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Interorganizational ethics: Standards of behavior
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Interorganizational ethics: Standards of behavior

Jerold Muskin
Journal of business ethics, v 24(4), pp 283-297
01 Apr 2000

Abstract

Behavior Business ethics Competition Corporate culture Costs Ethics Incentives Morality Nature Philosophy Quality standards Social responsibility Standards Studies Values
The traditional basis for advocating ethical business conduct has been morality defined in philosophical or religious terms. Fairness and moral obligation, however, have provided little incentive for anything like universal ethical business behavior. The idea that ethics is good business as an incentive is looked upon with skepticism by those with bottom line responsibility. If managers were aware of the extent to which certain business behaviors impose significant costs on individual transactions and relationships, however, a valid incentive would exist. The need for such standards has intensified with the fundamental shifts in business philosophy, structure, and practice along with profound changes in product markets and supply sources. The universal standards, ISO 9000 for product and service quality, and ISO 1400 for environmental issues, were created and implemented to cope with problems in their respective areas, and they provide a model which can be adapted to the realm of ethics.

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