Screen LibraryBusiness ethics in the 21st Century
This work provides a critical look at business practice in the early 21st century and suggests changes that are both practical and normatively superior. Several chapters present a reflection on business ethics from a societal or macro-organizational point of view. It makes a case for the economic an...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Issues in business ethics,
v.39 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6223-7 |
| Summary: |
This work provides a critical look at business practice in the early 21st century and suggests changes that are both practical and normatively superior. Several chapters present a reflection on business ethics from a societal or macro-organizational point of view. It makes a case for the economic and moral superiority of the sustainability capitalism of the European Union over the finance-based model of the United States. Most major themes in business ethics are covered and some new ones are introduced, including the topic of the right way to teach business ethics. The general approach adopted |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 235 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400762237 (electronic bk.) 9400762232 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HF5387 |
| CLC: | F718 |
| Contents: |
Economic Issues in Business Ethics. Fair Markets Revisited -- What's Wrong with Efficiency and Always Low Prices -- Economics, Friend or Foe of Ethics -- Philosophical Issues in Business. Kantian Themes -- Limitations of the Pragmatist Approach to Business Ethics -- International Issues in Business Ethics. Varieties of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Constructing the Universal Norms of International Business -- Specific Business Ethics Issues. Morality, Money, and Motor Cars Revisited -- Ethics in Financial Services: Systems and Individuals -- Stakeholder Board Representation as a Means of Governance -- Organizational Integrity and Moral Climates -- Teaching Business Ethics. Crucial Decisions for the Teaching of Business Ethics |