Business Ethics
A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2012
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-0-415-66356-4 (ISBN)
Description
Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in Cote d'Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international business at a time when business leaders, academics and business schools were reflecting on their own responsibilities following the global financial crisis. The scope and scale of the global operations of multinational businesses means that decisions taken in different parts of the world have far reaching consequences beyond the national settings where employees are located or where firms are registered and as such, an awareness of these responsibilities needs to be integrated into all levels and all subjects.
Using four guiding principles - a critical multi-level approach rooted in the tradition of European social theory, a comparative and international perspective, a global rather than just a European or American stand point and engaging with subject-specific issues this book aims to 'mainstream' business ethics into the work of teachers and students in business schools. This comprehensive volume brings together contributions from a range of experts in different areas of business studies thereby facilitating and encouraging a move away from business ethics being a box to be ticked to being an integrated consideration across the business disciplines.
This impressive book brings ethical considerations back to the heart of the business curriculum and in doing so, provides a companion for the progressive business student throughout their university career.
Using four guiding principles - a critical multi-level approach rooted in the tradition of European social theory, a comparative and international perspective, a global rather than just a European or American stand point and engaging with subject-specific issues this book aims to 'mainstream' business ethics into the work of teachers and students in business schools. This comprehensive volume brings together contributions from a range of experts in different areas of business studies thereby facilitating and encouraging a move away from business ethics being a box to be ticked to being an integrated consideration across the business disciplines.
This impressive book brings ethical considerations back to the heart of the business curriculum and in doing so, provides a companion for the progressive business student throughout their university career.
Reviews / Votes
'Ethical issues have moved to the forefront of public policy debate following a series of crises affecting business, finance and government over many years. These culminated most recently in the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the American subprime crisis and the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Consequently this provocative and stimulating new book is a welcome diagnosis of the ethical issues underpinning a wide range of academic disciplines and subjects that bear on business finance and government in particular, but also a normative essay on what policies government, regulators and managers might pursue to avoid these ethical dilemmas in future. While business ethics has been a Cinderella subject in business schools, this collection of essays places ethical considerations centre stage for the first time and the acute analysis will stimulate debate through the innovative range of case studies at the end of each chapter. Every discerning business school, manager and bureaucrat should read this book and follow its wise prescriptions.'Nigel F. B. Allington, Downing College and Centre for Economic and Public Policy Research, University of Cambridge, UK
'The authors provide a lively reflection on contemporary business ethics theory and practice and a original multi-level critique that helps the reader questioning conventional beliefs in strategic management. They offer a constructive critique to rethink business models and the managerial mindset towards responsible capitalism.'
Simone de Colle, Dublin City University, Ireland
'The gist of this book is a challenge - a challenge to reflect on and to rethink the role of business in society. The authors of this book pose questions that are at once inspiring, intriguing, and compellingly urgent.'
Christina Garsten, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
13 s/w Abbildungen, 5 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 8 s/w Zeichnungen, 10 s/w Tabellen
10 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-66356-4 (9780415663564)
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Patrick O'Sullivan is Professor and Head of Department of People, Organizations and Society at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.
Mark Smith is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.
Mark Esposito is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Leadership at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.
Mark Smith is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.
Mark Esposito is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Leadership at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.
Content
Part I: Introduction 1. Ethics as Social Critique 2. Levels of Critique: A Methodological Framework for the Study of Ethics and Morality in Business 3. The Ethical Management of Ethics: Fostering Ethical Behavior in Corporations Part II: Organizational Strategy 4. Corporate Social Responsibility: Definitional Paralysis and Ambiguity 5. The Impact of Ethics on the Issues of Organizational Congruence 6. Ethical Issues of Reification and Recognition on HRM: A Critical Social Theory Perspective 7. Private Vices, Business Virtues? The Institutional Strategy to Legitimated Online Gambling in Italy Part III: Finance and Economics 8. The Ethical and Social Dimensions of Executive Compensation 9. The Ethics of the Banker: Reflections on the Banker's Economic and Societal Functions or How History Requires us to Reflect of the Role of Banks in Society 10. Islamic Finance Revisited: A Brief Review with Singapore Example 11. Ethical Issues in the Policy Response to the 2008 Financial Crisis:Moral Hazard in Central Banking and the Equity of Bailout Part IV: Organizational Behaviour 12. Ethics and Management: The Essential Philosophical and Psycological Basis of Ethical Management Driven by a Progressive Company 13. Mindfulness as a Mediator Between the Effective and the Ethical Manager 14. A Cultural Appreciation of Diversity of Ethical Strategies: Examples from European Business 15. Employee Surveillance and the Modern Workplace Part V: Marketing and Innovation 16. Ethics and Marketing 17. Deeper into the Consumer's Mind: Market Research and Ethics 18. Social and Societal Marketing: Applications for Public Policy Makers and Companies 19. Designing for a Better World Part VI: HRM and Employee Relations 20. "You Take the High Road..." Analysing the Ethical Dimensions of High Performance Work Systems 21. Ethical Challenges in Business Coaching 22. Competency Management: Between Managerial Development and Ethical Questioning Part VII: Conclusions 24. Towards an Ethical Future for Business?