Introduction

Abstract

The present volume in a series of books produced from European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) conferences in Europe, is a compilation of plenary speeches and papers presented at the 1993 EBEN conference in Oslo, Norway. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Use of Consultancy: Ethical Demands and Requirements” and there was a special focus on Eastern Europe. Of over 40 papers presented at the conference from 165 participants representing 23 countries, we present here 20 selected by the editors as providing an overview of the latest thinking from both academicians and practitioners on the subject of ethics in consulting. Due to strict constraints on space in this volume, several valuable papers presented at the conference must be published elsewhere. We have also tried to maintain the unique flavor of the papers by authors whose mother tongue is not English.