca/code/values/commitments/principles.html
Page
301, note 32: URL has been removed
Page
301, note 34: URL should be http://www.utc.com/profile/commitments/index.htm
Page
302, note 55: URL has changed to http://www.motorola.com/content/0,,75-107,00.html
Page
304, note 4: URL removed. Cited materials can be found
at: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/release?id=95782
Page
305, note 15: The Atlantic Monthly article can be found
at http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/11/primarysources.htm.
The Brookings Institution Report is no longer available.
Page
307, note 14: The direct link is http://www.jnj.com/our_company/our_credo/index.htm
Page
309, note 21: The URL has changed to: http://www.globalreporting.org/guidelines/2002.asp
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