Title:
A short guide to ethical risk
Author:
Rotta, Carlo Patetta.
ISBN:
9780566091728
9780566091735
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.
Physical Description:
xxi, 144 p. ; 22 cm.
Series:
Short guides to business risk series
Short guides to business risk series.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Ethics According to Economists -- 1.1.Utilitarianism and Adam Smith -- 1.2.Beyond Utilitarianism: Amartya K. Sen -- 1.3.Ethics for Modern Economists -- 1.4.Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility -- 2.Ethics Applied to Economics -- 2.1.Beyond Accumulating Wealth -- 2.2.Qualifying the Characteristics of Ethics -- 3.The Roots of Ethical Uncertainty: A Change in Values -- 3.1.The Superstar Culture -- 3.2.Consequences of the Superstar Culture -- 4.Ethical Risk and How to Manage It -- 4.1.The Fraud Triangle Theory -- 4.2.Psychological Pressure to Achieve -- 4.3.Opportunity -- 4.4.Rationalisation -- 4.5.Traditional Risk Theory Applied to Ethical Risk -- 5.Areas on Which to Focus Efforts -- 5.1.External and Internal Measures -- 5.2.Spreading a Company Culture -- 5.3.The Effectiveness of Corporate Governance Models -- 5.4.The Study of Ethics -- 5.5.Selecting, Attracting and Retaining "Ethical" Staff -- 5.6.Fairness of Incentive Systems --
Contents note continued: 6.Company Functions Responsible for Monitoring and Overseeing Ethics -- 6.1.Audit Committee -- 6.2.The Ethics and Compliance Department -- 6.3.Internal Audit Department -- 6.4.Risk Management Function -- 6.5.Strengthening "Ethical" Functions -- 7.Tools to Make Companies More Ethical -- 7.1.The Code of Conduct -- 7.2.Adopting a Whistleblowing Procedure -- 7.3.Ethical or Compliance Programmes -- 7.4.Support from Professional Associations.
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