Flashcards: Business ethics

Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship or responsible business) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model.

Precarity is a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare.

Western dress codes are dress codes in Western culture governing what garments are worn together and in what setting.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials.

LRN, founded in 1994, is an American company specializing in advising and educating organizations like the NFL, Dell, Kellogg's and Pfizer about ethics and regulatory compliance, as well as corporate culture, governance and leadership.

The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO–Dutch: Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen), is an independent, non-profit research and network organisation working on social, ecological and economic issues related to sustainable development.

Power harassment is harassment or unwelcome attention of a political nature, often occurring in the environment of a workplace including hospitals, schools and universities.

The Institute of Business Ethics or IBE is a non-profit professional organisation based in London, which encourages high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values.

The ethics involved within pharmaceutical sales is built from the organizational ethics, which is a matter of system compliance, accountability and culture (Grace & Cohen, 2005).

Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, is a 1988 book by sociologist Robert Jackall that investigates the world of corporate managers in the United States.

Burson-Marsteller is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in New York City.

John Elkington is an author, advisor and serial entrepreneur, perhaps best known for coining such terms as environmental excellence, green growth, green consumer, the triple bottom line and People, Planet & Profit (or Prosperity).

The Islamic Reporting Initiative (IRI) is a not-for-profit organization leading the creation of the IRI framework; the guiding integrated Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting framework based on Islamic principles and values that works towards achieving international standards of best practice.

Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever is a non-fiction book about American cycling and Lance Armstrong, as well as his teammates including Floyd Landis.

Ethical eating or food ethics refers to the moral consequences of food choices, both those made by humans for themselves and those made for food animals.

The Journal of Business Ethics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media covering methodological and disciplinary aspects of ethical issues related to business, including systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, labor relations, public relations and organizational behavior.

The Journal of Business Ethics Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal that examines the particular challenges facing business ethics educators.

Videntifier, is an Icelandic software company which has developed a method to quickly identify videos and images in an automatic manner.

Zady is a clothing and consumer goods e-commerce company co-founded by Soraya Darabi and Maxine Bédat that emphasizes ethical consumerism.

Fit in or fuck off (or FIFO) is an expression used unofficially within organizations.

Thrive Market is an American e-commerce membership platform, offering natural and organic products for less.

The law for workplace bullying is given below for each country in detail.

The Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society is anannual series that publishes a selection of the peer-reviewed papers presented at the association's annual conference.

The Global Reporting Initiative (known as GRI) is an international independent standards organization that helps businesses, governments and other organizations understand and communicate their impacts on issues such as climate change, human rights and corruption.

Buycott.com is an Internet-based platform and smart-phone application that reads the Universal Product Codes (UPC) barcode on a product, and suggests whether a consumer should buy or avoid that product based on how well it aligns with the consumer's values and principles.

Minecode, LLC was a privately held IT consulting company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States.

Business Ethics Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes theoretical and empirical research relevant to all aspects of business ethics.

Business and Professional Ethics Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal that examines ethical issues in business encountered by professionals working in large organizational structures.

Corporate Knights (CK) is a media, research and financial information products company based in Toronto, Canada, focused on promoting an economic system where prices fully incorporate social, economic and ecological costs and benefits, and market participants are clearly aware of the consequences of their actions.

Destructionism as discussed by Ludwig Von Mises, a classical liberal economist, is policies that consume capital but do not accumulate it.

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is a coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors.

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron is an American television movie aired by CBS in January 2003, which was based on the book Anatomy of Greed by Brian Cruver.