Interorganizational ethics: Standards of behavior

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-297

  Muskin, Jerold B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034635923     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006008506543     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. The term, coined to represent the range of complementary, interorganizational relationships that lie outside the standard buyer-seller arrangements and business affiliations, is developed and analyzed in A. M. Brandenberger and B. J. Nalebuff: Co-opetition (Doubleday, New York, 1996), pp. 11-22.
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10. J. L. Badaracco: 'The IBM-Fujitsu Conundrum', in W. M. Hoffman, J. B. Kamm, R.E. Frederick and E. S. Petry (eds.), Emerging Global Business Ethics (Quorum Books, Westport Conn.), pp. 79-88
11. Note also that Korean practice all but prohibits arbitration and, when invoked in Korea, is very time consuming, expensive, and, when concluded, probably favorable to the Korean company. B. L. De Mente: 1994, Korean Etiquette & Ethics in Business (NTC Business Books, Lincolnwood, IL), pp. 89-90.
12. J. Fallows, op. cit., pp. 416-420.
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15. M. Morrow: 1997, 'ISO 9000 Registration Growth Around the World', in R. W. Peach (ed.), The ISO 9000 Handbook, 3d edition (Richard D. Irwin, Chicago), pp. 689-691.
16. B. L. De Mente, op. cit., pp. 63-64.
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18. B. L. De Mente, op. cit., pp. 65-67.
19. In establishing the ability to perform, as an ethical issue, the author points out that while the firm which is directly responsible may itself be "trustworthy" (competent to "deliver"), it cannot be relied upon if the firms it relies upon are not, in turn, trustworthy. An organization must, in Jackson's terms, have the "requisite motivation" to be competent themselves as well as have the "requisite skill" to select others which are likewise competent. See: J. Jackson: 1992, 'Preserving Trust in a Pluralist Society', in J. Mahoney and E. Vallance (eds.), Business Ethics in a New Europe (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht), pp. 30-32.
20. The requirement exists, for organizations conforming to ISO 9000 standards, that they must, among other things, have mechanisms in place to assure that they "can meet all the requirements. . . . It should also be remembered that fulfillment of requirements often goes beyond initial deliverables and extends into product support on a medium-or long-term basis." See: I. Durand, A. Cormaci and R. Goult: 1997, 'A Basic Guide to Implementing ISO 9000', in R. W. Peach (ed.), The ISO 9000 Handbook, 3d edition (Richard D. Irwin, Chicago), p. 227.
21. A. M. Porter: 1996, 'Buylines: Ethical Dangers Multiply', Purchasing (Oct 17), p. 20. "Due to an increase in 'face time' (occasioned by "the era of supplier partnering") . . . friendship now competes with bribes, kickbacks, and other gross acts of fraud as one of the greatest threats to procurement personnel."
22. S. L. Jackson: 1997, 'Integrating ISO 9001 and ISO 14001', in R. W. Peach (ed.), The ISO 9000 Handbook, 3d edition (Richard D. Irwin, Chicago), p. 496.