POLS 3470 Lecture Notes - Business Ethics, Johnson & Johnson, Policy Network
4 Nov 2013
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Larger firms engaged in independent work to form strategies to self-benefit. Us electoral success depends on how much $ you have. Needs outweigh all other institutions even state. Early politicians also business people (beginning of canada) Increased awareness of the power of business. Few political science research in canada between bus/gov relations. Political scientists and business need to work together, mesh ideas. Rise of business ethics in management key themes: need for historical analysis. Different needs for different types of businesses. Gov concerned more with local business import/export/jobs: value of comparative research, importance of interdisciplinary research. More mistrust between economic and political elites. No overarching industry that speaks for all businesses. Way in which regulations made and enforced problematic. Business ethics no other capitalist country as aggressive in moral conduct of business leaders. The entire gamut of interaction between business and government. Elites as it affects business strategy and/or government policy (taylor et al, p. 4)
