Corporate Sustainability and Ethical Codes Effectiveness

摘要: In the last years, issues regarding both sustainable development and business global responsibility have qualified corporate governance effectiveness. Many international institutions intervened companies, at least formally, increased their attention to interaction between stakeholder relationship management economic, social, environmental responsibility. The numerous frequent scandals underline discrepancy firms’ formal statements substantial behaviors. Most of in industrialized country, publish well-structured code ethics conduct, explicating strategic values assigned research considers capability conduct influence effectively behaviors, relation with needs transparency, sharing, coherent individual behavior, control. importance conferred by European Union (EU), analysis examines listed companies greatest market capitalization operating Great Britain, Germany, Italy, order verify behavioral uniformity effectiveness sustainability policies. shows that codes seem remain only declarations. Conscious rational not transfers principles firm’s behaviors its result system, but also goes beyond a mere diffusion formalization conducts. To achieve that, it is necessary develop productive focused on risk control managing all organization’s members, particular reference management. ethics, fact, assume poor relevance for promotion if correct structure does occur integrated strategies processes which assure constant workability. It requests especially: ethic culture sharing related principles; definition integration critical success dimensions environmental, ecological responsibility; identification relevant ethical parameters observance.