caa a22 4500 465817688 CHVBK 20180323112127.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00382657 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00382657 The ethical implications of corporate records management practices and some suggested ethical values for decisions [Elektronische Daten] [John Ruhnka, Steven Weller] While the ethical implications of corporate actions have received increasing attention, one important area overlooked by both researchers and corporate codes of ethics is the significant ethical implications of corporate records management practices. This article discusses the operational and strategic purposes of modern corporate records management programs—including "scorched earth” programs which seek to reduce exposure to potential liability by eliminating documentary evidence from corporate files that could be used to establish culpability in future governmental investigations or in litigation by persons injured by corporate actions. As a first step toward developing relevant ethical guidelines and decision criteria for socially-responsible records management practices, the ethical values of freedom of choice and avoidance of harm are applied to various corporate decisions as to (1) which information should be retained as records and for how long, (2) subsequent disclosure or non-disclosure of that information and to whom, and (3) decisions as to when information in corporate records may properly be destroyed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Ruhnka John Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, 80204, Colo, USA aut Weller Steven Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, 80204, Colo, USA aut Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/2(1990-02-01), 81-92 0167-4544 9:2<81 1990 9 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382657 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382657 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruhnka John Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, 80204, Colo, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weller Steven Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, 80204, Colo, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/2(1990-02-01), 81-92 0167-4544 9:2<81 1990 9 10551 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer