Thinking ethically in business / Sandra L. Dwyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dwyer, Sandra L.

Series:

Philosophy insights.

Philosophy insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores connecting avenues of professional responsibility, management theory and traditional ethics, and encourages an understanding of the reasons for thinking ethically in business contexts. Chapter 1, Professional Responsibilitiesintroduces

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Licence and Use""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Professional Responsibilities""; ""1.1 Standards of Practice""; ""1.2 Is Being Professional the Same as Acting Professionally?""; ""1.3 Workplace Duties versus Personal Obligations""; ""1.4 Kinds of Commitment: Defeasible and Indefeasible Obligations""; ""1.5 Degrees of Commitment: Perfect and Imperfect Obligations""; ""1.6 Ethically Resolving Conflicts in Business Decisions""; ""Chapter 2: Stockholder Theory of Management""

""2.1 Managerial Capitalism """"2.2 Maximization of Profits""; ""2.3 Managerial Expertise""; ""2.4 Managerial Limitations""; ""2.5 Limitations of Stockholder Theory""; ""Chapter 3: Stakeholder Theory of Management""; ""3.1 Cui Bono?""; ""3.2 Parameters of “Stakeholder�""; ""3.3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)""; ""3.4 The Need for Accountability""; ""3.5 Limitations of Stakeholder Theory""; ""Chapter 4: Critical Thinking in Business""; ""4.1 Making Decisions""; ""4.2 Cost/Benefit Analysis: the Usefulness of Arguments""; ""4.3 Verifying Premises: Types of Claims in Arguments""

""4.4 Types of Arguments""""4.5 Fallacies ""; ""Chapter 5: Ethics and Business Decisions ""; ""5.1 Introduction: Taking Ethics into Account""; ""5.2 Ethical Egoism""; ""5.3 Utilitarianism""; ""5.4 Problematic Consequences of Consequentialist Theories""; ""5.5 Right Action Oriented Ethics: Kant�s Duty Ethics""; ""5.6 Character oriented Ethics: Aristotle�s Virtue Theory""; ""5.7 Limit and Application of Ethical Evaluation""; ""Appendix A: Sources and Resources""; ""A.1 Works Cited""; ""A.2 Other Resources""; ""Appendix B: Charts""; ""B.1 Decision Tree""

""B.2 Changing Classification of Jobs""""Appendix C: Index of Selected Terms Keyed to Section""; ""Humanities Insights""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-04049-9

9786612040498

1-84760-060-3

OCLC:

697474315