Business ethics : the state of the art

Author(s)

• Freeman, R. Edward

Bibliographic Information

Business ethics : the state of the art

edited by R. Edward Freeman

（The Ruffin series in business ethics）

Oxford University Press, 1992

• pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In a world in which daily reports of questionable business practices, from insider trading to environmental pollution, dominate the headlines, the need to understand the large issues of how business and ethics are, and ought to be, connected is of paramount concern. This unique collection of essays is the latest volume in the Ruffin Series in Business Ethics. The four lead essays--by Norman Bowie, Kenneth Goodpaster, Thomas Donaldson, and Ezra Bowen--are examples of some of the best thinking about the role of ethics in business. With a combination of wisdom, humor, and insight, these essays examine such issues as the nature of scholarship and knowledge in business ethics, how ethics is a central factor in managerial leadership, the complexities of ethics in multinational and multicultural settings, and the problems of ethical literacy and moral debate in a free society. Each lead essay develops several themes which are then explored by other prominent thinkers, including Robert Solomon, Richard DeGeorge, and Joanne Ciulla. The book offers the reader a clear and logical approach to an intensely debated and still evolving discipline. Business Ethics: The State of the Art will be an invaluable resource for students of business at all levels, as well as business thinkers, philosophers, and practicing managers.

Table of Contents

Contributors Introduction I. Business Ethics as an Academic Discipline 1: Norman E. Bowie: Business Ethics as a Discipline: The Search for Legitimacy, 2: Richard T. DeGeorge: Will Success Spoil Business Ethics?, 3: William C. Frederick: Commentary on Business Ethics as a Discipline: The Search for Legitimacy, 4: Jennifer Moore: Autonomy and the Legitimacy of the Liberal Arts, 5: Lynn Sharp Paine: Ethics as Character Development: Reflections on the Objective of Ethics Education, II. CORPORATE LEADERSHIP 6: Kenneth E. Goodpaster: Ethical Imperatives and Corporate Leadership, 7: Daniel R. Gilbert, Jr.: Respect for Persons, Management Theory, and Business Ethics, 8: Robbin Derry: Institutionalizing Ethical Motivation: Reflections on Goodpaster's Agenda, III. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY 9: Thomas J. Donaldson: Rights in the Global Market, 10: Edwin M. Hartman: Donaldson on Rights and Corporate Obligations, IV. WIDER RESPONSIBILITIES: BUSINESS AND LITERACY 11: Ezra F. Bowen: The Role of Business in Three Level of Literacy, 12: Robert C. Solomon: Business Ethics, Literacy, and the Education of the Emotions, 13: Joanne B. Ciulla: Business Ethics as Moral Imagination, Index

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Details

• NCID: BA19722591
• ISBN:
  • 0195081986
• LCCN: 90007372
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 225 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HE5387
  • DC20 : 174/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Business ethics
  • LCSH : Industry -- Social aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10254348