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A Baldrige Process for ethics?

Kenneth E Goodpaster1, T Dean Maines, Arnold M Weimerskirch

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Science and Engineering Ethics
|May 22, 2004
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The Caux Round Table Self-Assessment and Improvement Process (SAIP) is a management tool for ethical business conduct. Beta tests show SAIP helps firms improve ethical commitment, drawing lessons from corporate scandals.

Area of Science:

  • Business Ethics
  • Organizational Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

Background:

  • The Caux Round Table Principles for Business provide a stakeholder-based ethical framework.
  • Organizational self-appraisal is a key method for improving corporate conscience.
  • The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program pioneered self-assessment methodologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe and explore the Caux Round Table Self-Assessment and Improvement Process (SAIP).
  • To compare SAIP with the Baldrige self-assessment approach.
  • To evaluate SAIP's effectiveness in promoting ethical conduct and analyze its limitations.

Main Methods:

  • Description of the SAIP tool.
  • Comparative analysis of SAIP and Baldrige self-assessment.

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  • Reporting of findings from two beta tests of the SAIP.
  • Analysis of 2001-2002 business scandals using SAIP's ethical framework.

    • Main Results:

    • The SAIP facilitates organizational self-appraisal for ethical improvement.
    • Beta tests indicate SAIP strengthens commitment to ethically responsible conduct.
    • Identified limitations of the SAIP tool were noted.
    • SAIP offers a practical method to integrate lessons from corporate scandals into organizational practice.

    Conclusions:

    • The SAIP is a valuable management tool for enhancing corporate ethical conscience.
    • SAIP can bridge stakeholder concerns with organizational practices, especially post-scandal.
    • The tool provides a structured approach to learning from business ethics failures.