THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CONUNDRUM: PERSPECTIVES FROM DANTE’S “INFERNO”

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB PHILOSOPHIA, LXI, No. 3, 2016 (p. 89-103)en-US
dc.creatorBUYS, Pieter
dc.creatorCRONJÉ, Christo
dc.date2016-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T10:40:09Z
dc.descriptionThe Corporate Governance Conundrum: Perspectives from Dante’s Inferno. Corporate sustainability reporting, renowned as an instrument for businesses to communicate how they function more efficiently and responsibly within the social and physical environment, while simultaneously remaining profitable, has evolved in an up-and-coming trend by businesses. Recent corporate history saw much contrast in ethical behaviour in the global corporate environment. On the one hand, Dante’s deadly sin of avarice was running amok, which resulted in spectacular corporate demises. On the other hand, there was the rise of the concept of sustainable development, which describes an organisational culture change aiming to ensure that routine business decisions are made within an economically, socially and environmentally responsible framework. However, given the realities of the modern business environment, intangible ethical philosophies and lip-service codes of ethical conduct may often not be sufficient to ensure responsible and sustainable corporate, environmental and social development. This article reflects on how corporate sin potentially contributes to the contemporary corporate governance conundrum as well as on whether ethics codes can change ethical behaviour.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/5273
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/1187
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/5273/4982
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2016 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophiaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia; Volume 61, No. 3, December 2016; 89-103en-US
dc.source2065-9407
dc.subjectBusiness ethics, corporate culture, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainabilityen-US
dc.titleTHE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CONUNDRUM: PERSPECTIVES FROM DANTE’S “INFERNO”en-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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