Corporate codes of conduct: A collective conscience and continuum

Raiborn, Cecily A.; Payne, Dinah

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“…The principles first need to become better integrated in daily practice. The main interview results corroborate findings in the business and research ethics literature [17][18][19][20], and may inform further implementation activities of the Platform on Ethics and Technology. Despite the fact that most of these results apply to the Department of Biotechnology specifically, two general observations apply to the implementation of codes of conduct across the board: the difficulty of maintaining Merton's principles as a guide for good scientific conduct in a changing research context, and the complexities of explicitly addressing ethical issues in research cultures.…”

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Implementing the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice—A Case Study

2009

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Widespread enthusiasm for establishing scientific codes of conduct notwithstanding, the utility of such codes in influencing scientific practice is not self-evident. It largely depends on the implementation phase following their establishment-a phase which often receives little attention. The aim of this paper is to provide recommendations for guiding effective implementation through an assessment of one particular code of conduct in one particular institute. Based on a series of interviews held with researchers at the Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology, this paper evaluates how the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice is received by those it is supposed to govern. While respondents agreed that discussion of the guiding principles of scientific conduct is called for, they did not consider the code as such to be a useful instrument. As a tool for the individual scientific practitioner, the code leaves a number of important questions unanswered in relation to visibility, enforcement, integration with daily practice and the distribution of responsibility. Recommendations are provided on the basis of these questions. There is more at stake than merely holding scientific practitioners to a proper exercise of their duties; implementation of scientific society

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Implementing the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice—A Case Study

2009

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“…Business codes undermine the responsibilities of employees and are accusatory, threatening, and demeaning (Raiborn and Payne, 1990). Business codes do not influence behavior because as Ladd posits ''those to whom it is addressed and who need it the most will not adhere to it anyway, and the rest of the good people in the profession will not need it because they already know what they ought to do '' (1985: 11).…”

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The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model

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ABSTRACT. Business codes are a widely used management instrument. Research into the effectiveness of business codes has, however, produced conflicting results. The main reasons for the divergent findings are: varying definitions of key terms; deficiencies in the empirical data and methodologies used; and a lack of theory. In this paper, we propose an integrated research model and suggest directions for future research.

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“…'Although legality generally stems from what society believes is morally right or wrong, an issue's legality does not always reflect the totality of its perceived morality. This differentiation reflects the classic distinction between the spirit of the law (morality) and the letter of the law (legality) (Raiborn & Payne 1990) '. This article focuses on the issue of data mining as it relates to the consumer and to the issue of whether the consumer's private information has any proprietary status. A brief review of data mining is provided as a background for a better understanding of the purposes and uses of data mining.…”

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Data mining: proprietary rights, people and proposals

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2009

Business Ethics: A European Review

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This article focuses on the issue of data mining as it relates to the consumer and to the issue of whether the consumer's private information has any proprietary status. A brief review of data mining is provided as a background for a better understanding of the purposes and uses of data mining. Also examined are several issues of the ethics of data mining, including a review of stakeholders, who they are and which may be most seriously affected by unethical data mining practices. Several suggestions for the improvement of data mining as it relates to the consumer are further presented: suggestions that would allow for data mining that would be beneficial to both the business community and the consumer.

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Corporate codes of conduct: A collective conscience and continuum

Cited by 191 publications

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Implementing the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice—A Case Study

Implementing the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Practice—A Case Study

The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model

Data mining: proprietary rights, people and proposals

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