Current issues in business ethics:
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Professional ethics
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| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 204 S. |
| ISBN: | 0415124492 0415124506 |
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors xiii
Acknowledgements xviii
Introduction 1
Part I Macro issues: the role and legitimacy of
business activity 11
1 BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY: SEARCHING FOR AN
AUTHENTIC ROLE 15
Peter W. F. Davies
Introduction 15
A Western Christian theological perspective 16
An (industrial) democracy perspective 17
An (eco)systems perspective 19
A Friedmanite, 'the business of business is business',
perspective 21
A virtues perspective 22
Conclusions 24
Notes 25
2 WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT ANYWAY?
THE QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY 27
Raff Carmen and Marek Lubelski
Introduction 27
Genuine sustainablility v. competitive, 'business is business',
survival 28
From 'how to have more' to 'how much is enough?' 30
The culture of power and the power of culture:
the global civic society and sustainable development 32
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CONTENTS
Ownership and control: the question ignored
by business ethics 36
Notes 36
3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS 39
Philip Stiles
Introduction 39
Key issues in corporate governance 40
Self regulation or legislation? 47
Conclusion 48
Notes 48
4 BUSINESS AND ITS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 50
Andrew Wilson
Introduction 50
Discerning customers 51
Discerning jobseekers 52
Discerning investors 53
Discerning employees 54
Concluding remarks 57
JVotes 58
Part II Micro issues: the relationship between the
individual and the business organisation 61
5 THE BUSINESS ORGANISATION: A LOCUS
FOR MEANING AND MORAL GUIDANCE 65
Simon Webley
Introduction 65
Law of contract 66
Business values 66
The value of staff 67
Maintaining the rights of employees 68
Ethical standard 69
What are the values of business? 70
Practical guidance 71
Issues in the future 73
Summary 74
Notes 74
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CONTENTS
6 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT:
ENACTING ETHICO POWER 76
Keith Pheby
Introduction 76
Autopoiesis and contextualised autonomy 11
Ethico power 80
Notes 85
7 ACTING PROFESSIONALLY: SOMETHING THAT
BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
BOTH DESIRE? 87
Jane Pritchard
Introduction 87
Identifying the world of business 88
The professions 89
The values of business 90
Managers are not professionals 92
The role of the in house professional 93
The GPfundholder businessperson or professional? 94
The way forward is the way back 95
Notes 96
8 CODES OF ETHICS: SOME USES AND ABUSES 97
Iain Munro
Introduction 97
The benefits of a code 98
Procedures for implementation 100
The limitations of a code 102
Building on a code of ethics: a forum for moral dialogue 104
Conclusions 104
Notes 105
9 WHISTLEBLOWING AND ITS ALTERNATIVES 107
Angela Peek
Introduction 107
What is a whistleblower? 108
A difficult environment 108
The law HO
Codes of conduct 112
External help 113
Whistleblower's checklist 114
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Conclusion 116
Notes 117
Part in Some current trends and their impact on
business ethics 119
10 BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE ACTIVITIES OF
MULTINATIONALS 123
William A. Bain
Introductory vignette 123
Introduction and purpose 124
Cultural relativism v. cultural imperialism 125
Potential harm by multinational companies 126
Doing business in a culture with different norms 128
The role business should play in ensuring ethical business 130
Summary 132
Notes 132
11 BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE CHANGING
GENDER BALANCE 134
Heather Clark and Jim Barry
Introduction 134
The context for the development of interest in gender and
business ethics 134
The literature on gender and business ethics 137
Discussion 140
Concluding comments 148
Notes 149
12 PRIVATISED ETHICS: THE CASE OF THE
REGULATED UTILITIES 153
Stephen Brigley and Peter Vass
Introduction 153
Private sector ethics 155
Public service ethics 158
Regulation: the public/private divide 159
Privatised ethics: early indicators 162
Discussion 165
Conclusion 167
Notes 168
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13 TRADE UNIONS AND ETHICS:
UNIONS AS AGENTS 170
Patrick Flood and Philip Stiles
Introduction 170
Monopoly power 171
Collective voice: the union as agent 172
Is non unionism bad for employees? 175
Unionism and new management techniques 176
Employee representation 179
Conclusion 181
Acknowledgements 182
Notes 182
Select annotated bibliography for further reading 184
Index 198
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