White Papers
Trust: A Primer on Current Thinking
In 1999, in preparation for reviewing its corporate code of ethics, XYZ Company surveyed staff drawn from its 13 business units to find out level of awareness and attitudes to the existing code and some pointers for preferred changes. The survey identified six shared elements: innovation, customer focus, teamwork, excellence, passion, and trust....
Ethics and the Learned Professions
Human beings are born, live, and die. When they live in groups, they have relationships and disputes. They wonder about meaning and fate. Individually and collectively, they seek security from and understanding of hostile elements....
Corporate Social Responsibility and Peacebuilding:
A Case for Action in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Recent headlines have been filled with bad news for business. From Martha Stewart to WorldCom, from Arthur Andersen to Global Crossings, allegations of impropriety have shaken the trust of stockholders and the general public, sending the world markets into a slump. Yet the mounting bad news and public distrust of corporations obscures the growing sense of social responsibility shared by many businesses and industry groups....
The Dimensions of Disgust:
Citizen Attitudes and Codes of Campaign Conduct
Eligible voters in the United States are turning away from the voting booth-and from politics-in record numbers. A major factor in this exodus is the candidates' increasing reliance on attack-based, negative campaigning....
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