Screen LibraryEthics in small and medium sized enterprises：a global commentary
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The International society of business, economics, and ethics book series ; v. 2 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9331-8 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 347 p.): ill. |
| ISBN: |
9789048193318 (electronic bk.) 9048193311 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | B822 |
| CLC: | B822.9 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Contributors; 1 Introduction: Global Perspectives on Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; How Are SMEs Different?; Ethics in SMEs: The State of the Art; References; Part I Global Overviews; 2 Africa: Ethics and Sustainability Within SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Enabling, Constraining and Contaminating Relationships; 3 Europe: Practice and Politics: Ethics and Social Responsibility in SMEs in the European Union; 4 India: CSR and Ethics in MSMEs in India. This book is the first of its kind -- a global overview of extant research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time are directed at the social and ethical activities of large corporations, small businesses don't generally attract the spotlight. This is wildly inappropriate, however, since upward of 90% of private businesses are small or medium sized. This book goes some way to helping us understand the social and ethical contribution of this majority organizational form. The first section of the book is a global ro. |