Codes of Ethics as Corporate Camouflage: An Expression of Desire, Intent or Deceit?

Abstract

This paper seeks to advance and explore the notion that corporate codes of ethics are merely a form of ‘camouflage’ allowing corporate wrongdoing to flourish undetected and unpunished. It argues that the nature of corporations, the nature of law and the nature of corporate codes lead to a negative rather than a positive correlation between the possession of an ethical code and ethical behaviour.

Citation

McCusker, R. (1999), "Codes of Ethics as Corporate Camouflage: An Expression of Desire, Intent or Deceit?", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025931