Citation:

Bramantyo Djohanputro. "The Practices of Sustainability Ethics in Various Companies" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 76-84, 2025.

Abstract:

In recent decades, sustainability issues have become a primary concern among businesses, governments, and society. Companies often struggle to apply ethical principles consistently, especially when facing pressure from stakeholders, especially from shareholders and external stakeholders. Sustainability ethics is important as the basis for companies to develop their objectives and initiatives related to sustainability issues in order to face those concerns and pressure. This study attempts to identify and describe what kinds of ethics schools of thought are the main basis for various types and statuses of companies to put sustainability into action. This study employs eight ethics schools f of thought and uses descriptive statistics to conduct the research. The population consists of state-owned companies, municipal-owned companies, private national companies, and multinational companies. The findings of this research are very important to various parties, including companies, government, regulators, and sustainability activists, to enforce and encourage companies to balance their objectives and initiatives of maximizing economic, social, and environmental wealth.

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Keywords:

Sustainability, Ethics, Stakeholders, State-owned companies, MNCs, Wealth.