International corporate governance under Sarbanes-Oxley

This is a detailed examination of the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate governance globally. Corporate governance remains a topic of keen interest not only for the accounting, financial, and legal sectors, but also for the broader business and investor communities. This comprehensive guide details the ...

Profitable Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

attain improved shareholder value and bottom-line results

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is here to stay. This unique reference not only shows how to achieve compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, but also guides senior executives and their management teams in assessing the reliability of financial reporting and internal controls to maintain compliance. Unlike other SOX books ...

Profit with honor

the new stage of market capitalism

This wise and optimistic book examines the rampant scandals that plague American corporations today and shows how companies can reverse the resulting climate of mistrust. By seizing the opportunity to address some of the nation's - and the world's - most serious problems, business can ...

Gatekeepers

the professions and corporate governance

In the wake of a series of corporate governance disasters in the US and Europe, which have gained almost mythic status - Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, HealthSouth, Parmalat - one question has not yet been addressed. A number of 'gatekeeping' professions - auditors, attorneys, securities analysts, credit-rating agencies ...

Misión y valores

la empresa en busca de su sentido

La empresa ha perdido frente a gran parte de la sociedad el sentido de su exitencia y necesita imperiosamente reencontralo. Limitar sus fines a la generación de riqueza para los accionistas dificulta la obtención de un valor compartido. La responsabilidad social como mera filantropía no ...

Developing corporate social responsibilility

a european perspective

The rapidly increasing attention devoted to corporate social responsibility (CSR) has resulted in the term 'CSR' being applied to myriad dissimilar phenomena. The authors therefore aim to dispel this confusion by presenting a multi-faceted view of socially responsible corporate behaviour and related themes. They provide ...

Gestión y comunicación de la responsabilidad social empresarial

claves para un desarrollo competitivo y sostenible

El análisis en profundidad de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) requiere compartir visiones acerca de la filosofía, implicación en la estrategia y gestión de las organizaciones, así como casos de empresas que muestren el éxito en su aplicación incrementando su competitividad y fomentando una relación ...

Mitos y realidades de la responsabilidad social corporativa en España

un enfoque multidisciplinar

La sociedad española está evolucionando de manera considerable en los últimos años, con una nueva orientación en la que progresivamente adquieren mayor relevancia los valores sociales, la implicación del individuo en diferentes causas responsables y la preocupación por el desarrollo sostenible. El interés de la ...

Lo bueno de ser bueno

conquistar con humanidad el mundo de los negocios

Los autores de los libros comparten sus propias experiencias y las historias de otras personas y negocios para demostrar por que, al contrario de lo que la sabiduria tradicional, las personas bondadosas llegan antes.

Valor y valores

ética para directivos

Este libro trata de los límites éticos que deben fijarse las empresas, en un momento en el que muchas de las grandes corporaciones están bajo sospecha. El autor aborda el tema de los dilemas éticos que deben resolver los empresarios analizando realidades de gran actualidad ...

Permission to steal

revealing the roots of corporate scandal

American culture applauds those who will do anything to make it to the top. The past few decades have seen success redefined in terms of more wealth and power than ever before. The deification of top earners, and an acceptance of life without limits, has ...

Corporate social responsibility and international development

is business the solution?

Financially, multinational corporations dwarf the United Nations and other development organizations - so surely there is more they could be doing for the countries in which they operate? CSR guru, Michael Hopkins thinks so, laying out what companies are and should be doing to contribute to ...

Contemporary reflections on business ethics

Ronald F. Duska, who began his career as a philosopher, has, over the last 30 years, established himself as one of the leading scholars in the field of business ethics. In the past decade, he has concentrated on ethics in the financial services industry because ...

Empresas son personas

Le sobran 5.000 trabajadores. Esta fue la solución que una gran consultora ofreció al Grupo Bimbo ante una profunda crisis económica en México. Le expliqué al Consejo de Administración que esta era la oportunidad de confirmar que creíamos en lo que predicábamos: queríamos hacer ...

Ser una empresa familiarmente responsable

¿lujo o necesidad?

Durante los últimos veinte años se han producido importantes cambios sociodemográficos. Una ingente cantidad de mujeres ha entrado en el mercado laboral, la tasa de divorcios y el número de familias monoparentales han crecido y la tasa de natalidad europea nunca ha sido tan baja ...

Business ethics

The subject of business ethics addresses what can be considered morally right and wrong in the way businesses make decisions and conduct their activities. "Business Ethics" is a lively and engaging textbook covering the foundations of business ethics and applying these theories, concepts and tools ...

Derechos Humanos y ética de las finanzas

coloquios del Bío Bío

Ética en la industria farmacéutica

entre la economía y la salud

Business ethics and the natural environment

Business Ethics and the Natural Environment examines the present status of relations between corporate enterprise and the natural environment in the world today. #Discusses such questions as: What obligations does a corporation have toward the environment? To respect entities unprotected by law? To care about ...

Corporate social responsability

doing the most good for your company and your cause

Today, corporations are expected to give something back to their communities in the form of charitable projects. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Philip Kotler, one of the world s foremost voices on business and marketing, and coauthor Nancy Lee explain why charity is both good P ...