Business Ethics: a Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies

Description This official Government manual provides a practical guide to assist owners and managers in meeting emerging global standards and expectations for an effective business ethics program. The manual is intended to be a practical resource for owners and managers, and endeavors to provide a comprehensive framework for designing and implementing business ethics programs by addressing such issues as what it means to be a responsible business, how to approach responsible business conduct as a strategy, which structures and systems help management foster reasonable expectations among enterprise stakeholders as well as guide employees and agents to meet them, how to communicate with stakeholders about enterprise standards, expectations, and performanceand secure stakeholders’ feedback, how to align management practices with core enterprise beliefs through a business ethics program, and how to evaluate performance under a business ethics program and learn from it.