Business Strategy Series: Volume 9 Issue 6
Table of contents - Special Issue: Focus on corporate government and social issues
Corporate governance in Europe: raising the bar
Catherine Albert‐RoulhacThe purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of European Boards. Analyzes Board composition, working style, remuneration and disclosure levels. Looks to the…
Non‐executive directors and the UK's new combined code on corporate governance
Christopher PassA revised Combined Code on corporate governance was introduced in the UK in 2003 which set out a number of new provisions relating to the composition of the company's Board of…
The relationship between organizational justice and conflict style
B. Charles Tatum, Richard J. EberlinThe purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships between organizational justice and conflict management.
Corporate social responsibility practices in the pharmaceutical industry
Alan D. SmithPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide practitioners of management a sense of the importance of strategically leveraging social responsibility in the pharmaceutical…
The end of shareholder value thinking
André de WaalThe purpose of this paper is to discuss a trend in business strategy thinking which has been detrimental to the continuity of organizations, so that managers will reevaluate where…
Living organisational values: the bridges value inculcation model
Robin Speculand, Ruchira ChaudharyVision, Mission and Values are buzzwords that many leaders have grasped on to and attempted to adopt. Most, however, have failed to inculcate the values. What is missing is a…
How the tension between “good” and “bad” profits can wreak havoc with a company's reputation
Grahame R. DowlingThe purpose of this paper is to show that many companies are degrading their corporate reputations because they are making (“bad”) profits at the expense of customer satisfaction.