Title: Ethical networks or networking ethics: a qualitative case study

Authors: Lise-Lotte Lindfelt

Addresses: Abo Akademi University, Department of Business Administration, Henriksgatan 7, 20500 ABO, Finland

Abstract: In recent years there has been a discernible increase in the use of principles centred on corporate social responsibility and/or ethics in the business market. However, there exists some confusion regarding why this is carried out and the actual value of proclaiming the sustainability of a company. I anticipate that firms strategically position themselves in the marketplace and among their stakeholders by the official writing down and marketing of such principles in a code. The use of ethics codes within an industrial Finnish business network is investigated.

Keywords: ethics codes; business networks; strategy; network positioning; ethical embeddedness; Finland; corporate social responsibility; corporate responisibility.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2004.005844

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2004 Vol.1 No.4, pp.411 - 431

Published online: 15 Dec 2004 *

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