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Abstract
In this survey of business ethics in Europe, we compare the present state of business ethics in Europe with the situation
as described by Enderle (BEER 5(1):33–46, 1996). At that time, business ethics was still dominated by a mainly philosophical, normative analysis of business issues with
a maximum of 25 chairs in business ethics all over Europe. It has since expanded dramatically in numbers as well as diversified
into many different domains. We find this rich diversity in the conception of business ethics back in the answers of our respondents
to every single question. The concepts they propose, the courses they teach, the subjects under research as well as the training
and consultancy offered to clients and even the challenges for the future all reflect this diversity. Decisive for the expansion
of business ethics in Europe has been the advance of CSR and the official backing of CSR by the European Commission. We further
argue that the prevalence and importance of business ethics and CSR differs throughout Europe. A rough approximation based
on our survey results and literature review is that it is more important and more developed in core and Nordic European countries
and somewhat less in Southern and Eastern European countries. The real East with countries like Belarus and Bulgaria remains
a challenge.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-13
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-012-1260-3
- Authors
- Luc Van Liedekerke, Center for Economics and Ethics, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Geert Demuijnck, EDHEC Business School, Lille, France
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544