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

Johan Graafland

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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.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; code of conduct; collusion; construction sector; reputation; parliamentary investigation; regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 K21 L74 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Business Ethics: A European Review 13.2-3(2004): pp. 127-142

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