Business Ethics

Name: Business Ethics | An Economically Informed Perspective
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An Economically Informed Perspective

Christoph Lutge Matthias Uhl(Autor*in)

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Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective
Foreword
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
An Economically Informed Approach to Business Ethics
This textbook is structured as follows:
1: Business ethics in the age of globalization
1.1 The phenomenon of globalization
1.1.1 Definition and development
1.1.2 Critics of globalization
1.2 The implications of globalization for business ethics
1.2.1 Value pluralism and its challenge for virtue ethics
1.2.2 Globalization from the point of view of order ethics
1.3 Case studies
1.3.1 The problem of child labor in developing countries
1.3.2 The global transport of food
Notes
References to Chapter 1
2: Basic concepts
2.1 Business ethics problems as interaction problems
2.1.1 Share or multiply?
2.1.2 Individual virtues and counterproductive results
2.2 Ethics and economics-definitions and methodological deductions
2.2.1 Definition of ethics
2.2.2 Definition of economics
2.2.3 Definition of business ethics: ethics from an economic perspective
2.3 Situating business ethics in philosophy
2.3.1 Two basic approaches: dualistic and monistic business ethics
2.3.2 Dualistic and monistic corporate ethics
2.3.3 Business ethics as risk management
2.3.4 Business and corporate ethics in Anglo-American and German usage
References to Chapter 2
3: Historical-economic background: Premodernity and modernity
3.1 Ethics of behavior and ethics of conditions
3.2 The benefits of the market and competition
3.2.1 Conceptual history and linguistic usage
3.2.2 The market as an instrument for the use of distributed and local knowledge
3.2.3 The market as a method of discovery
3.2.4 The market as an engine of innovation
3.2.5 The market as a control mechanism
3.2.6 The market as an instrument of disempowerment
3.2.7 The market as an instrument of self-discipline
3.3 The fair price
3.3.1 Ancient Greece
3.3.2 Roman Republic
3.3.3 Middle Ages
3.4 The prohibition of interest and usury
3.4.1 Ancient Orient
3.4.2 Greek-Roman antiquity
3.4.3 Christian doctrine
3.4.4 Islam
3.4.5 Hinduism
Note
References to Chapter 3
4: Foundations and tools of business ethics
4.1 Philosophical foundations and tools
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Deontology
4.1.3 Consequentialism
4.1.4 Reflective equilibrium
4.1.5 Norm justification under dissent
4.1.6 Contractual concepts
4.1.6.1 Hobbesian contractual concepts
4.1.6.2 Kantian contractual concepts
4.1.7 Democratic majority principle
4.1.8 Justification and deliberation
4.2 Economic and socio-scientific foundations and tools
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Rationality
4.2.2.1 Instrumental rationality and value rationality
4.2.2.2 Individual rationality and assessment of social conditions
4.2.3 Individual rationality
4.2.3.1 Methodological individualism
4.2.3.2 Subjective benefit and the homo economicus
4.2.4 Assessment of social conditions
4.2.4.1 Distributive justice
4.2.4.2 Procedural justice
4.2.5 Dilemma structures
4.2.5.1 Pure coordination games
4.2.5.2 The prisoner's dilemma
4.2.5.3 Deer hunting
4.2.5.4 The battle of the sexes
4.2.5.5 Overcoming dilemma structures
4.2.5.6 Incomplete contracts
4.2.6 Experimental economic research
4.3 Psychological foundations and tools
4.3.1 Introduction
4.3.2 The behavioral approach to ethics
4.3.3 Dual process theory
4.3.4 The social intuitionist model to moral judgment
4.3.5 The limits of reason for moral judgments
4.3.6 Boundedly ethical decision-making
4.3.6.1 Before the decision: prediction errors
4.3.6.2 During the decision: ethical fading
4.3.6.3 After the decision: selective memory
4.3.7 Bounded ethicality in organizations
4.3.7.1 Diffusion of responsibility
4.3.7.2 The influence of unethical others
4.3.7.3 Crowding-out effects through organizational measures
4.3.8 Fighting our unethical behavior
Notes
References to Chapter 4
5: Problem areas of business ethics
5.1 Poverty and inequality
5.1.1 Poverty-absolute and relative
5.1.1.1 Absolute poverty
5.1.1.2 Relative poverty
5.1.1.3 Problems with the concept of relative poverty
5.1.2 The problem of inequality
5.1.3 Equality as a goal?
5.2 Human dignity and human rights
5.2.1 On the concept of human dignity and human rights
5.2.2 Negative and positive liberties
5.2.3 Universalism and relativism
5.2.4 Human dignity and institutional design: the example of defaults
5.3 Sustainability
5.3.1 On the concept of sustainability
5.3.2 The triple-bottom line approach
5.3.2.1 Economic sustainability
5.3.2.2 Ecological sustainability
5.3.2.3 Social sustainability
5.3.3 The preference for the present
5.3.3.1 Temporally consistent behavior
5.3.3.2 Temporally inconsistent behavior
5.3.4 Two solution strategies: efficiency and sufficiency
Note
References to Chapter 5 Section 5.1
Section 5.2
Section 5.3
6: Corporate ethics
6.1 Compliance as a minimum ethical requirement
6.1.1 On the term compliance
6.1.2 Compliance risks
6.1.2.1 Consequences of compliance violations
6.1.2.2 Example 1: Corruption
6.1.2.3 Example 2: Antitrust violations
6.1.2.4 Example 3: Data privacy
6.1.2.5 Determination of company-specific compliance risks
6.1.3 The key tasks of compliance
6.1.3.1 The formulation of prevention measures
6.1.3.1.1 The code of ethics
6.1.3.1.2 "Whistleblowing" systems
6.1.3.1.3 Compliance training and consultations
6.1.3.1.4 Due diligence of business partners
6.1.3.1.5 Effectiveness monitoring of implemented measures
6.1.3.2 Detection of and response to misconduct
6.1.4 The compliance organization
6.1.5 The limits of compliance
6.2 Different perspectives on corporate responsibility
6.2.1 Corporate ethics as profit maximization
6.2.2 Corporate ethics based on the honorable businessman
6.2.2.1 The revival of the honorable businessman
6.2.2.2 The concept of the honorable businessman
6.2.2.3 Criticism of the concept of the honorable businessman
6.2.3 Corporate ethics as management of moral risks
6.2.3.1 The Ford Pinto and the birth of corporate ethics
6.2.3.2 Cambridge Analytica and the timeliness of corporate ethics
6.2.3.2.1 The roots of the scandal
6.2.3.2.2 The emergence of the scandal
6.2.3.2.3 Facebook's reputational damage
6.2.3.3 Why do companies practice business ethics?
6.2.3.3.1 Reputation
6.2.3.3.2 Trust
6.2.3.3.3 Social capital
6.3 Corporate social responsibility: approaches and criticism
6.3.1 What is CSR?
6.3.1.1 CSR definitions
6.3.1.2 Conceptual pluralism
6.3.1.3 Carroll's CSR pyramid
6.3.1.4 CSR development: some figures
6.3.2 Different theoretical concepts of CSR
6.3.2.1 Implicit and explicit CSR
6.3.2.2 Different research approaches to CSR following Garriga and Melé
6.3.2.2.1 Ethical theories
6.3.2.2.2 Instrumental theories
6.3.2.2.3 Integrative theories
6.3.2.2.4 Political Theories
6.3.3 Criticism
6.3.3.1 Criticism of ethical and instrumental theories
6.3.3.2 Criticism of integrative theories
6.3.3.3 Criticism of political theories
6.3.3.4 Pros and cons of CSR
6.3.4 Corporate social irresponsibility
6.3.4.1 Corporate hypocrisy
6.3.4.2 Greenwashing
6.3.5 CSR from an experimental perspective
Note
References to Chapter 6 Section 6.1
Section 6.2
Section 6.3
Business Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Future Challenges
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