Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
- The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Compliance as the Interaction between Rules and Behavior
- Part I Compliance Concepts and Approaches
- Part II Deterrence and Incapacitation
- Part III Incentives
- Part IV Legitimacy and Social Norms
- Part V Capacity and Opportunity
- Part VI Compliance and Cognition
- Part VII Management and Organizational Processes
- 39 Compliance Management Systems: Do They Make a Difference?
- 40 Business Codes: A Review of the Literature
- 41 Third Party and Appointed Monitorships
- 42 Ethics and Compliance Training
- 43 The Social and Organizational Psychology of Compliance: How Organizational Culture Impacts on (Un)ethical Behavior
- 44 Organizational Factors and Workplace Deviance: Influences of Abusive Supervision, Dysfunctional Employees, and Toxic Work Environments
- 45 Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG, and Compliance
- 46 Agency, Authority, and Compliance
- 47 Life-Course Criminology and Corporate Offending
- Part VIII Measuring and Evaluating Compliance
- Part IX Analysis of Particular Fields
- References
40 - Business Codes: A Review of the Literature
from Part VII - Management and Organizational Processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
- The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Compliance as the Interaction between Rules and Behavior
- Part I Compliance Concepts and Approaches
- Part II Deterrence and Incapacitation
- Part III Incentives
- Part IV Legitimacy and Social Norms
- Part V Capacity and Opportunity
- Part VI Compliance and Cognition
- Part VII Management and Organizational Processes
- 39 Compliance Management Systems: Do They Make a Difference?
- 40 Business Codes: A Review of the Literature
- 41 Third Party and Appointed Monitorships
- 42 Ethics and Compliance Training
- 43 The Social and Organizational Psychology of Compliance: How Organizational Culture Impacts on (Un)ethical Behavior
- 44 Organizational Factors and Workplace Deviance: Influences of Abusive Supervision, Dysfunctional Employees, and Toxic Work Environments
- 45 Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG, and Compliance
- 46 Agency, Authority, and Compliance
- 47 Life-Course Criminology and Corporate Offending
- Part VIII Measuring and Evaluating Compliance
- Part IX Analysis of Particular Fields
- References
Summary
Abstract: The widespread use of business codes raises the questions of what we know about codes and what they do. This chapter presents an overview of what we currently know about the definitions, functions, and effectiveness of business codes. The chapter shows that business codes are an important method of self-regulation, that the many studies into the effectiveness of codes present a mixed picture, and that there are promising directions for future research on business codes. The chapter also provides suggestions for the development, implementation, and assessment of business codes in practice.
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