The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance
Published on 3. June 1998
XI, 227 pages
978-0-230-37979-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance is a major edited collection of papers on why and how the conduct of business behaviour effects its commercial success. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the issues looking at the lessons from economic theory, the institutional setting and the supply and demand side conditions which are forcing firms to take ethics seriously. Lord Eatwell considers the ethical foundations of the market economy. Mark Casson analyses the economic importance of leaders, while Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson empirically examine the role of contractual obligation in the UK. Adrian Cadbury and Norman Barry examine voluntary institutions and government's importance in setting ethics. Maurie Cohen and Russell Sparkes look at the ethical consumers and ethical investors increasing influence on business conduct. Finally Clive Wright and Neil Hood examine the internal organisation of national and transnational firms which increasingly build an ethical dimension into their corporate decision making.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is a serious and valuable contribution to a very important issue...' - Dr Neville C. Bain, Chairman of Hogg Robinson PLC
' ...a stimulating contribution to what must be an extremely important area for future research.' - Professor Geoffrey Whittington, University of Cambridge
' This book is...a major contribution to the continuing debate.' - The Rt. Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford
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Ian Jones | M. Pollitt
The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance
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06/1998
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
JOHN EATWELL
MARK CASSON Department of Economics, University of Reading
SIMON DEAKIN Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University
FRANK WILKINSON Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University
ADRIAN CADBURY
NORMAN BARRY Faculty of Politics, University of Buckingham
MAURIE COHEN Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society
RUSSELL SPARKES Central Board of Finance of the Methodist Church
CLIVE WRIGHT Consultant
NEIL HOOD Department of Marketing, Strathclyde University
Content
Introduction; I. Jones & M. Pollitt Ethics and Self-Interes t; J. Eatwell The Economics of Ethical Leadership; M. Casson Co-operation, Contract Law and Economic Performance; S. Deakin & F. Wilkinson The Role of Voluntary Codes of Practice in Setting Ethics; A. Cadbury Government and Business Ethics; N. Barry The Challenge of the Ethical Investor - Activism, Assets and Analysis; R. Sparks Business Ethics and the Corporate Culture; N. Hood Conclusion; I.Jones & M. Pollitt
