The Balanced Company

Dr Muel Kaptein and Dr Johan Wempe have been active as consultants in the field of corporate ethics, integrity, social responsibility, and compliance since the early 1990s. They assist profit and non-profit organizations in developing and implementing business codes by providing training sessions, conducting integrity audits, and setting up compliance processes. Muel and Johan co-founded KPMG Ethics and Integrity Consulting in 1995. Johan is co-developer of the ethics game 'Cards on the Table'. Muel has also developed 'The Integrity Thermometer', which has since been used to review a large number of organizations. They have facilitated the development of business codes for many companies. In addition, they also assisted Shell in developing its very first sustainability report in 1998 and have acted as verifiers of subsequent reports.

Provides a valuable, coherent, overview of the most important theories and insights in the field of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Useful for both students and management.

• Invitation to Dialogue ; PART I: BUSINESS ETHICS ; 1. Why Business Ethics? ; 2. General Theories of Ethics ; PART II: ETHICS OF BUSINESS ; 3. The Corporation as Moral Entity ; 4. The Corporate Condition ; 5. The Corporation as Social Contract ; PART III: ETHICS IN BUSINESS ; 6. Ethical Criteria for Corporations ; 7. Incorporating Corporate Ethics