Collusion, reputation damage and interest in code of conduct: The case of a Dutch construction company

Graafland, J.J. (2004): Collusion, reputation damage and interest in code of conduct: The case of a Dutch construction company. Published in: Business Ethics: A European Review , Vol. 2-3, No. 13 (2004): pp. 127-142.

Abstract

In November 2001, a TV program showed that many large Dutch construction companies participated in price fixing. We analyze how one such company, Heijmans, reacted to the reputation crises after the TV program by introducing a code of conduct. We present the outcomes of a questionnaire survey conducted among 140 managers just after the TV program with respect to the relevance of such a code and discuss the change in attitude of the CEO of Heijmans following after the negative publicity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; code of conduct; collusion; construction sector; reputation; parliamentary investigation; regulation
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M14 - Corporate Culture ; Diversity ; Social Responsibility; L - Industrial Organization > L7 - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction > L74 - Construction; K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law > K21 - Antitrust Law

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