Business Ethics in East Central Europe

The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference, "Busi- ness Ethics in East Central Europe", held at Marienrode near Hannover, Ger- many, on March 31st and April 1st, 1996. The conference was organized by the Centrum fOr Ethische 6konomie und Wirtschaftskultur des Forschungsinstituts fOr Philosophie Hannover, Hanno- ver, Germany, with the support of EAST I WEST I PHTI. . OSOPHY. A PRO- JECT OF THE FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FOR PHILOSOPHIE HANNO- VER. The editor wishes to thank Anna Maria Hauk M. A. , Dr. Victoria A. Po- gosian, and Norbert F. Tofall M. B. A. for their assistance in preparing the manuscript. Hannover, June 1997 P. K. Contents A Note from the Editor of the Series ...V Preface ...*...*...* VII Part One Economic Problems of the Transition Process in East Central Europe Chapter 1 Czech Privatization - Penalties for the Speed. A Criticism of Radical Liberalism LUBOMIR MLCOCH ...*...*...***...*...*. *...*...3 Chapter 2 Rejection of Holistic Social Engineering. Ethics and Transition JIRI KABELE ...**...*. *. . ****...*. . **. 20 Chapter 3 Economic Ethics and Social Market Economy BEATAFARKAS ...**...*...***...*...*
42 CONTENTS Part Two Philosophical and Political Problems of the Transition Process Chapter 4 Life After Liberalism ADAM J. CHMIELEWSKI ...***...*...*...*...*...****. *...*. **** 63 Chapter 5 On the Relevance of Subsidiarity in Hungary TmOR CZEH ...*...***...