Vergelijkende onderzoeken mbt codes of conduct

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Titel Auteurs Jaartal Onderzoek Methode Artikel

in bezit
Managerial values Cressey and 1983 119 American ja
and corporate Moore corporations
codes of ethics
A comparison of Singh 1992 500 grootste Cressey ja
the contents of the 2003 canadeese and Moore,
codes of ethics of bedrijven Mathews,
Canada’s largest levebre and
corporations 1992 singh,
& 2003 wood
A cross cultural Wood 2000 83 van de top500 Mathews, ja
comparison of the bedrijven in Levebre
contents of codes Australie and Singh
of ethics: USA,
Canada and
Australia
The content and Carasco and 2003 32 world’s Cressey ja
focus of the codes Singh largest and Moore,
of ethics of the transnational Mathews
worlds largest corporations
transnational
corporations
A comparative Singh, Carasco, 2005 Top 100 Cressey ja
study of the Wood, swedisch and Moore,
contents of Callaghan, companies, 500 Mathews,
corporate codes of Svensson grootste levebre and
ethics in Australia, canadeese singh,
Canada and bedrijven, 83 van wood
Sweden de top500
bedrijven in
Australie
DO CORPORATE Langlois and 1990 200 largest Zie
CODES OF ETHICS Schlegelmilch French, British link
REFLECT
NATIONAL
and West
CHARACTER? German
EVIDENCE FROM companies
EUROPE AND THE
UNITED STATES
Business codes Kaptein 2004 200 grootste ja
what do they say? bedrijven in de
wereld
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TABLE II
Research conducted on the content of codes Researchers Year Object of research
Themes researched
White and Montgomery 1980 30 codes of U.S. companies Several issues
Cressey and Moore 1983 119 codes of largest companies Several issuesin U.S.
Mathews 1987 202 codes of 485 companies in U.S. Several issues
Schlegelmich and Houston 1989 31 codes of the largest 200 Several issues
companies in England
Langlois and Schlegelmich 1990 189 English, French and West Several issues German
company codes
Employer association 1991, 1999 Respectively, 21, 38 and 54 codes Several issues
VNO-NCW, KPMG and 2003 of the largest 100 companies and Ethicon
Lefebvre and Singh 1992 75 of the largest 500 companies in Several issues Canada
Farrell and Cobbin 1996 95 codes of the largest 537 Several issues companies in
Australia
Council of Economic 1997 71 codes of 360 companies Sourcing Guidelines Priorities
for Labor Rights
OECD 1998 98 codes of randomly chosen Fair business practice, companies labor
rights, environmental
stewardship and corporate citizenship
ILO 1999 215 codes of multinationals Labor rights
Van Tulder and Kolk 2000 13 international companies in the Several issues sporting
goods industry
Ashridge Centre for 2000 52 business codes of Fortune 500 Human rights Business
and Society companies
Gordon and Miyake 2001 246 codes of international companies Bribery
Kolk and Van Tulder 2002 55 business codes of Fortune 500 Child labour companies
KPMG Belgium 2002 53 codes of the largest 100 companies Several issues