03934nam a2200277Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500570005810000170011526000480013230000170018030000110019750000480020802000220025665000200027865000400029865000440033865000450038265000660042765000380049305000160053154600120054750530620055933600090362133700150363033800110364520260803094058.0251212s2009    xx            000 0 und d1 aBusiness ethics and ethical business /cRobert Audi.  aAudi, Robert  aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2009.  axii, 164 p.:  c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographic references and index  a978-0-19-536910-6  aBusiness ethics  aCorporationsxEnvironmental aspects  aCorporationsxMoral and ethical aspects  aGlobalizationxMoral and ethical aspects  aInternational business enterprisesxMoral and ethical aspects  aSocial responsibility of business  a174.4 Au24b  aEnglish  aPREFACE; 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.  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume