Business, Institutions, and Ethics: A Text With Cases and Readings - Couverture souple

Dienhart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195080807 ISBN 13 : 9780195080803

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Business, Institutions, and Ethics: A Text with Cases and Readings is the first text to use the analysis of social institutions to examine business ethics. It explains fundamental concepts in ethics and how to apply them to business and economics. The author shows how social institutions are constituted by an integrated set of ethical, economic, and legal principles, and then uses these principles to study the ethics of commerce at the individual, organizational, and market levels. This unique work features thirty-four cases and articles that are organized into economic categories, providing a conceptual unity and flexibility not found in similar texts.
The first half of the text focuses on theory, beginning with a case study that illustrates and unifies the theoretical discussions that follow. It examines market institutions, organizational structure, and individual decision making; interprets moral development as a process within institutional settings; and explains egoism, care, utilitarianism, right, and pluralistic ethical theories. It also discusses how economic analyses of markets and firms incorporate ethical principles, and argues that law reinforces ethical and economic aspects of social institutions important to the continued existence and well-being of society. The second half of the text consists of cases and articles organized by the economic categories of property, risk-reward relationships, information, and competition. Topics covered include corporate control, workplace dangers, marketing, and manufacturing relocation. Applicable in both business schools and philosophy departments, Business, Institutions, and
Ethics shows how ethical principles can help us gather, sort, and interpret information necessary for making sound business decisions. Ideal for courses in business ethics and business and society, it is also a valuable reference for business professionals and philosophers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This introductory business ethics text with readings and cases explains fundamental concepts in ethics and how to apply them to business and economics. The author shows how institutions are constituted by principles, then uses these principles to examine the ethics of commerce. The book includes 34 cases and readings. The first half of the text focuses on theory and begins with a case study that illustrates and unifies the theory discussions that follow. Chapter 1 examines market instutitions, organizational structure, and individual decision making. Chapter 2 interprets moral development as a process within institutional settings. Chapter 3 explains egoism, care, utilitarianism, right, and pluralistic ethical theories. Chapter 4 discusses how economic analyses of markets and firms incorporate ethical principles. Chatper 5 argues that law reinforces ethical and economic aspects of social instituions important to the continued existence and well-being of society. The second half of the text (Chapters 6-9) consists of cases and articles organized by the economic categories of property, risk-reward relationships, information, and competition. The topics covered include corporate control, workplace dangers, marketing, and manufacturing relocation. This book will be useful to business professors who lack a philosophical background but wish to include business ethics in their business and society courses. It will be equally suitable for philosophers who lack a commerical background but wish to cover more business-oriented topics in their business ethics courses.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195080807
• ISBN 13: 9780195080803
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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