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Ethics, Cynicism and Governance

In: Handbook of Top Management Teams

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  • Jacques Delga
  • Gilles Wijk

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This study attempts to show that business ethics is an ambiguous notion, that it can have several meanings, and that the understanding that appears to prevail after analysis of the charters, is the Anglo-Saxon understanding. This pragmatic approach to ethics is not well recognised by the public. It is very different from our traditional morality. Furthermore, business ethics is different from ethics ‘within’ companies. Both the predominance of the Anglo-Saxon understanding of business ethics and the general confusion lead to a dangerous loss of cultural, moral and legal points of reference. It is the responsibility of the company management to understand these different notions in order to avoid misunderstandings.

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  • Jacques Delga & Gilles Wijk, 2010. "Ethics, Cynicism and Governance," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frank Bournois & Jérôme Duval-Hamel & Sylvie Roussillon & Jean-Louis Scaringella (ed.), Handbook of Top Management Teams, chapter 80, pages 688-695, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30533-5_81
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230305335_81
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