Format:
1 Online-Ressource (337 Seiten)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9783030739287
Series Statement:
Issues in Business Ethics Series v.52
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Intro -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Why's of Business Revisited -- Chapter 2: Business Ethics: Oxymoron or Good Business? -- 2.1 Business Ethics as Oxymoron -- 2.2 Business as Pursuit of Self-Interest: The Bottom-Line Perspective -- 2.3 Countering the Friedman Approach to Ethical Business -- 2.4 Ethics as a Prerequisite for Social Stability -- 2.5 Ethics as a Strategy for Good (i.e., Profitable) Business -- 2.6 The Purpose of Ethics -- 2.7 Two Notions of Justice -- 2.8 A Moral Schizophrenia -- 2.9 The Soulless Corporation -- 2.10 On Refurbishing Business Ethics -- 2.11 Is Business Ethics Impossible? -- Chapter 3: Revisiting the Egoism Question in Business -- 3.1 The Critique of the Egoistic Paradigm -- 3.2 Ethical Egoism -- 3.3 The Kantian Turn -- 3.4 The Strategic Argument -- 3.5 The First Categorical Imperative -- 3.6 The Second Categorical Imperative -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: How Losing Soul Leads to Ethical Corruption in Business -- 4.1 The Promise Making Animal -- 4.2 Worthwhile Goals -- 4.3 Cause of the Loss of Soul -- 4.4 Enron as an Example -- 4.5 Qwest SWAPS -- 4.6 How Did We Get Here? The Origin of Capitalism and Its Ethic -- 4.7 Ethics Is Taught -- 4.8 What Is The Purpose of Business? -- 4.9 The Professions -- 4.10 Arthur Andersen's Failure -- Chapter 5: What's the Point of a Business Ethics Course? -- 5.1 Skepticism as a Pervasive Attitude -- 5.2 Relativism as Skepticism -- 5.3 Critiques of Relativism -- 5.4 The Possibility of Moral Knowledge -- 5.5 Implications for Teaching Business Ethics Courses -- 5.6 Is There a Solution? -- 5.7 What Ethics Courses Need to Add to Common Opinion -- 5.8 A Final Difficulty: "Who Are You to Say?" Teaching One's Values -- 5.9 Conclusion -- Bibliography
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Part II: Introduction -- Reference -- Chapter 6: The Religious Roots of Business Ethics -- 6.1 Meaning of Spirit -- 6.2 The History of the Right to Property -- 6.3 Locke's Theory -- 6.4 The Invention of Money -- 6.5 Putting Money to Work -- 6.6 A Changing View of Usury -- 6.7 A New View of Man -- 6.8 The Protection Against Unconstrained Egoism -- 6.9 The Laws of Justice Smith's Appeal Fails -- 6.10 Justice, Capitalism, and Religion -- 6.11 Turning Psychological Impulse into a Social Function Versus Aims -- 6.12 A New Ideal Type -- 6.13 Recommendations -- 6.14 Can Rawls' View Be Justified? -- Chapter 7: Aristotle: A Pre-modern Post-modern? Implications for Business Ethics -- 7.1 Postmodernism -- 7.2 The Aristotelian Solution -- 7.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Rhetoric and Egoism in Aristotle's Ethics -- 8.1 Aristotle's Moderate Approach to Ethical Argument -- 8.1.1 Argument By Example -- 8.1.2 Argument by Enthymeme -- 8.1.3 Ethical Discourse Like Aesthetic Critique -- 8.1.4 Agreements in Forms of Life -- 8.1.5 Capitalism and Self-Interest -- 8.2 The True Egoist -- 8.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Why Business Ethics Needs Rhetoric: An Aristotelian Perspective -- 9.1 Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Patricia Werhane and Adam Smith, with Side Comments on Aesthetics and Wittgenstein -- 10.1 True Egoism -- 10.2 The Division of Labor -- 10.3 Ethical Discourse Like Aesthetic Critique -- 10.3.1 Pat's Moral Imagination -- 10.3.2 Agreements in Forms of Life -- References -- Chapter 11: What's Literature to Ethics or Ethics to Literature? With Reflections on Business Ethics -- 11.1 One Can Always Learn from Literature -- References -- Part III: Introduction -- Chapter 12: Employee Rights -- 12.1 Employee Rights -- 12.1.1 The Right to Meaningful Work -- 12.1.2 The Rights of the Employee -- The Right to a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
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The Right to Job Security and Due Process in Disciplining, Demoting, Promoting, and Firing -- The Right to Privacy -- The Right to Compensation for Injury -- The Right to Participation or Voice in Matters Affecting Workers -- The Right to Equal Treatment Without Regard to Race or Gender -- The Right to Pension Protection -- The Right to Organization Bargaining and the Right to Strike -- The Right to Be Free from Harassment -- The Right to a Living Wage -- References -- Chapter 13: Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty -- Part IV: Introduction -- Chapter 14: The Responsibilities of Accountants -- 14.1 The Responsibilities of The Accounting Firm -- 14.2 The Skeptical Watchdog -- 14.3 Causes of Ethical Failure -- 14.4 Accumulation as a Factor in Accounting Firms -- 14.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Ethics in Financial Services: Systems and Individuals -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 The Purpose of Financial Markets -- 15.3 Losing Sight of the Purpose of Financial Markets -- 15.4 What Is Corruption? -- 15.5 Is Greed a Factor in the Corruption? -- 15.6 Tying It All Together -- 15.7 Financial Services Professionals -- 15.8 Basic Ethical Principles: A Call to Reexamine Purpose -- Chapter 16: The Corruption of Financial Markets: Systemic Inevitability or Aberration? -- Part V: Introduction -- Chapter 17: Unethical Behavioral Finance: Why Good People Do Bad Things -- 17.1 Weakness of Will -- 17.2 Ignorance -- 17.3 Slippery Slope -- 17.4 Arrogance -- 17.5 Rationalization -- 17.6 Docility -- 17.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 18: Harry Potter, 9/11, and Enron: Implications for Financial Service Professionals -- Chapter 19: Whose Life Insurance Is It, Anyway? -- Chapter 20: Divorcing Your Client Financial Services Style -- Chapter 21: On the "Rights" to Health Care and Health Insurance -- 21.1 The Right to Health Care -- 21.2 The Right to Health Insurance
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Chapter 22: The Dark Side of Retirement -- 22.1 The Modern Notion of Retirement -- 22.2 Aristotle, Wealth, and Retirement -- 22.3 Lifeboat Ethics in Retirement -- Chapter 23: Shakespeare's King Lear: Looking for an Estate Planner -- Chapter 24: Managing for an Ethical Culture: What to Do with Tom? -- Chapter 25: Blowing the Whistle on Fellow Professionals -- Chapter 26: Being Real About the Ethics of the Fiduciary: What's Wrong with Self-Interest? -- Chapter 27: What's the Wealth in Wealth Management? -- Epilogue -- Biography: Ronald Duska
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bowie, Norman E. Contemporary Reflections on Business Ethics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783030739270
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Wirtschaftsethik
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