The Ethical Dimensions of the Biological and Health Sciences
ISBN: 9780521008860 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second edition of a highly successful and well-received textbook on the responsible conduct of biomedical and health science research. It is aimed at faculty and graduate students in health science and biomedical science programs. In addition, those on National Institute of Health research grants, administrators at universities, and academic health centers will find it a useful resource. The major changes include new chapters providing overviews of each topic, several new published articles added to the readings, revised case studies as well as further readings and web addresses.
This is the second edition of a highly successful and well-received textbook on the responsible conduct of biomedical and health science research. It ...
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200,11 zł |
Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life
ISBN: 9780521016568 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adam Smith wrote two books, one about economics and the other about morality. How do these books go together? How do markets and morality mix? James Otteson provides a comprehensive examination and interpretation of Smith's moral theory and demonstrates how his conception of morality applies to his understanding of markets, language and other social institutions. Considering Smith's notions of natural sympathy, the impartial spectator, human nature and human conscience, the author addresses whether Smith thinks that moral judgments enjoy a transcendent sanction.
Adam Smith wrote two books, one about economics and the other about morality. How do these books go together? How do markets and morality mix? James O...
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180,22 zł |
Business Ethics at Work
ISBN: 9780521405683 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A clear and accessible introduction to business ethics for students of business and management, this book is a practical guide to a subject directly relevant to business conduct today. It offers a decision model to help in the making of ethical choices, and bases its ethical framework firmly on the nature of business itself.
A clear and accessible introduction to business ethics for students of business and management, this book is a practical guide to a subject directly r...
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145,43 zł |
Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule, and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle
ISBN: 9780521437509 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do engineers respond to ethical dilemmas that occur in practice? How do they view their individual and collective responsibilities? How do they make decisions before all the facts are in? Using the space shuttle program as its framework, this book examines the role of ethical decision making in the practice of engineering. In particular, the authors consider the design and development of the main engines of the space shuttle as a paradigm for how individual engineers perceive, articulate, and resolve ethical dilemmas in a large, complex organization. A series of in-depth case studies show...
How do engineers respond to ethical dilemmas that occur in practice? How do they view their individual and collective responsibilities? How do they ma...
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344,25 zł |
Ethics, Theory and the Novel
ISBN: 9780521452830 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The virtual suppression of ethical and evaluative discourse by current literary theory can be seen as the triumph of one post-Enlightenment tradition over others vital to a full account of humanity and literary value. In Ethics, Theory and the Novel David Parker shows that current silences about ethics are as damaging as the earlier political silences of Leavisism and New Criticism. He goes on to examine Middlemarch, Anna Karenina, and novels by D.H. Lawrence, exploring the consequences for major literary works of the suppression of ethical traditions.
The virtual suppression of ethical and evaluative discourse by current literary theory can be seen as the triumph of one post-Enlightenment tradition ...
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453,66 zł |
The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals
ISBN: 9780521478076 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology that has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subject, the author attempts to inform, not inflame, the reader about the real problems society must address in order to manage this technology. Nontechnical and anecdotal in nature, written by a professor of philosophy, physiology and biophysics, this book will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest...
This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineer...
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190,17 zł |
The Ethics of Policing
ISBN: 9780521482066 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical values that police, as servants of the community, should uphold as they go about their task. The book considers the foundations and purpose of police authority in broad terms but also tackles specific problems such as accountability, the use of force, deceptive stratagems used to gain information or trap the criminally intentioned, corruption, and the tension between personal values and communal concerns.
This book is the most systematic, comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated discussion of police ethics yet published. It offers an in-depth ana...
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408,88 zł |
Religion and the Workplace: Pluralism, Spirituality, Leadership
ISBN: 9780521529600 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can company leaders and employees negotiate their different religious and spiritual commitments in the workplace? This analysis proposes constructive solutions based on a concept of respectful pluralism which allows for the expression of individual beliefs and practices. At a time of international debate over religious conflict and tolerance, workforces in various parts of the world are more diverse than ever before. Religion and spirituality are often strongly linked to employees' identities. From the perspective of the employer, however, they can be distracting or divisive influences.
How can company leaders and employees negotiate their different religious and spiritual commitments in the workplace? This analysis proposes construct...
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200,11 zł |
Corporate Integrity: Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership
ISBN: 9780521606578 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing up issues in organizational design, communication practices, working relationships, and leadership styles, Marvin T. Brown explores the five key challenges facing modern businesses as they try to respond ethically to cultural, interpersonal, organizational, civic and environmental challenges. He demonstrates that if corporations are to meet the needs of civil society, they must facilitate inclusive communication patterns based on mutual recognition and civic cooperation. Corporate Integrity's essential reading for professionals in organizational ethics and business leaders.
Bringing up issues in organizational design, communication practices, working relationships, and leadership styles, Marvin T. Brown explores the five ...
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190,17 zł |
The Ethical Dimensions of the Biological and Health Sciences
ISBN: 9780521810531 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second edition of a highly successful and well-received textbook on the responsible conduct of biomedical and health science research. It is aimed at faculty and graduate students in health science and biomedical science programs. In addition, those on National Institute of Health research grants, administrators at universities, and academic health centers will find it a useful resource. The major changes include new chapters providing overviews of each topic, several new published articles added to the readings, revised case studies as well as further readings and web addresses.
This is the second edition of a highly successful and well-received textbook on the responsible conduct of biomedical and health science research. It ...
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294,60 zł |
Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780521844390 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection explores the subject of conflicts of interest. It investigates how to manage conflicts of interest, how they can affect well-meaning professionals, and how they can limit the effectiveness of corporate boards, undermine professional ethics, and corrupt expert opinion. Legal and policy responses are considered, some of which (e.g. disclosure) are shown to backfire and even fail. The results offer a sobering prognosis for professional ethics and for anyone who relies on professionals who have conflicts of interest. The contributors are leading authorities on the subject in the...
This collection explores the subject of conflicts of interest. It investigates how to manage conflicts of interest, how they can affect well-meaning p...
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249,87 zł |
Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780521846295 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 2006 book shows through accessible argument and numerous examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores rationality and its connections to morality. It argues that in defending their model of rationality, mainstream economists implicitly espouse contestable moral principles. Part II concerns welfare, utilitarianism and standard welfare economics, while Part III considers important moral notions...
This 2006 book shows through accessible argument and numerous examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral phi...
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364,14 zł |
The OECD Convention on Bribery
ISBN: 9780521868174 / Angielski / Twarda / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The OECD Convention is the first major international treaty specifically to address 'supply-side bribery' by sanctioning the briber. The OECD Convention establishes an international standard for compliance with anti-corruption rules by 36 countries, including the 30 OECD members and six non-member countries, with the leading OECD exporting countries receiving particular attention. This book is an article-by-article commentary which gives particular attention to the results of the OECD monitoring process as applied to state implementation. Companies in particular are at ever greater risk of...
The OECD Convention is the first major international treaty specifically to address 'supply-side bribery' by sanctioning the briber. The OECD Conventi...
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438,70 zł |
Sleeping Dogs: ...Ethics in the Workplace
ISBN: 9780595190966 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Protected Class: Real Life Stories of Women Over the Age of 40 Who Have Experienced Discrimination or Harassment in the Workplace
ISBN: 9780595243778 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Minding Your Spiritual Business: Life Stories with Life Sense
ISBN: 9780595263363 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spiritual Business is those thoughts and ideas that trescend the walls of churches, businesses and even your home. It covers those ideas that somehow get put on the backshelf of your mind and emerge only after we should have thought of them. Short stories and life lessons.
Spiritual Business is those thoughts and ideas that trescend the walls of churches, businesses and even your home. It covers those ideas that somehow ...
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Metaethical Business Propositions: Art of Sound Business Affairs
ISBN: 9780595264698 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this second series in 'Theories and Practices in Metaethics, ' the author introduces the concept of ethical succession in the fields of business ethics, management and organizational behavior. With comprehensive analyses of managerial methods and strategy planning, this book provides readers with new philosophy of management and the art of conducting morally sound businesses. The interests of this book further extend to the subjects of entrepreneurship, social sciences and environmental studies.
In this second series in 'Theories and Practices in Metaethics, ' the author introduces the concept of ethical succession in the fields of business et...
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Behind the Facade: The Consulting Profession in Focus
ISBN: 9780595268108 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent events in the high-tech sector have shown that being bigger in the professional consulting arena does not always mean you are better.
Recent events in the high-tech sector have shown that being bigger in the professional consulting arena does not always mean you are better.
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60,93 zł |
Recapturing the Trust: 50 Years of Declining Trust in American Organizations and What You Can Do about it
ISBN: 9780595278824 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you have ever thought about how trust is gained or lost, this book is for you. The author has worked with companies all over the world and can show you how to build and maintain a high trust organization.
If you have ever thought about how trust is gained or lost, this book is for you. The author has worked with companies all over the world and can show...
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65,30 zł |
Do No Evil: Ethics with Applications to Economic Theory and Business
ISBN: 9780595280018 / Angielski / Miękka / 481 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Being good is not good enough to be moral. In "Do No Evil," Michael Berumen debunks the notions that moral judgments are subjective preferences and that there ar
Being good is not good enough to be moral. In "Do No Evil," Michael Berumen debunks the notions that moral judgments are subjective preferences and th...
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130,82 zł |