Business ethics: an economically informed perspective
In a globalized world, business ethics continues to gain importance as a field of study. Using a novel approach that centres on economic theory and analysis, this book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts of business ethics related to both the economy as a whole...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In a globalized world, business ethics continues to gain importance as a field of study. Using a novel approach that centres on economic theory and analysis, this book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts of business ethics related to both the economy as a whole and corporate ethics of the individual company |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Cover -- Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective -- Copyright -- 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 | |
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| 505 | 8 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 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 | |
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| contents | Cover -- Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective -- Copyright -- 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 -- Glossary -- Index |
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| spelling | Lutge, Christoph Verfasser aut Business ethics an economically informed perspective Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2021 ©2021 1 Online-Ressource (353 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cover -- Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective -- Copyright -- 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 -- Glossary -- Index In a globalized world, business ethics continues to gain importance as a field of study. Using a novel approach that centres on economic theory and analysis, this book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts of business ethics related to both the economy as a whole and corporate ethics of the individual company Business ethics Wirtschaftsethik (DE-588)4066439-9 gnd rswk-swf Electronic books (DE-588)4123623-3 Lehrbuch gnd-content Wirtschaftsethik (DE-588)4066439-9 s DE-604 Uhl, Matthias Verfasser aut Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lutge, Christoph Business Ethics Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2021 9780198864776 |
| spellingShingle | Lutge, Christoph Uhl, Matthias Business ethics an economically informed perspective Cover -- Business Ethics: An Economically Informed Perspective -- Copyright -- 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 -- Glossary -- Index Business ethics Wirtschaftsethik (DE-588)4066439-9 gnd |
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