In Search of Ethical Business Leadership: Time to Mix Our Metaphors?

Ethics, Law and Society Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.4324/9780429292606-20

K. Peattie

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The unfolding Parmalat scandal in Italy is just the latest in a series of incidents that have shone a spotlight on the behaviour and ethics of top business leaders. Founder Calisto Tanzi is currently in jail, accused of having falsified the company's accounts for many years. This follows on the heels of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Equitable Life and several other sorry tales. In Germany, several business leaders have appeared in court in connection with bonus payouts during the $180bn Mannesmann takeover by Vodafone, including Deutsche Bank's Chairman, Josef Ackermann and former Mannesmann Chief Executive Klaus Esser. In America, the media is warming up for a whole series of celebrity business leader trials. Martha Stewart, America's lifestyle queen, is already in court facing charges of insider dealing. In February, Scott Sullivan, WorldCom's former Chief Financial Officer, is in court charged with accounting fraud. Also in February, John Rigas, the founder of Adelphia Communications, will be one of several appearing charged with illegally removing one billion dollars from the company. In March, Frank Quattrone, formerly of Credit Suisse First Boston, returns to court to face charges of obstructing justice.

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寻找合乎道德的商业领导:是时候混合我们的隐喻了?

意大利正在展开的帕玛拉特(Parmalat)丑闻，只是一系列事件中的最新一起，这些事件让人们关注到顶级商业领袖的行为和道德。创始人Calisto Tanzi被指控多年来伪造公司账目，目前正在监狱服刑。在此之前，安然(Enron)、世通(WorldCom)、环球电讯(Global Crossing)、公平人寿(Equitable Life)和其他几起令人遗憾的事件相继发生。在德国，几位商界领袖因沃达丰(Vodafone)收购曼内斯曼(Mannesmann) 1800亿美元交易中的奖金发放问题出庭受审，其中包括德意志银行(Deutsche Bank)董事长约瑟夫·阿克曼(Josef Ackermann)和曼内斯曼前首席执行官克劳斯·埃塞尔(Klaus Esser)。在美国，媒体正在为一系列名人商业领袖审判做准备。美国生活女王玛莎•斯图尔特(Martha Stewart)已经在法庭上面临内幕交易指控。今年2月，世通前首席财务长苏利文(Scott Sullivan)被控会计欺诈。同样在2月份，阿德尔菲通讯公司的创始人约翰·里加斯(John Rigas)将成为被控从公司非法转移10亿美元的几人之一。今年3月，前瑞士信贷第一波士顿公司(Credit Suisse First Boston)的弗兰克•奎特隆(Frank Quattrone)再次出庭，面临妨碍司法公正的指控。

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