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Chapter 05

Frederick, W. 1991. 'The Moral Authority of Transnational Corporate Codes'. Journal of Business Ethics, 10: 165-177.
This article looks at the moral reasons in support of codes.

Gray, R.H., Kouhy, R., Lavers, S. 1995. 'Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting: A Review of the Literature and A Longitudinal Study of UK Disclosure'. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 8(2): 47-77.
This study reviews social and environmental reporting trends in the UK.

Leisinger, K. 2003. 'Opportunities and Risks of the United Nations Global Compact: The Novartis Case Study'. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 11: 113-131.
This article is a case study based on how Novartis implemented the Global Compact.

Owen, D. 2003. 'Recent developments in European social and environmental reporting and auditing practice - A critical evaluation and tentative prognosis'. International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility Paper series, www.nottingham.ac.uk/nubs/ICCSR/pdf/ResearchPdfs/03-2003.PDF.
This paper illustrates the social and environmental reporting trends in Europe and the concern about whether these types of reporting actually help to create public accountability for corporations.

Owen, D. and Swift, T. 2001. 'Introduction Social accounting, reporting and auditing: Beyond the rhetoric?'. Business Ethics: A European Review, 10(1): 4-8.
As mentioned in the title, this article provides an introduction to Social accounting, reporting and auditing.

Paine, L., Deshpande, R., Margolis, J., and Bettcher, K.E. 2005. 'Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?'. Harvard Business Review, December 2005: 122-133.
This is a brief article describing the necessary components of an effective code.

Schwartz, M. 2001. 'The Nature of the Relationship between Corporate Codes of Ethics and Behaviour'. Journal of Business Ethics, 32(3): 247-262.
This study highlights the impact that codes have in influencing the behaviour of individuals at work.

Trevino, L.K. and Nelson, K.A. 2004. Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How to Do it Right. New Jersey: Wiley.
This book describes how ethics can be practically managed in the same way as other organizational culture issues and uses typical work situations such as hiring/firing employees etc. to highlight this point.

Weaver, G., Trevino, L. and Cochran, P. 1999. 'Corporate Ethics Programs as Control Systems: Influences of Executive Commitment and Environmental Factors'. Academy of Management Journal 42, (1): 41-57.
This study looks at how different factors such as the media attention to a firms ethics impact the corporate ethics program within an organization.

Williams, O.(ed) 2000. Global Codes of Conduct : An Idea Whose Time Has Come. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press.
This is an edited book providing the many sides of the debate on codes. A very interesting and well balanced read.