Business ethics from the industrial revolution to the 1960s / guest editor Dr. Paul L. Govekar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Govekar, Paul L.

Series:

Journal of Management History ; 13, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics.

Professional ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this e-book on ethics from the Industrial Revolution to the 1960's, we reflect on the historical development of ethical concepts and practices with a view to how they inform the present and "shape what we are and what we do"; as management researchers and practitioners, with the intent to highlight the often neglected historical roots of business ethics.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Editorial

Moral cover for capitalism

The ethos of business in H.G. Wells' novel The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)

The whistle-blowing zone: applying Barnard's insights to a modern ethical dilemma

The "business ethics" of management theory

Corporate social responsibility in the 1920s: an institutional perspective

Integrity: a systems theory classification

Curves in the high road

Note from the publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-84714-X

9786610847143

1-84663-253-6

OCLC:

182530202