Robert C. Solomon

It's Good Business

Ethics and Free Enterprise for the New Millennium

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Produktbeschreibung

Robert C. Solomon takes a hard look at the treacherous terrain of ethical decision-making in a highly competitive environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780847688043
• ISBN-10: 0847688046
• Artikelnr.: 21162684

Autorenporträt

Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy and Business and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of two other books about business ethics, Above the Bottom Line and Ethics and Excellence. He regularly consults and designs programs for a variety of corporations and organizations concerned about business ethics in the United States and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Part 4
Part I: Ethics and Business: Business as Ethics Chapter 5 The One-Minute
Moralist Chapter 6 Some Opening Cases Chapter 7 Why Ethics? The Myth of
Amoral Business Chapter 8 A Personal Ethical Audit Chapter 9 Fantasies of
Black and White: In Defense of Colors Chapter 10 Compliance, Contributions,
and Consequences: The Meaning of Integrity Chapter 11 Ethics and the Law
Chapter 12 The Limits of Ethics: Business Scum Chapter 13 Practices Make
Perfect: A Better Way to Look at Business Chapter 14 The Question of
Quality Chapter 15 The Question of Quantity: Is Big So Bad? Strategic
Ethics Chapter 16 The Forces of Change: Ten Ongoing Ethical Challenges
Chapter 17 The Strategic Ethical Response Chapter 18 Thinking Ethics: The
Rules of the Game Chapter 19 How to Make a Decision: Eleven Steps to
Ethical Problem Solving Chapter 20 The Buck Stops Somewhere: Responsibility
Chapter 21 From Micro to Macro: Seven Levels of Business Ethics Part 22
Part II: Motivation, Money, and Morals: Micro-Ethics Chapter 23 Beyond the
Profit Motive Chapter 24 The Entrepreneur: A Hero for Our Time? Business
and the Good Life Chapter 25 Having Fun-and Looking Out for Number One
Chapter 26 Everything Money Can Buy Chapter 27 Playing Games: Business and
the Casino Culture Chapter 28 The Ethics of Game Theory Chapter 29 Business
and Poker: A Dangerous Analogy Chapter 30 Is It Ever Right to Lie? (On
Truth in Advertising) Chapter 31 Morality: The Basic Rules Chapter 32 The
Motivation of Morality Chapter 33 Ethical Styles Chapter 34 An Ethical
Styles Questionnaire Chapter 35 Strategic Planning-For the Good Life Part
36 Part III: In, Out, and Up The Organization: Molar Ethics Chapter 37 What
Do You Do? Corporate Cultures Chapter 38 Corporate Ethics Chapter 39
Corporate Culture and Ethics Checklist Chapter 40 Ends, Means, and Methods:
The Rationality of Business Chapter 41 Ethics, Efficiency, and
Effectiveness Chapter 42 As Easy as X, Y, Z: The Meaning of Management
Chapter 43 Pressure and Pyramids: Authority and Autonomy Chapter 44 Lost in
the Corporation: Moral Mazes Chapter 45 Corporate Codes of Ethics Chapter
46 The Ethical Advocate: The Board of Directors Chapter 47 Corporate
Loyalty Chapter 48 A Good Day's Work: The Eclipse of Merit Chapter 49
Corporate Poison, The System Problem Chapter 50 Corporate pathology Chapter
51 Blowing the Whistle Chapter 52 The Internal Ethical Audit Part 53 Part
IV: Social Responsibility: Society and the Stakeholder Chapter 54 Why
Social Responsibility? "Impact" and the Stakeholder Chapter 55 Friedman's
Paradox Chapter 56 The Puzzle of Corporate Responsibility Chapter 57 The
Seven Deadly Corporate Sins Chapter 58 Mergers and Acquisitions: The
Ethical Dimension Chapter 59 Liability in a Litigious Society Chapter 60
Fairness in the Corporation, Justice in the Marketplace Chapter 61 The
Tragic Antagonism Between Labor and Management Chapter 62 Equality and
Equal Opportunity Chapter 63 Legal Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights
Chapter 64 The Right to Dignity: "Harassment" and Sex in the Office Chapter
65 The Environment: The Silent Stakeholder Chapter 66 Noblesse Oblige:
Business and Culture Chapter 67 The Social-Responsibility Audit Part 68
Part V: The New World of Business: A Macro-Ethical View Chapter 69 Is the
Free Market Fair? Spinoza's Worm Chapter 70 Economics and Ethics: An
Untenable Dualism Chapter 71 Why Business? The Judgment of History: The
Ascent of Free Enterprise Chapter 72 Classical Capitalism: Adam Smith
Chapter 73 The Marx Brothers: Questions That Won't Go Away Chapter 74 An
Ethical View of Capitalism: Costs and Benefits Chapter 75 Beating the
Bogeyman: Regulation and Business Revisited Chapter 76 International
Ethics: When in Rome, or Tokyo, or . . . Chapter 77 Conclusion: What Do We
Stand For? People or Profits? Chapter 78 Index