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Current debate on business ethics in Australia continues apace as the excesses of the 1980s are exposed. Codes of Ethics have been a high profile instrument in the American business scene. A survey of Australia's largest business corporations reveals a different situation. Codes are not as commonly used, tend to refer to legal requirements and do not have as high a profile within the corporation. Given the changing legal framework in Australia a greater role for Codes of Ethics may emerge.
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Dr. Bruce N. Kaye is Master of New College, the University of New South Wales, (1983-) and Director of the New College Institue for Values Research (1987-). He was formerly Vice-Principal of St. John's College and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Durham, U.K., Dr. Theol. University of Basel, BD London, BA Sydney, Research Fellow Deutche Akademische Austanchdieuste 1974, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His publications includeRight and Wrong at Work, Ethical Aspects of Labour Relations in Australia, Australian Youth and the Protestant Work Ethic.
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Kaye, B.N. Codes of ethics in Australian business corporations. J Bus Ethics 11, 857–862 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872364
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872364