Business : Business Ethics

In today’s business climate, accountability, transparency, and a high regard for laws, regulations, and ethical conduct is as much a part of how an organization manages its affairs as its primary mission and operations. Compliance Management for Public, Private, or NonprofitOrganizations is a complete, hands-on guide to implementing strategies and techniques for developing, managing, and improving the compliance function of any organization. Author Michael G. Silverman is a corporate expert in strategic planning, program management, compliance, risk assessment, and policy development. In ComplianceManagement for Public, Private, or Nonprofit Organizations , he presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject by examining the traditional compliance issues associated with laws and regulations, as well as matters surroundingethical behavior, organizational structure, technology, administration, and risk management. From establishing compliance goals and managing education and training programs to operating a whistle-blowing program and addressing staffing and budgeting requirements, this practical resource covers everything compliance officers and risk and organizational managers need to know, including: Where and how to establish a compliance program withinan organization; The critical skills and expertise for maintaining an effective compliance program; Pros and cons of making a compliance program a part-time function of an organization; How to deliver bad news to senior management—and survive. Compliance Management for Public, Private,or Nonprofit Organizations includes a wealthof examples that illustrate the real-worldapplications of critical strategies and techniquesfor using the board of directors andsenior management to promote compliance,reduce employee and management barriersto compliance, conduct in-depth risk assessmentand compliance audits, and more. more...

Price: $69.95

The cases of Enron and WorldCom focused attention on the issue of whether corporations have a social responsibility beyond stockholder value. Incidents in Japan have raised similar questions. This book provides an analysis of the issue as it applies to management, accounting practices and the investor from both a Japanese and a global perspective. more...

Price: $79.95

Cohesive, reflective yet practical insights into how businesses can integrate ethical concerns within their communications, relationships and leadership styles. Key business contexts are brought together in an integrated new model, at the cultural, civic, environmental, individual and interpersonal levels. Essential reading for professionals, executives and graduate students. more...

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly important topic in our global society. Corporate Social Responsibility Across Europe is the first volume of its kind to bring together twenty-three national perspectives on this issue. Thirty-seven European researchers worked on the book, which provides a comprehensive and structured survey of CSR developments and progress at national levels. An overview and analysis is provided for each country. Topics addressed include business and societal mindsets in the different cultural settings, national drivers for the current development of CSR, and prospects for the individual countries in the future. Furthermore it contains three comprehensive pan-European analyses. The chapters also contain practical information and references to the Internet as well as relevant literature in order to support further research and stimulate business activities in this field. The result is a rather unique collection of essays on the topic of CSR across Europe. more...

Price: $105.00

This book adds value to two different, emerging fields, and these are identified in its title --- sustainability, and, innovation. The benefit to the first field is this volume's attention to a wide range of sustainability-related technologies of both the "soft" and "hard" varieties. From governance mechanisms and developing rules, on the one hand, to office equipment and energy systems, on the other, this book provides a multi-focal perspective on how sustainability and innovation are mutually influential. The benefit to the innovation field is that this work identifies new developments by examining two and sometimes all three aspects of sustainability --- environmental, social, and economic. And, the fact that all societal sectors (i.e. business, government, and nonprofit organizations), as well as individuals and communities in multiple geographic locations, are examined contributes to a more comprehensive view of both fields, as well as their integration more...

Price: $137.50