From an Implicit Christian Corporate Culture to a Structured Conception of Corporate Ethical Responsibility in a Retail Company: A Case-Study in Hermeneutic Ethics

Abstract

hermeneutic ethics, retail, responsibility, business ethics, learning,

The Influence of Retail Management’s Use of Social Power on Corporate Ethical Values, Employee Commitment, and Performance

“…In retailing companies, dysfunctional and unethical problems, such as free riding on the system's brand reputation, are major concerns (Kidwell et al, 2007). As a response to external stakeholders' negative reactions to potential unethical behavior retail companies, as well as marketing professionals and salespeople have introduced ethical codes and ethical programs (e.g., Demuijnck, 2009;Grisaffe and Jaramillo, 2007;McLaren, 2000;Preble and Hoffman, 1999;Robin and Reidenbach, 1987). Parallel to this trend, there is vast research showing how ethical codes and programs will affect adoption of ethical values and enhance ethical decision making and behavior (Hosmer, 1994;Hunt and Vitell, 2006;Ingram et al, 2007;Weaver et al 1999a, b).…”

Public-Private Partnerships and Corruption in Developing Countries

“…Many other examples can be mentioned. One striking example is described in Demuijnck 2009. 13. http://www.aes.com/aes/index?page=culture_and_values. 14.…”

Christian Ethics and Spirituality in Leading Business Organizations: Editorial Introduction

“…Among these works, there are some related to the economic system and marketplace (Hill and Downers 1997;Jones 1997;Bayer 1999;Longenecker et al 2004;McDaniel 2011;Gustafson 2013) and business (Magill 1992;Child 1995;Elegido 2003;Kim et al 2009;Bay et al 2010;Abela 2014). Others, more specifically, refer to the theory of the firm and the purpose of business (Naughton et al 1995;Abela 2001;Cortright and Naughton 2002;Lower 2008), to the nature of the firm (Naughton 2006;Melé 2012b), virtues in business (Naughton and Cornwall 2006), and how to manage business from the Christian faith from a theoretical perspective (Naughton 1992;Alford and Naughton 2001), or through case studies (Ibrahim et al 1991;Lee et al 2003;Demuijnck 2009;Naughton and Specht 2011). Some works focus on particular aspects of business ethics, such as finances (Booth 2009), environmental (Attfield 2001;Hoffman and Sandelands 2005), marketing (Abela and Murphy 2008), entrepreneurship (Cornwall and Naughton 2003;Cornwall 2006, 2009), subsidiarity in business (Melé 2005;Naughton et al 2015), gratuity in business (Faldetta 2011;McCann 2011;Grassl and Habisch 2011), ethical decision-making …”