
Frameworks in this topic
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Agency theory versus stewardship theory
Why monitor managers, and when is monitoring unnecessary?Berle and Means (1932); Jensen and Meckling (1976); Shleifer and Vishny (1997); counter-view in Donaldson and Davis (1991)
COSO internal control framework
Which components make an internal control system credible?COSO (2013)
Carroll's CSR pyramid
Which layers of responsibility must a business meet, and in what order?Carroll, 1991
Chart critique checklist
Does this chart tell the truth, and can a reader compare what we want them to compare?Tufte, 2001; Cleveland and McGill, 1984; Zacks and Tversky, 1999; Wong, 2011
Conditional SDG alignment
When do SDG commitments truly strengthen strategy, and when are they just a label or a budget line?Van Zanten and Van Tulder, 2021; Carroll, 1991; Freeman and McVea, 2001; Banerjee, 2008; Montiel et al., 2021
Development as freedom
What should development be measured by beyond GDP?Sen, 2006
Evidence check for 'doing good pays' claims
Does an ESG, diversity or CSR claim actually raise profit, or is it only correlation?Vogel, 2005; Norman and MacDonald, 2004
Exploitation and valid-consent test
Workers 'freely accept' poor conditions, but is the other side exploiting them and is the consent valid?Zwolinski, 2007; Kates, 2015
Four arguments for high pay, tested
Which argument (talent, effort, contribution, incentive) justifies very high pay, and which collapses under objection?Rawls, 2001; Scanlon, 2013; Dietsch, 2008; Boatright, 2010; Moriarty, 2009
Four ethical lenses
By which standard should this business decision be judged: rights, outcomes, agreement or character?Rachels and Rachels, 2012
Four guidelines where institutions are weak
What responsibilities does a multinational operating where institutions are weak have beyond local legal compliance?Hsieh, 2009; Vogel, 2005
Four kinds of ethical dilemma
What values collide in a hard ethical choice?Kidder, 1995
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