In August 1976 the research seminar 'Decision-making in business' was
organized at Nijenrode, The Netherlands School of Business. More than
fifty scientists and practitioners from nine countries presented
research papers in one of the six discussion groups. Some ofthem also
presented some of their ideas in front of a large mixed audience at a
one-day symposium. Many of the papers presented at Nijenrode were of
such a high quality that the decision to publish a selection of them was
an easy one. At the same time the new series Nijenrode studies in
business was initiated. All who were involved, the policy committee 'Of
the Nijenrode studies, the advisory and editorial board of the series,
the publisher, and the organizing committee of the seminar and
symposium, acclaimed the idea of publishing three volumes in the new
series. A collection of eleven papers could be grouped under the title
Trends in managerial andfinancial accounting, and has been published as
volume 1 of this series. A collection of fourteen papers has been
published as the second volume under the title Trends in financial
decision- making, while this volume, consisting of twelve papers (and an
introduction) explores the theme Trends in business ethics. The
introduction by Stanley L. Jakiwas written for the symposium. It
suggests why the papers of Pjotr Hesseling, Antoine Kreykamp, and
Richard H. Viola, which were not presented at Nijenrode, are introduced
here.