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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures, Tables, and Appendix
• Preface
• 1 A Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics
• Defining Organizational Ethics
• Individual versus Organization
• Importance of Understanding Organizational Ethics
• Understanding Ethical Decision Making
• Ethical Issue Intensity
• Individual Factors
• Organizational Factors
• Ethical Issues
• Conflict of Interest
• Fraud
• Discrimination
• Need to Discover Ethical Issues
• Notes
• 2 Personal Moral Codes and the Hunt-Vitell Theory of Ethics: Why Do People’s Ethical Judgments Differ?
• Overview of the Hunt-Vitell Model
• Empirical Tests of the Theory
• Understanding Ethical Judgments
• Understanding Utility Maximization
• Conclusion
• Note
• 3 Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?: Challenges to Business Ethics and Corporate Leadership
• Some Good and Bad Reasons
• Human Nature and Self-Interest
• Disregard of Others
• Role Definitions of Job Responsibilities
• Training in Moral Reasoning
• Some Other Reasons
• Moral Imagination, Systems Thinking, and Moral Change: ExxonMobil in Chad and Cameroon
• The Chad and Cameroon Project
• Evaluating the Project
• Project Uncertainty
• Conclusion
• 4 Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership
• The Nature of Corporate Governance
• Corporate Governance Models
• Brief History of Corporate Governance
• Issues in Corporate Governance Systems
• Boards of Directors
• Shareholders and Investors
• Internal Control and Risk Management
• CEO Compensation
• Linking Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership
• Role of Ethical Leadership
• Role of Boards of Directors
• Future of Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership
• 5 Ethical Leadership and Creating Value for Stakeholders
• Four Trends
• The Basic Framework of Managing for Stakeholders
• Ethics, Values, and the Creation of Value for Stakeholders
• The Basic Value Proposition
• The Principles of Stakeholder Cooperation
• Societal Standards of Conduct
• Ethics, Values, and the Concept of Leadership
• Amoral Leadership and Amoral Leadership Theories
• Values-Based Leadership Theories
• The Ethical Leader and Theories of Ethical Leadership
• The Tasks of the Ethical Leader in Creating Value for Stakeholders
• Implications for Business Schools
• Notes
• 6 Mindfulness and Integrity: The Ongoing Challenge of Leadership Development
• Ethics in Business Education
• Good News and Bad News
• Management Practice
• An Integral Approach to Business Education
• The Integrity Challenge
• Individual Leadership
• Organizational Leadership
• Business Leadership in Society
• The Mindfulness Challenge
• A Higher Purpose: Mindfulness and Integrity
• Note
• 7 Benchmarking Student Attitudes Regarding Ethical Issues
• Previous Related Research
• Research Methodology
• Sample and Data Collection
• Questionnaire
• Results
• Differences Across Subgroups
• Differences Across Items
• Observations
• 8 Auditor Independence and the Scope of CPA Services: Roots and Recent Developments
• The U.S. Constitution as a Social Contract That Influences Auditing
• Property (Wealth) vis-à-vis People (Franchise)
• Roots of Early Auditing Practice in U.S. Corporations Before the New Deal
• Disclosure and Public Markets
• The New Deal: Mandated “Independent” Audits
• Post-World War II Developments
• Auditor Independence: Meanings and Diverging Views
• Firm Processes
• The Politics of Scope of Services: The 1970s and After
• The New Century: Legislation to Restore Investor Confidence
• Multidisciplinary Firms: A Bridge Too Far or the Next Horizon?
• 9 System Design: The New Frontier for Ethical Leadership
• Serving the Financial Elite
• The Role of Shareholders
• The Stock Market Plays an Essential Function
• The Enron Scandal Provides an Example of Design System Problems
• An Opening for Change
• An Agenda for System Redesign
• Note
• 10 Ethical Leadership for Improved Corporate Governance and Better Business Education
• Propositions About Business Ethics Scandals
• Factors Contributing to the Ethics Meltdown
• Ethical Decision Making and Business Schools
• Changes Necessary for Better Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
• 11 Why Ethics and Profits Can and Must Work Together in Business
• The Purpose of Ethics
• Justification for a Purpose of Ethics
• The Role of Business in Achieving the Purpose of Ethics
• An Ethical Society’s Expectations for Business
• Value and Mission of an Ethical Society
• Expectations of an Ethical Society for Business
• Stakeholder Considerations
• A Profitable and Ethical Approach to Business
• Defining Trust
• Characteristics of a Trusting Relationship
• Requirements for Building Trust
• Factors That Destroy Trust
• Conditions Necessary for Operating a Trust-Link Approach in Business
• Leadership
• Core Values and Integrated Goals
• Fair Process
• Beyond Employees to Other Stakeholders
• Trust-Building and Ethics
• Behavior of an Ethical Company
• Trust-Building and Ethical Relations with Society and Organizations
• Trust-Building and Ethical Relationships with Individual Stakeholders
• Trust-Building and Profits
• Profit Implications of Building Trust Links with Individual Stakeholders
• Conclusion
• 12 Denial and Leadership in Business Ethics Education
• Denying Ethics in Curricula
• Perpetuating Denial in Business Schools
• Admitting the Public Danger of Business School Graduates
• Recognizing Schools with Ethics Coverage
• Reforming Ethics Education
• Corporate Officers Should Demand Changes
• University Administrators Should Apply Pressure
• AACSB Should Provide “Postmortem Oversight”
• Public Policy Initiatives Could Make a Difference
• The Media Should Intensify Coverage
• Toward Leading Ethics Education
• Notes
• 13 Reflections
• Ethics in Business
• Business Ethics
• Business Ethics Education
• Ethics Leadership
• References
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Index