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| Standards of moral behavior, that is, behavior that is accepted by society as right versus wrong |
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| Compliance-Based Ethics Codes |
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| Ethical standards that emphasize preventing unlawful behavior by increasing control and by penalizing wrongdoers |
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| Integrity-Based Ethics Codes |
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| Ethical standards that define the organization’s guiding values, create an environment that supports ethically sound behavior, and stress a shared accountability among employees |
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| People who report illegal or unethical behavior |
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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| A business’s concern for the welfare of society |
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| Dimension of social responsibility that includes charitable donations |
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| Corporate Social Initiatives |
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| Enhanced forms of corporate philanthropy that are more directly related to the company’s competencies |
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| Dimension of social responsibility that includes everything from hiring minority workers to making safe products |
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| Dimension of social responsibility that refers to the position a firm takes on social and political issues |
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| An unethical activity in which insiders use private company information to further their own fortunes or those of their family and friends |
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| A systematic evaluation of an organization’s progress toward implementing programs that are socially responsible and responsive |
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| Measures an organization's progress toward social responsibility |
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