Title:
Business and the greater good : rethinking business ethics in an age of crisis
Author:
Ims, Knut Johannessen, 1951- editor.
ISBN:
9781784711764
Physical Description:
xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Studies in transatlantic business ethics
Studies in transatlantic business ethics.
Contents:
ch. 1. Rethinking business ethics in an age of crisis / Knut J. Ims and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen -- Part I. From inequality to equality -- ch. 2. The business of inequality / George G. Brenkert -- ch. 3. The profit maximization mantra and the challenge of regaining trust, humanity and purpose in an age of crisis / Wesley Cragg -- ch. 4. Business and the greater good as a combination of private and public wealth / Georges Enderle -- ch. 5. The toroise and the hare : alternative approaches to capitalism / Eleanor O'Higgins -- Part II. From the technical-materialistic to the ecological-spiritual -- ch. 6. Materialistic versus non-materialistic value-orientation in management / Laszlo Zsolnai -- ch. 7. The source of ethical competency : Eastern perspectives provided by a Westerner / Peter Pruzan -- ch. 8. Aesthetics, human rights and economic life : temporal perspectives . Kevin T. Jackson -- ch. 9. Ecological economics : a new paradigm ahead / Ove Jakobsen -- Part III. From compliance and enforcement to autonomy and responsibility -- ch. 10. Personal responsibility for the greater good / Knut J. Ims and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen -- ch. 11. Developing a framework for critiquing multi-stakeholder codes of conduct / S. Prakash Sethi and Donald H. Schepers -- ch. 12. Socratic dialogue -- designed in the Nelson-Heckmann tradition : a tool for reducing the theory-practice divide in business ethics / Johannes Brinkmann -- ch. 13. The future of business ethics : a structured dialogue between the participants / Knut J. Ims and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen.
Abstract:
With cutting-edge insights from leading European and North American scholars, this authoritative book addresses the fundamental problems of business in an age of crisis whilst presenting radical, but practical, solutions. The contributors explore three main value shifts: from inequality to equality, from the technical-materialistic to the ecological-spiritual, and from compliance and enforcement to autonomy and responsibility. A number of striking issues are addressed including the doctrine of self-interest, the purpose of business, codes of conduct, personal responsibility, existential perspectives on business ethics and the development of ethical competence. This book will be an essential point of reference for academic researchers and postgraduate students in business ethics and corporate social responsibility, as well as practitioners interested in the relevance of business ethics to leadership, management, strategy and finance.