Contemporary Reflections on Business Ethics (eBook)
XXII, 268 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-4984-2 (ISBN)
Over 30 years Ronald F. Duska has established himself as one of the leading scholars in business ethics. This book presents Duska's articles the years on ethics, business ethics, teaching ethics, agency theory, postmodernism, employee rights, and ethics in accounting and the financial services industry. These reflect his underlying philosophical concerns and their application to real-world challenges - a method that might be called an Aristotelian common-sense approach to ethical decision making.
Ronald F. Duska, who began his career as a philosopher, has, over the last 30 years, established himself as one of the leading scholars in the field of business ethics. In the past decade, he has concentrated on ethics in the financial services industry because of his affiliation with The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, an institution that specializes in educating financial services professionals. This affiliation gives Duska regular interaction with producers, managers, and top executives in the financial services industry. This book includes a selection of the articles Duska has written throughout the years on ethics, business ethics, teaching ethics, agency theory, postmodernism, employee rights, and ethics in accounting and the financial services industry. The articles reflect Duska's underlying philosophical concerns and their application to the real-world challenges of practitioners-an overarching method that might be called an Aristotelian common-sense approach to ethical decision making.
Ronald F. Duska, who began his career as a philosopher, has, over the last 30 years, established himself as one of the leading scholars in the field of business ethics. In the past decade, he has concentrated on ethics in the financial services industry because of his affiliation with The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, an institution that specializes in educating financial services professionals. This affiliation gives Duska regular interaction with producers, managers, and top executives in the financial services industry. This book includes a selection of the articles Duska has written throughout the years on ethics, business ethics, teaching ethics, agency theory, postmodernism, employee rights, and ethics in accounting and the financial services industry. The articles reflect Duska's underlying philosophical concerns and their application to the real-world challenges of practitioners-an overarching method that might be called an Aristotelian common-sense approach to ethical decision making.
Ronald F. Duska, who began his career as a philosopher, has, over the last 30 years, established himself as one of the leading scholars in the field of business ethics. In the past decade, he has concentrated on ethics in the financial services industry because of his affiliation with The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, an institution that specializes in educating financial services professionals. This affiliation gives Duska regular interaction with producers, managers, and top executives in the financial services industry. This book includes a selection of the articles Duska has written throughout the years on ethics, business ethics, teaching ethics, agency theory, postmodernism, employee rights, and ethics in accounting and the financial services industry. The articles reflect Duska’s underlying philosophical concerns and their application to the real-world challenges of practitioners—an overarching method that might be called an Aristotelian common-sense approach to ethical decision making.
Issues in Business Ethics 3
CONTENTS 7
PREFACE 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 14
INTRODUCTION 16
BUSINESS ETHICS 22
CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS ETHICS?* 23
CHAPTER 2 THE WHYÌS OF BUSINESS REVISITED* 59
CHAPTER 3 BUSINESS ETHICS: OXYMORON OR GOOD BUSINESS?* 70
CHAPTER 4 ARISTOTLE: A PRE- MODERN POST-MODERN? - IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS ETHICS* 85
CHAPTER 5 THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF BUSINESS ETHICS* 107
CHAPTER 6 LIFE BOAT ETHICS: A PROBLEM IN ECONOMIC JUSTICE* 126
ETHICAL ISSUES IN EMPLOYMENT LOYALTY AND AGENCY 136
CHAPTER 7 WHATÌS THE POINT OF A BUSINESS ETHICS COURSE?‹* 137
CHAPTER 8 WHISTLEBLOWING AND EMPLOYEE LOYALTY* 155
CHAPTER 9 WHY BE A LOYAL AGENT? A SYSTEMIC ETHICAL ANALYSIS* 164
CHAPTER 10 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS* 186
ETHICAL ISSUES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES 199
CHAPTER 11 ETHICAL ISSUES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES* 200
CHAPTER 12 THE CORRUPTION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS: SYSTEMIC INEVITABILITY OR ABERRATION?* 219
CHAPTER 13 SHOULD MUTUAL FUND MANAGERS BE BANNED FROM PERSONAL TRADING?* 235
CHAPTER 14 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ACCOUNTANTS* 244
CHAPTER 15 FINANCIAL PLANNINGÛTHE NEW CENTURY ETHICS* 255
EPILOGUE WHATÌS LITERATURE TO ETHICS OR ETHICS TO LITERATURE?* 264
BIOGRAPHY 273
Issues in Business Ethics 275
Issues in Business Ethics 276
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.1.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Issues in Business Ethics | Issues in Business Ethics |
| Zusatzinfo | XXII, 268 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Schlagworte | Accounting Ethics • Aristotle • business • Business Ethics • Employment • ethics • Financial Services • Issue • Manager • Philosophy |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-4984-6 / 1402049846 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-4984-2 / 9781402049842 |
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