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Corporate ethics: an end to the rhetorical interpretations of an endemic corruption

Corporate ethics: an end to the rhetorical interpretations of an endemic corruption Purpose – Crime, fraud, and corruption, are all nouns that pertain to the act of deception that depicts an intention to increase an opportunity in one's favor in an unlawful manner that pertains to an organization's interest and goals. Such offenses are numerous and quite costly and are now a commonplace criminal behavior within corporations. Motivations and purposes for corruption may be subjective but the legality of corruption is not. Thus, the rhetorical interpretations of corruption may be analyzed through two distinctive paradigms, the social behavioral science paradigm and the legality paradigm. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach – Court cases were analyzed, 70 major American corporations, in addition to a study of the largest industrial firms focused upon a two‐year period. Findings – Based on the above samples, it was found that corporate corruptions are extremely common, but taboo to admit. The limitations to this study are accessibility, participants, and whistle‐blowers. Originality/value – Implementing organizational guidelines (OG) is one appropriate and objective method in addressing corporate corruption and to confirm corporate compliance. While implementing the OG is objective, the process of implementing the OG is subjective. Subjectivity derives from opportunistic interpretations of the imperfect OG. Objective interpretation and objective implementation of the OG will confirm corporate compliance, and it is the C E O's responsibility to oversee this process. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Responsibility Journal Emerald Publishing

Corporate ethics: an end to the rhetorical interpretations of an endemic corruption

Ben Tran
Social Responsibility Journal , Volume 4 (1/2): 19 – Mar 7, 2008
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2008 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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1747-1117
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10.1108/17471110810856848
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Abstract

Purpose – Crime, fraud, and corruption, are all nouns that pertain to the act of deception that depicts an intention to increase an opportunity in one's favor in an unlawful manner that pertains to an organization's interest and goals. Such offenses are numerous and quite costly and are now a commonplace criminal behavior within corporations. Motivations and purposes for corruption may be subjective but the legality of corruption is not. Thus, the rhetorical interpretations of corruption may be analyzed through two distinctive paradigms, the social behavioral science paradigm and the legality paradigm. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach – Court cases were analyzed, 70 major American corporations, in addition to a study of the largest industrial firms focused upon a two‐year period. Findings – Based on the above samples, it was found that corporate corruptions are extremely common, but taboo to admit. The limitations to this study are accessibility, participants, and whistle‐blowers. Originality/value – Implementing organizational guidelines (OG) is one appropriate and objective method in addressing corporate corruption and to confirm corporate compliance. While implementing the OG is objective, the process of implementing the OG is subjective. Subjectivity derives from opportunistic interpretations of the imperfect OG. Objective interpretation and objective implementation of the OG will confirm corporate compliance, and it is the C E O's responsibility to oversee this process.

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Social Responsibility Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 7, 2008

Keywords: Ethics; Value analysis; Corporate image; Corporate strategy; Fraud; Corruption

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