Ethics and Compliance Programs in Multinational Organizations

ISBN-13: 9783834934949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 389 str.

Katharina Wulf

Opis

The study examines how multinational organizations implement the concept of ethics and compliance programs into their businesses and the extent to which these programs were geared to the 2004 Amendments. The study explores the applicability of the 2004 Amendments and analyzes the instruments organizations use to successfully develop and maintain these programs. By including research from various fields, a theoretical framework was developed for implementing an ethics and compliance program that takes into account the 2004 Amendments

Spis treści

Key Concepts and Historical and Legal Developments

Corporate Codes of Conduct

Overview of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs

Qualitative Expert Interviews with Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers from Multinational Organizations

The Ethics and Compliance Manual for Multinational Organizations

O autorze

Dr. Katharina Wulf completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology – Department of Entrepreneurship, at Freie Universität, Berlin.

Blurb

Multinational organizations increasingly face international and national laws, regulations, and internal policies they must comply with. Katharina Wulf explores the development of corporate codes of conduct and the emergence of ethics and compliance programs in multinational organizations and analyzes various expert interviews with chief ethics and compliance officers. Based on the results, the author suggests a model of an ethics and compliance manual, providing detailed instructions on how organizations can construct effective ethics and compliance programs.