Business Ethics : A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World

ISBN-13: 9780415663564 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 384 str.

Patrick O'Sullivan; Mark Esposito; Mark Smith

Opis

Utilising the knowledge from a wide selection of expert contributors, this comprehensive volume makes a compelling case for business ethics to become an integrated consideration across the business disciplines, rather than an afterthought in the curriculum.

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction  1. Ethics as Social Critique  2. Levels of Critique: A Methodological Framework for the Study of Ethics and Morality in Business  3. The Ethical Management of Ethics: Fostering Ethical Behavior in Corporations  Part II: Organizational Strategy  4. Corporate Social Responsibility: Definitional Paralysis and Ambiguity  5. The Impact of Ethics on the Issues of Organizational Congruence  6. Ethical Issues of Reification and Recognition on HRM: A Critical Social Theory Perspective  7. Private Vices, Business Virtues? The Institutional Strategy to Legitimated Online Gambling in Italy  Part III: Finance and Economics  8. The Ethical and Social Dimensions of Executive Compensation  9. The Ethics of the Banker: Reflections on the  Banker's Economic and Societal Functions or How History Requires us to Reflect of the Role of Banks in Society  10. Islamic Finance Revisited: A Brief Review with Singapore Example  11. Ethical Issues in the Policy Response to the 2008 Financial Crisis:Moral Hazard in Central Banking and the Equity of Bailout  Part IV: Organizational Behaviour  12. Ethics and Management: The Essential Philosophical and Psycological Basis of Ethical Management Driven by a Progressive Company  13. Mindfulness as a Mediator Between the Effective and the Ethical Manager  14. A Cultural Appreciation of Diversity of Ethical Strategies: Examples from European Business  15. Employee Surveillance and the Modern Workplace  Part V: Marketing and Innovation  16. Ethics and Marketing  17. Deeper into the Consumer’s Mind: Market Research and Ethics  18. Social and Societal Marketing: Applications for Public Policy Makers and Companies  19. Designing for a Better World  Part VI: HRM and Employee Relations  20. "You Take the High Road..." Analysing the Ethical Dimensions of High Performance Work Systems  21. Ethical Challenges in Business Coaching  22. Competency Management: Between Managerial Development and Ethical Questioning  Part VII: Conclusions  24. Towards an Ethical Future for Business?

O autorze

Patrick O’Sullivan is Professor and Head of Department of People, Organizations and Society at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. Mark Smith is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. Mark Esposito is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Leadership at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.