Ethical codes help members understand right and wrong in organizational decisions. Codes exist at three levels: business ethics, employee conduct, and professional practice. Code of ethics sets out values and stakeholder obligations, publicly available. Code of conduct focuses on compliance rules for leaders and staff
Consultant provides specialized advice or services to medium-large corporations. Consultants can be internal (within client organization) or external (contracted). Services include reports, presentations, and sometimes customized software development
Empirical research derives conclusions from verifiable evidence and scientific experimentation. Term originated from ancient Greek medical practitioners. Focuses on understanding how the world works through observation and experimentation
Research improves knowledge, practice, and policy debates. Research process includes problem identification, literature review, and data collection. Six main steps: problem identification, literature review, purpose, data collection, analysis, and reporting
Research design is the systematic arrangement of conditions for data collection. Design should combine relevance with economy of procedure. Design depends on theoretical perspective, study type, and research question
Corresponding author manages communication between authors and journal. Usually identified by asterisk symbol (*) on title page. Multiple authors can be corresponding, depending on journal policies