Business Ethics in the World Corporate Governance : Introduction
The world works as a simple pendulum. A microcosm, the world of business is no exception. One end is the autonomy and the other is accountability. It is difficult to find a balance between the two. Both are benign in their own space but too much of a good thing is harmful. Business environment has and will test for the two extremes. When one end is about to be reached, then its terrible consequences are made and businesses move from the edge. The force that withdraws from the disaster is so powerful that it adds a huge boost to the other end is the proof. This process is eternal, and offers businesses a gray shadow, blurring the line between good and evil.
After the corporate scandals that shook the world in 2001-02, the pendulum has swung in favor of accountability. This change has occurred at a time when companies worldwide are about to peak. So far the markets are being explored by organizations worldwide inroads. Questions of ethics in business , right and wrong, and corporate governance are hot discussion points across the landscape of business . All parties-management, the board, employees, shareholders, regulators and the community are asserting their presence. All they have to do collectively a decisive step in the regulatory functions and latitude look equally attractive and how to make things right is mulling the imperative of doing things the right way. The world is waiting!