Management Decision: Volume 46 Issue 8

Treading the lines between self‐interest, cultural relativism and universal principles: Ethics in the global marketplace

David Lamond

The aim of this paper is to introduce this special issue of Management Decision by exploring the themes of the issue and the contribution of each of the articles in the collection.

Ethical governance: beyond good practices and standards

Osvaldo R. Agatiello

The purpose of this article is to take a look at a new paradigm that is taking shape in an increasingly‐interwoven international system – that of ethical governance.

Ambiguities of justice in a global marketplace: How are ethical and theological considerations relevant to policymakers?

Donald Gates, Peter Steane

The purpose of this paper is to address questions policymakers, working in a global marketplace, might ask about ethical and theological considerations of ambiguities or…

Towards a system of global ethics in international business: a Rawlsian manifesto

Ajnesh Prasad

The aim of this paper is to use Rawls's principles of justice to develop a system of global ethics that can be used to govern international business practices.

Reflections on responsibility and justice: Coaching human rights in South Africa

Sara Louise Muhr

The purpose of this article is to question whether business is ethical as long as it follows rules, and on this view, to reflect over the relation between responsibility and…

CSR in the global marketplace: Towards sustainable global value chains

Luciano Barin Cruz, Dirk Michael Boehe

The main purpose of this article is to identify some emergent issues when sustainability is introduced into global value chains. These issues deal with the conditions under which…

Benchmarking as a process for demonstrating organizational trustworthiness?

Rocky J. Dwyer

The purpose of this paper is to discuss why neither people nor organizations can demand trust, but rather how people and organizations can demand trustworthiness of themselves and…

Interrelations between competitiveness and responsibility at macro and micro level

Mihaela Herciu, Claudia Ogrean

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the growing of competitiveness at any level may be possible through more responsibility (business ethics) on the one hand and less…

Social responsibility in Spain: Practices and motivations in firms

José‐Manuel Prado‐Lorenzo, Isabel Gallego‐Álvarez, Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Luis Rodríguez‐Domínguez

The purpose of this study is to analyse CSR practices implemented by Spanish companies and the relationship between such practices and corporate financial performance.

On the importance of understanding ethics in the global marketplace

Tom Lee

Questions we ask about ethics in a global marketplace

John J. Fernandes