Business ethics and ethical business

This work is a brief yet comprehensive introduction to the thought-provoking field of business ethics. It is organized into three parts that cover the role of business in society, the ethics of internal management, and the challenges of international business.

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Main Author: Audi, Robert, 1941-
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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ISBN: 9781621984771
162198477X
9780195369106
0195369106
9780195369113
0195369114
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) : illustrations

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100 1 |a Audi, Robert,  |d 1941-  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdRBXDFP67JjhBB4Xd4v3 
245 1 0 |a Business ethics and ethical business /  |c Robert Audi. 
260 |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2009. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) :  |b illustrations 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index. 
505 0 |a PREFACE; PART I. THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN A FREE DEMOCRACY; 1. TWO DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS; Foundations of Capitalism; Two Conceptions of Democracy; 2. THE RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUSINESS; The Moral Rights of Businesses; A Proposal for Justifying Inequalities in Free Democracies; Determining Ethical Obligations: Some Major Approaches; Ethical Obligation and Legal Requirements; 3. THE CONSTITUENCIES OF ETHICAL BUSINESS; The Scope of Ownership Rights; The Interests of Stockholders; The Multiple-Constituency View of the Corporation; Constituents as "Stakeholders"; 4. A FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS; Common-sense Ethical Principles; A Five-step Model for Making Difficult Ethical Decisions; 5. ETHICAL BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY; The Value of the Environment; The Ethical Importance of Future Generations; The Ideal of Sustainability; 6. MARKETING: PRODUCT, TARGET, AND IMAGE; Some Major Dimensions of Marketing Ethics; Five Types of Ethical Problems in Marketing; Insincerity, Deception, and Manipulation in Marketing; Advertising and the Limits of Persuasive Representation; The Ethics of Creating Desire; The Interdependence of Marketing and Manufacturing Decisions; Advertising and the Human Image; 7. THE ETHICS OF FINANCIAL REPRESENTATION; The Centrality of Accounting in Capitalist Democracies; The Public Representation of Financial Positions; Judgment, Clarity, and Conflicts of Interest in Accounting; PART II. THE ETHICS OF INTERNAL MANAGEMENT; 8. HIRING POLICIES AND COMPENSATION STANDARDS; Preferential Hiring and Affirmative Action; Rationales for Affirmative Action; Promotion and Remuneration; Qualifications and Merit; Executive Compensation; An Approach to Fairness in CEO Compensation; 9. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND CODES OF ETHICS; Safety, Risk, and Informed Consent; Whistleblowing; Healthcare Obligations and Responsibilities; Privacy in Employment; Private Lives and the Movable Workplace; Company Codes and Mission Statements; 10. RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE; Church-state Separation as a Starting Point in Employment; Some Applications to Managerial Policy Questions; Religion in Large Public Companies; Demonstrative Affiliation in Employment; 11. MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP AND CORPORATE CULTURE; Corporate Culture, Ethos, and Ethics; Managerial Hierarchy and its Limitations; Leadership Versus Power; Ethical Leadership and Leadership in Ethics; Meaningful Work and the Creation of Value; PART III. ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL BUSINESS; 12. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CROSS-CULTURAL STANDARDS; Intercultural Understanding; Child Labor; Gift-giving in Business; Gift-giving Versus Bribery; 13. NATIONALITY, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS, AND COSMOPOLITANISM; Outsourcing; Cultural Adaptation, Relativity, and Standards of Negotiation; Ethical Limits in Negotiation Strategies; The Relation between Ethics and Law; Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Porous Borders; Ethics and Law in International Business; International Cooperation and Cosmopolitanism; 14. CONCLUSION. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty 
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650 0 |a Social responsibility of business. 
650 0 |a Corporations  |x Environmental aspects. 
650 0 |a Corporations  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
650 0 |a International business enterprises  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
650 0 |a Globalization  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
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