Honorable business : a framework for business in a just and humane society / James R. Otteson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otteson, James R., author.

Contributor:

Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Contents:

1 The Purpose of Business p. 13

Business And Purpose p. 15

The Hierarchy Of Moral Value p. 19

2 The Proper Context of Business p. 31

Adam Smith's Story Of Wealth p. 32

The Results Of Smithian Institutions p. 44

Business In Context p. 51

3 A Code of Business Ethics p. 67

Your Firm's Mission Statement p. 68

Your Code Of Ethics p. 72

4 Markets and Morality p. 83

Inequality p. 83

Unfairness p. 86

Externalities p. 90

Worker Pay And Price Gouging p. 93

Manipulating Choice Or Inducing Desires p. 96

Profit And Corporate Social Responsibility p. 99

But What About...? p. 105

5 From Business to a Just and Humane Society p. 109

The Story Of Prosperity p. 111

Is Money All That Matters? p. 117

The Just And Humane Society p. 119

Deontology, Utility, Or Virtue? p. 128

6 Obstacles to Achieving the Purpose of Business p. 133

"Capitalism"? p. 134

The Inhuman Alienation Of Markets p. 136

Lying And Exploitation p. 141

Asymmetries Of Knowledge p. 143

7 Honorable Business and Treating People the Right Way p. 153

Equality p. 154

Fairness p. 166

Creation And Destruction p. 178

8 Honorable Business and Valuing What We Ought p. 185

Commodification p. 187

Exploitation p. 193

9 Why Business? p. 203

Freedom And Responsibility p. 204

The Positive Obligations Of Business p. 207

Why Business? p. 209

Microactions And Macroresults p. 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

ISBN:

9780190914219

0190914211

9780190914202

0190914203

OCLC:

1043050777

Publisher Number:

99980051329