Since its inception thirty years ago, business ethics has benefited from the interdisciplinary contributions by management, political theory, sociology, and, of course, philosophy. This volume provides an updated examination of the role that moral and political philosophy can play in addressing problems in business ethics. The essays contained within its pages represent the work of new scholars and address a wide array of foundational issues such as distributive justice within firms, human rights, ethical challenges of international business, the role of virtue in business management, entrepreneurship and the relationship of markets and market actors with democratic institutions. In an important sense, this collection traces where philosophy has been and where it is headed within business ethics. Each of the contributions represent new work that, at once, strengthens the theoretical foundations of normative business ethics and provides practical insight for non-philosophers working in the field.
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Past and Present: The Role of Normative Theory in Business Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Business-Focused Business Ethics Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Virtue Ethics and Business Organizations Chapter 4 Chapter 3: The Human Rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Contractarian Business Ethics Today Chapter 6 Chapter 5: The Normative Study of Business Organizations: A Rawlsian Approach Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Deserving Jobs, Deserving Wages Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Institutions and Organizations: Communicative Ethics and Business Chapter 9 Chapter 8: On the Need for Theory in Business Ethics Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Values and Capitalism
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Jeffery Smith brings together some of the field's rising stars and ably highlights the points they have to make about the importance of normative theory. There are a lot of people in business ethics who really need to read this book.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780742548428
Publisert
2008-10-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vekt
490 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Foreword by

Biographical note

Jeffery D. Smith is assistant professor and director of the Banta Center for Business, Ethics and Society at the University of Redlands.