1.2. Goals of the Youth Code of Business Ethics

The project all together offers five outcomes, yet in this document closely the Youth Code of Business Ethics is presented. In line of the project thought the Youth Code of Business Ethics is work of young participants collaborating in the YEBE program. All EU participants come from 5 EU states, that is Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia, where project partners reside.

Participating associations:

Belgium: Association chrétienne des Dirigeants et Cadres (ADIC ) Germany: Bund Katholischer Unternehmer (BKU) Germany: Center for Corporate Citizenship Italy: Unione Cristiana Imprenditori e Dirigenti (UCID) Italy: Consulenza Formazione e Management S.C.A.R.L (CONFORM) Hungary: Keresztény Ertekmegorzo Egyesület (KERME) Hungary: Napra Forgó Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft. Slovenia: Združenje krščanskih poslovnežev Slovenije (ZKPS) Slovenia: Socialna akademija

1.2. Goals of the Youth Code of Business Ethics

As outlined in the objective in this project we aim to empower European youth with entrepreneurial skills and leadership competences which both spring within ethical character. Therefore inside of “non-formal learning opportunities” we have moulded summer school and follow-up seminar where we goal to bring closer to the youth the concept of business ethics and codes that arise within.

By business practice and academic supplement, we know codes of ethics are not just common practice which is good to know and adapt, but rather are useful tool for stakeholders to shape their business endeavour. As Anghel-Ilcu elaborates “a code of ethics is an instrument which encompasses the moral establishment of an ethical behaviour in one company. But, we have to re member that a specific instrument, i.e. a code of ethics, like any other instrument, can or cannot be effective in attaining its objectives. As Messikomer and Cirka (2010) state, no matter how carefully designed and constructed, a code of ethics is only one component of an organization’s ethics program, and its presence is not sufficient to prevent unethical