Business ethics in action seeking human excellence in organizations /: seeking human excellence in organizations. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Domènec Meĺe.
• Other Names: Melé, Domènec
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Introduction to Business Ethics; 1 The Role of Ethics in Business; Introductory case 1: The rise and fall of Arthur Andersen; Spontaneous ethics and rational ethics; Contemporary development of business ethics and related matters; Insight 1: How the business ethics movement started; Business ethics and its constitutive aspects; Ethical issues, dilemmas and improvements; Are profits and ethics truly related?; Why do corporations engage in business ethics? Appendix: Some conceptual clarifications of ethics and related conceptsBusiness ethics in practice 1: Johnson & Johnson and the Tylenol Affair; Dilemma 1; Summary; 2 Business in Society: Are the Market and Regulations Sufficient?; Introductory case 2: The Enron collapse; Business: A human and social reality; Business within the market economy; Insight 2: Is capitalism ethically acceptable?; Government intervention and fair competition; Are laws enough?; Civil society demands on business and its 'soft regulations'; Legality and morality; Beyond market and regulations Business ethics in practice 2: Cummins Engine Corp. -- Ethical training and compliance with lawDilemma 2; Summary; 3 Cultural Diversity, Common Values and International Standards; Introductory case 3: Selling in a different cultural context -- Do ethical standards change?; Cultural diversity and business ethics; Cultural relativism and ethical universals; Insight 3: Are there common values in different religions and cultures?; International ethical standards for business; Appendix: Religious approaches to business ethics Business ethics in practice 3: Canon and the kyosei concept -- Working together for the common goodDilemma 3; Summary; Part II: The Individual within the Organization; 4 Ethics, at the Core of Human Action; Introductory case 4: Easy money on Wall Street; Values, principles and virtues in human action; A person-centred approach; Practical rationality and human goods; Insight 4: Are there some universal basic human needs?; The Golden Rule: A global ethical principle; Human dignity and the Personalist Principle; Human rights; The Principle of the Common Good Moral character and fundamental human virtuesAppendix: An overview of mainstream ethical theories for business ethics; Business ethics in practice 4: François Michelin -- A person-centred vision of a business leader; Dilemma 4; Summary; 5 Individual Responsibility and Moral Judgements in Business; Introductory case 5: Worldcom -- The dilemma of Cynthia F. Cooper; Responsibility, accountability and liability; For what and to whom are we responsible?; Moral responsibility and its modifiers; Forms of individual responsibility; Insight 5: Milgram's experiment
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke [England] : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 419 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 174.4; Business ethics; Corporate culture; Business ethics; Corporate culture; Unternehmensethik; Wirtschaftsethik; Business ethics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137074683
• Related ISBNs: 113707468X; 9780230573109; 023057310X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-406) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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