Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business / Usha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Usha, author.

Murthy, K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Pearson India, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Spread over 30 chapters in six units, Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business is a comprehensive guide to corporate social responsibility (CSR). It explains how the bases of CSR are politics and ethics, without which the role of business in society cannot be understood. Though designed for the students of B. Com, University of Delhi, this book will be useful for all students of management as well as practicing managers and professionals.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

Unit I: Thinking Conceptually about Politics

Chapter 1: Liberty

1.1 Meaning and Nature of Liberty

1.2 Negative Liberty

1.3 Positive Liberty

1.4 Conclusion

Suggested Questions

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Equality

2.1 Meaning and Significance of Equality

2.2 Foundational Equality

2.2.1 Fundamental Equality of Persons

2.2.2 Equality of Opportunity

2.2.3 Equality of Condition

2.2.4 Equality of Outcome

2.3 Distributional Equality

2.3.1 Equality of Welfare

2.3.2 Equality of Resources

2.4 Equality of Capability

2.5 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Justice

3.1 The Concept

3.2 Core Elements of Justice

3.2.1 Non-Arbitrariness

3.2.2 Consistency

3.2.3 Relevance

3.2.4 Proportion

3.2.5 Procedure

3.3 Justice as an Ethical Principle

3.3.1 Distributive Justice

3.3.1.1 Justice as Equality (Egalitarianism)

3.3.1.2 Justice Based on Contribution (Capitalist Justice)

3.3.1.3 Justice Based on Needs and Abilities (Socialism)

3.3.1.4 Justice as Freedom (Libertarianism)

3.3.1.5 Justice as Fairness

3.3.2 Retributive Justice

3.3.3 Compensatory Justice

3.4 Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness

3.4.1 Rawls' Method

3.4.2 Rawls' Principles of Justice

3.4.2.1 Principle of Equal Liberty

3.4.2.2 The Difference Principle

3.4.3 The Principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity

3.4.4 Critical Evaluation of Rawls' Theory

3.5 Distributive Justice and Business

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4: Rights

4.1 Meaning and Nature of Rights

4.2 Basis Of Rights

4.2.1 Legal Rights

4.2.2 Moral Rights

4.2.3 Negative and Positive Rights

4.2.4 Contractual Rights

4.2.5 Natural Rights and Human Rights

4.3 Human Rights and the Corporate World.

Suggested Questions

Chapter 5: Recognition

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Meaning of Recognition

5.3 Politics of Recognition

5.4 Forms of Recognition

5.5 Multiculturalism and Diversity

5.6 Misrecognition or Non-Recognition

5.7 Conclusion

Chapter 6: The Idea of a Good Society

6.1 A Good Society

6.2 Three Partners

6.2.1 Community and Society

6.2.2 State and Society

6.2.3 Markets and Society

6.3 Sustainability of a Good Society

6.4 Conclusion

Unit II: Domain of Politics and Ethics

Chapter 7: Democracy

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Why Good Governance?

7.2.1 Evolution of Democracy

7.2.2 Forms of Governance

7.3 Democracy - Its Varieties and Processes

7.3.1 Varieties

7.4 Democratic Process

7.4.1 Implications for the Corporation

7.5 A Corporation as a Democratic Body

7.6 Democracy - Beyond the State Level

7.7 Conclusion

Chapter 8: Welfare State

8.1 Interpretations of Welfare State

8.2 Origins

8.2.1 The Development of Welfare States

8.3 Arguments For and Against the Welfare State

8.3.1 Arguments in Favour

8.3.2 Arguments Against

8.4 Criticism

8.5 The Welfare State and Social Expenditure

8.6 Conclusion

Chapter 9: Markets and Globalisation

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Market Economy

9.3 What Is Market Failure?

9.4 Social Controls

9.5 The Decline of the Welfare State and Growth of Multinationals

9.6 Implication of Globalisation

9.6.1 Globalisation

9.6.2 Economic Globalisation

9.6.3 Globalisation, Market and Inequality

9.6.4 Globalisation and Corruption

9.7 Global Corporate Responsibility

9.8 Conclusion

Bibliography.

Unit III: Business Ethics and Moral Reasoning

Chapter 10: Business Ethics

10.1 Nature of The Study of Business Ethics

10.2 Levels of Business Ethics

10.3 Evolution of Business Ethics

10.3.1 Decline in the Role of the State

10.3.2 Impact of Consumer Movements

10.3.3 Evolution of Common Standards

10.3.4 Adverse Impact of Multi-national Corporations

10.3.5 Threat of Legal Action

10.4 Ethical Issues and Approaches

10.5 Business Ethics and Philosophy of Business

10.6 Business and Society

10.6.1 Nature of Business

10.6.2 Role of Business in Relation to Other Entities

10.6.3 Moral Obligation of Business

10.7 Paradigm Shift

10.7.1 Implications of Shifts in Paradigm

10.8 Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

10.9 Conclusion

Chapter 11: Theories of Moral Reasoning

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Moral Theory

11.2.1 Two Approaches to Moral Reasoning

11.2.2 Definition of Consequentialism or Teleology

11.2.3 Definition of Deontology

11.3 Moral Reasoning and Business Ethics

11.4 Conclusion

Chapter 12: Business Ethics Issues and New Developments

12.1 Overview of Business Ethics

12.2 Business Ethics and Society

12.3 Business Ethics in Management

12.3.1 Business Ethics and Accounting

12.3.2 Ethics of Human Resource Management

12.3.3 Ethics of Sales and Marketing

12.3.4 Ethics of Production

12.3.5 Ethics of Intellectual Property, Knowledge and Skills

12.3.6 International Business Ethics

12.3.7 Issues and Subfields Include

12.4 New Developments in Ethical Theories

12.4.1 Feminist Theory

12.4.2 Stakeholder Theory

12.4.3 Criticism

12.4.4 Social Contract Theory

12.5 Conclusion

Chapter 13: Ethics in Management.

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Institutionalising Ethical Climate

13.2.1 Importance of Ethical Climate

13.3 Ethical Models of Morality

13.3.1 Immoral Managers

13.3.2 Moral Managers

13.3.3 Amoral Managers

13.4 Ethical Decision Making

13.4.1 Importance of Ethical Decision Making

13.4.2 Principles of Ethical Decision Making

13.5 Conclusion

Unit IV: Politics and Ethics in Business

Chapter 14: Corporate Code of Ethics

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Types of Codes of Ethics

14.2.1 General Codes

14.2.2 Specific Codes

14.3 Nature of Codes of Ethics

14.3.1 Social Norms

14.3.2 Voluntary Codes

14.3.3 Mandatory Codes

14.4 CSR Principles, Processes and Code of Ethics

14.5 Steps for Institutionalising Ethical Norms and Behaviour

14.5.1 Written Codes, Policies or Guidelines

14.5.2 Ethical Committees

14.5.3 Dissemination of Policies to Stakeholders, not Just Management

14.5.4 Reinforcement

14.5.5 Training

14.5.6 Grievance Mechanism

14.5.7 Monitoring

14.6 Social Code for Business by Confederation of Indian Industry and United Nations Development Programme

14.7 Conclusions: Living Ethical Norms

Chapter 15: Responsibility and Accountability

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Basic Framework

15.2.1 Responsibility

15.2.2 Accountability

15.2.3 Governance

15.3 Corporate Responsibility

15.3.1 Good Governance

15.3.2 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

15.3.3 Environmental Accountability

15.4 Integrated Approach

Chapter 16: Environment

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Business and Environmental Problems

16.3 Environmental Degradation

16.3.1 Pollution

16.3.2 Acid Rain

16.3.3 Global Warming

16.3.4 Rainforest Depletion

16.3.5 Hazardous Waste.

16.3.6 Ozone Layer Depletion

16.4 Responsibility of Humans Towards Environmental Harms

16.5 Responsibilities to the Natural World

16.6 Business Ethics in the Age of Sustainable Economics

16.7 Operationalising Environmental Accountability

16.8 Corporate Environmental Accounting

16.9 Rationale for Environmental Accounting

16.10 Different Environmental Accounting Disciplines

16.11 Global Environmental Accounting

16.12 EMA

16.13 Environmental Financial Accounting

16.14 Environmental Audit

16.14.1 Data Collection

16.14.2 Compliance

16.14.3 Documentation

16.14.4 Periodic Audits

16.15 International Environmental Standards - ISO 14000

16.15.1 Benefits of International Certification

16.16 Corporate Sustainability Reporting

16.16.1 Frameworks and Guidance

16.16.2 Trends and Drivers

Chapter 17: Leadership

17.1 Meaning

17.2 Qualities and Attributes of Leaders

17.3 Leadership and Morality

17.4 Leadership and Responsibility

17.5 Conclusion - Leadership Challenges

Chapter 18: Workforce Diversity

18.1 Workforce Diversity

18.2 Forms of Diversity

18.3 Diversity and Competitive Advantages

18.4 Diversity and Competitive Disadvantages

18.5 Managing Diversity Through Training

18.5.1 Need Assessment for Diversity Training

18.5.2 Adaptation of Diversity

18.5.3 Training in Diversity

18.6 Challenges

18.7 Conclusions

Unit V: Corporate Social Responsibility: An Overview

Chapter 19: Corporate Philanthropy

19.1 Introduction

19.2 Meaning and Background

19.3 Key Developments

19.3.1 Global Philanthropy

19.3.2 Strategic Philanthropy

19.4 Philanthropy and Others

19.4.1 Philanthropy and CSR

19.4.2 Philanthropy and Sponsorship

19.5 Corporate Philanthropy.

19.5.1 Philanthropy as Foundation of CSR in India.

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ISBN:

9789332506497

9332506493

OCLC:

1024256292