Original scientific paper
Business Ethics and Crisis Management: Circumstances for a Second Chance
Stefan Mayr
; Institut für Controlling und Consulting, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Linz, Austria
Abstract
Discourse regarding ethics and corporate responsibility arose in the last years linked with an increasing number of accounting fraud scandals. The recent financial crisis has had a lasting negative influence on corporate profits. Companies have had to satisfy the interests of several stakeholders, such as its employees, banks, customers and the community, and at the same time successfully manage the consequences of the crisis. An empirical qualitative study which was conducted in Austria in 2008 is presented in this paper aimed at investigating business ethics and crisis management. The stakeholder theory will be used as a reference framework. This paper concludes with lessons that can be learned and political recommendations and policies put forth to grant failed businesses a second chance.
Keywords
corporate responsibility; corporate restructuring; enterprise crisis; bankruptcy
Hrčak ID:
78725
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Publication date:
1.12.2010.
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