Unnecessary and pointless introduction of a corporate aspiration code of ethics in some cases

Remigiusz Ryziński
Assoc. Prof. Dr.,Department of Social Sciences, College of International Business ISM Slovakia in Prešov, Duchnovič Square 1,Prešov, 080 01, Slovakia, E-mail:

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Ryziński R. (2021) Unnecessary and pointless introduction of a corporate aspiration code of ethics in some cases. Ed.: V.V. Kovalenko (ed.-in-ch.) and others [Nepotribne i bezgluzde zaprovadzhennya v deyakih vipadkah etichnogo kodeksu korporativnih ustremlin; za red.: V.V. Kovalenko (gol. red.)], Scientific Bulletin of the Odessa National Economic University (ISSN 2313-4569), Odessa National Economics University, Odessa, No. 11-12 (288-289), pp. 154-159.

Abstract

Many articles and scientific studies on codes of ethics, their division and various uses have been written. In our study, we also focus on codes of ethics, but we will not be interested in their effective use. We focus on situations where codes of ethics are unnecessary, meaningless, or even harmful. On the fitted examples, which can certainly be confronted with the fact that they find their parallels in real situations, at least in the basic features, we show the possible uselessness or harmfulness of ethical codes in some versions. By no means do we say that codes of conduct are meaningless or harmful in general. We only claim that there are cases in which their entire creation and implementation is unnecessary. There are even cases in which it would be better for at least some of the directives of the code of ethics not to exist at all. We think that the introduction of a code of ethics is far from justified in every case in which it has taken place.

Keywords

code of ethics, code of ethics, introduction of code of ethics.

JEL classification: H500, О380

UD classification:331.446.4

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