L’entreprise familiale est-elle corrompue ?

Is family business corrupt? Since the Enron and WorldCom cases, there has been a growing interest in corruption in the corporate world. A large number of studies having demonstrated that Family Businesses (FB) are the most important forms of organization in the business world, it seemed logical to look at the relationship between FB and corruption. FB being supposed to be concerned by human relationships and to focus on the long term, they should not be concerned by these questions. Nevertheless, the literature underlines that FB could be organizations able to corrupt the political system. Besides, FB could have organizational characteristics that would make it prone to be related to corruption cases.

L’entreprise légale-mafieuse : efficience ou éthique ?

This paper offers an institutional approach to the problems raised by Mafia infiltration of legitimate businesses. It contributes to an economic theory that reconnects economics, law and ethics. It demonstrates that the efficiency criterion alone is not sufficient to correctly analyze the nature and consequences of Mafia infiltration on economies and societies. On the contrary, the reintroduction of ethics enables a better understanding of the phenomenon to the point that law – driven by ethical and not only efficiency considerations – is a necessary tool for those wanting to fight against the destruction of legal economies by Mafiosi.

L’indignation citoyenne contre la loi hypothécaire en Espagne : complémentarités entre éthiques de la justice et de la sollicitude

Consumers are legitimate stakeholders but are unevenly active and powerful in the dynamics that can lead companies to a more socially responsible behaviour. This article proposes to test the relevance, across the struggles of consumers, of the well-known opposition in business ethics between ethics of justice and ethics of care. Relying on a semi-participant direct and webnographic observation of a wide citizen movement that arose in Spain, questioning banks and mortgage regulation, after the explosion of the housing bubble in 2008, this article strives to highlight the permanent dual approach to ethics at all levels of the movement, from spokespersons to supporters, in speech and in actions. One approach is more focused on laws and principles, whereas the other is more focused on direct support to people affected by foreclosures. This article demonstrates the continuities between these two registers of justice and care and their functional complementarities in the dynamics of mobilization. A discussion will then follow on the substance of the opposition between the ethics of justice and the ethics of care as well as on the possible representativeness of this case: behind the singularities of the mortgage issue or of Spanish political culture, one cannot but observe the challenging mobilizing process that comprises a human rightist activism combined with a feminist approach to social issues.

Quelle transparence pour le commerce équitable ?

According to different opinion polls, French consumers lack information on fair trade products, albeit certification and labels existing on these products. Labelled fair trade products can be considered as credence goods. Moreover, the impacts of fair trade on the welfare of small producers remain controversial among researchers. Fair trade products are thus also prone to shared uncertainty regarding the global impacts on small producers, and fair trade products can also be considered as indeterminate goods. Faced with this important quality uncertainty, this paper questions the necessity to develop more transparency of fair trade towards consumers.

Éthique et évasion fiscale au Bénin

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The interest rates and performance of MFIs in the MENA region: is there a moral issue?

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Microfinance, accompagnement des demandeurs de crédits : une analyse économique des contrats alternatifs

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Sur la dimension éthique de l’argent : les phénomènes de fuite et de blanchiment de capitaux au Maroc

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