1st Edition
Global Business Ethics The Quest for Sustainable Development
Preface - Global Business Ethics and Sustainability
Abraham Stefanidis and Linda M. Sama
Introduction: Business ethics for a global society: Howard Bowen’s legacy and the foundations of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Linda M. Sama, Abraham Stefanidis and Sven Horak
1. Why do U.S. public companies continue to join the UN global compact: Ethics or economics?
James Barrese, Cynthia Phillips and Victoria Shoaf
2. Calculation, principle or bias? Information preference and ethical decision-making
Regina Bento, Lasse Mertins and Lourdes F. White
3. Decoupling in CSR reports: A Linguistic Content Analysis of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal
Dirk Holtbrügge and Marcus Conrad
4. The ethical challenge of Big Tech’s “disruptive philanthropy”
Paul Manning, Nigel Baker and Peter Stokes
5. Dynamic capabilities and environmental sustainability for emerging economies’ multinational enterprises
Pervaiz Akhtar, Subhan Ullah, Saman Hassanzadeh Amin, Gaurav Kabra and
Sarah Shaw
Biography
Abraham Stefanidis is Professor and the Director of Faculty Research at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St John’s University in New York, USA. He has studied, taught, and conducted research in Greece, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and the USA. Abraham Stefanidis’ research focuses on International Human Resource Management, Global Business Ethics, and Disability.
Linda M. Sama is Retired Professor at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St John’s University in New York, USA, and founder of a micro-lending organization. She serves as NGO representative to the U.N. for the International Association of Charities. Her research focuses on issues of Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Ethics, and Microfinance.
