Ethics and Compliance Programs in Multinational Organizations [electronic resource] /
Wulf, Katharina.author.
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.  .
Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Problem Formulation; 2. Research Objective and Approach; 3. Structure of this Study; Part One: Theoretical Framework; 1. Key Concepts and Historical and Legal Developments; 1.1 Ethics and Compliance in Organizations; 1.2 Ethics and the Law; 1.3 The Watergate Scandal and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; 1.4 The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations of 1991; 1.5 The Carrot and Stick Concept; 1.6 The 2004 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
1.7 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 20021.8 Blakely vs. Washington: The Constitutionality of the Sentencing Guidelines; 2. Corporate Codes of Conduct; 2.1 The Purpose of Corporate Codes of Conduct; 2.2 Different Types of Codes of Conduct; 2.3 General Codes of Conduct; 2.3.1 UN Global Compact; 2.3.2 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; 2.4 Content of Corporate Codes of Conduct; 2.4.1 Purpose Statement; 2.4.2 Statement by the Board of Directors and Senior Management; 2.4.3 Reporting Channels and Whistleblower Protection; 2.4.4 The Subject Matter of Corporate Codes of Conduct
2.5 Development of Corporate Codes of Conduct2.5.1 Preparation Process; 2.5.2 Implementation Process; 2.5.3 Administration Process; 3. An Overview of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.1 Regulation of Organizations; 3.1.1 Command and Control Regulation; 3.1.2 The New Regulatory State; 3.1.3 Compliance-Oriented Regulation; 3.2 Emergence of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.3 Specific Regulatory Areas for Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.3.1 Antitrust; 3.3.2 Financial Services; 3.3.3 Health Care; 3.3.4 Bribery and Misconduct in Defense Contracts; 3.3.5 Environment
3.3.6 Occupational Health and Safety3.3.7 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action; 3.4 Basic Tools of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.4.1 Code of Conduct; 3.4.2 Reporting Mechanisms; 3.4.3 Ethics and Compliance Training; 3.4.4 Interaction of the Basic Tools for Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.5 The Ethics and Compliance Profession; 3.5.1 The Ethics and Compliance Officer's Profile; 3.5.2 Competence within the Ethics and Compliance Program; 3.6 Empirical Evidence on Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs
3.6.1 Studies on the Implementation of Ethics and Compliance Programs3.6.2 Studies on Ethical Practices in Business; 3.6.3 Studies on Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs and Corporate Illegality; 3.6.4 Concluding Remarks; 3.7 Positive Impacts of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.7.1 Reduction of Ambiguity and Complexity; 3.7.2 Creation of Reliable Behavior; 3.7.3 Implementation of Standards of Existential Significance; 3.8 Limitations of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs; 3.8.1 Limited Impact of Instructions; 3.8.2 Unintended Consequences of Too Many Instructions
3.8.3 Identification with the Organization
"Dissertation Freie Universitat Berlin, 2011".
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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.  .

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