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Female executives of large companies are still in short supply in the U.S., but they have made great strides in recent years and their number is growing. Patricia Werhane and four other leadership experts interviewed twenty-two prominent women--including executives at Kraft, Boeing, and Harley Davidson--to uncover their leadership styles, reveal their most effective practices, and find out how they broke through the glass ceiling. This celebration of stellar executives highlights their achievements, the values and visions that guide them, and the contributions they've made to both their...

This text provides perspectives on the way in which gender plays a role in leadership dynamics and ethics within organizations. It seeks to offer new theoretical models for thinking about leadership and organizational influence. Most studies of women's leadership draw on an ethics of care as characteristic of the way women lead, but as such, it tends towards essentialist gender stereotypes and does little to explain the complex systemic variables that influence the functioning of women within organizations. This book moves beyond the canon in exploring alternative paradigms for thinking...

• A thoroughly updated new edition, now reflecting the current business climate of featured countries
• Features entries from over 220 philosophers, theologians, social scientists, management professors, and practitioners
• Maintains the standard terms and concepts in business ethics
• Interweaves the lessons learned from recent instances of financial malfeasance by companies such as Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, and Tyco
• Includes many new subjects such as corporate citizenship, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and socially responsible investing
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• Examines the obligations that managers have to their various stakeholders: employees, customers, shareholders, and the community
  
• Looks at topics at the cutting edge of business ethics, including the ethics of supply chain management, as well as dealing with the press and non governmental agencies
  
• Considers the concepts of sustainability and triple bottom line accounting
  
• Includes...

This case book provides examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships that aim to create sustainable enterprises for both the for-profit sectors and for individuals who live in conditions of poverty.Ideal for teaching, after a brief introduction to the case method, the cases are presented as descriptions with no comments or criticisms. The cases are arranged thematically and cover a broad array of solutions in diverse countries including India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Tanzania, the United States, South Africa, Mozambique, Peru, Ghana, Haiti, and Mexico. Specific programs for alleviating-or even...