Cooper, Robert W., Frank, Garry L., and Kemp, Robert A.
Subjects
BUSINESS ethics, PROFESSIONAL ethics, PURCHASING agents, MANAGEMENT, ETHICS, PURCHASING, BUSINESS enterprises, INDUSTRIAL procurement, SUPPLY chain management
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of a study of purchasing and supply management professionals in India conducted to identify the key ethical issues they face in carrying out their work related responsibilities as well as to determine the extent to which various factors appear to be helpful or to present challenges to their efforts to act ethically in the course of their work. The Indian findings are then compared to those for studies conducted among purchasing and supply management professionals in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Key findings for the four studies are summarized and implications for business and the professions are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
BUSINESS ethics, ETHICS, BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL property, GLOBALIZATION, COMMERCIAL law, INTERNATIONAL law, MANAGEMENT ethics, INTERNATIONAL business enterprises, CORRUPTION
Abstract
Unethical business in India became a recognized phenomenon during the second World War. Academic/journalistic/legal concern with ethics has become visible only during the nineties. Corruption-of-the-poor and corruption-of-the-rich need to be distinguished -- especially in the context of globalization. The danger of attributing unethical practices to system failure is recognized. It is also important to bring to bear on intellectual property rights the more fundamental principle of natural property rights. Consciousness ethics will be more crucial than just intellectual ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]