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PublisherElgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward

ISBN-101781004951

ISBN-139781781004951

eBay Product ID (ePID)143647128

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Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameKantian Business Ethics : Critical Perspectives

SubjectLeadership, Business Ethics

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorJared D. Harris

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal174.4

Table Of ContentContents:Introduction 1. Bowie's Management Ethics: An Alternate ViewRichard T. De George2. Revisiting the Egoism Question in BusinessRonald Duska3. Bowie's Ethics: A Pragmatist PerspectiveR. Edward Freeman4. Norman Bowie's Kingdom of Worldly SatisficersPatricia H. Werhane5. Corporate Duties of Virtue: Making (Kantian) Sense of Corporate Social ResponsibilityJeffery Smith6. Bowie's Kantian Capitalism, High-Leverage Finance Capitalism and the Great RecessionRichard P. Nielsen7. Citizens, Kant and Corporate Responsibility for the EnvironmentMarc A. Cohen and John W. Dienhart8. Worthy Work and Bowie's Kantian Theory of Meaningful WorkJoanne B. Ciulla9. Meaningful Work Joseph R. DesJardins10. Should Every Manager Become a Kantian? The Empirical Evidence and Normative Implications of the Kantian Personality in OrganizationsScott J. Reynolds and Carolyn T. Dang11. A Reply to My CriticsNorman E. BowieIndex

SynopsisIn this original collection of essays, a group of distinguished scholars critically examine the ethical dimensions of business using the Kantian themed business ethics of Norman E. Bowie as a jumping off point. The authors engage Bowie's influential body of scholarship as well as contemporary themes in business, including topics such as: the normative foundations of capitalism; the applicability of Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, and pragmatism in normative business ethics; meaningful work; managerial ethics; the ethics of high leverage finance capitalism; business ethics and corporate social responsibility; and responsibility for the natural environment. The contributors to this volume include both scholars sympathetic to Bowie's Kantian business ethics and scholars critical of that perspective., Contributors: D.G. Arnold, N.E. Bowie, J.B. Ciulla, M.A. Cohen, C.T. Dang, R.T. De George, J.R. DesJardins, J.W. Dienhart, R. Duska, R.E. Freeman, J.D. Harris, R.P. Nielsen, S.J. Reynolds, J. Smith, P.H. Werhane, In this original collection of essays, a group of distinguished scholars critically examine the ethical dimensions of business using the Kantian themed business ethics of Norman E. Bowie as a jumping off point. The authors engage Bowie's influential body of scholarship as well as contemporary themes in business, including topics such as: the normative foundations of capitalism; the applicability of Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, and pragmatism in normative business ethics; meaningful work; managerial ethics; the ethics of high leverage finance capitalism; business ethics and corporate social responsibility; and responsibility for the natural environment. The contributors to this volume include both scholars sympathetic to Bowie's Kantian business ethics and scholars critical of that perspective. As one of the foundational figures in the establishment and legitimization of the study of business ethics as a field of scholarship, Bowie casts a long shadow over the field. Over the last thirty years he has applied a distinctive, Kantian approach to the analysis of problems in business ethics and his work has had a substantial impact on a wide range of theory and scholarship in the field. Bowie argues in his work that economic value is not the only value that should inform managers, executives, and policymakers when making both business policy decisions and everyday management decisions. He utilizes a Kantian framework to support the position that additional values - such as human dignity and rational consistency - should inform business practice and influence managerial decision-making. He also shows that business practices that include these additional values are consistent with sound management theory and that such businesses can be financially successful. This volume of scholarly essays will be of considerable interest to students and scholars working in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and organization studies. Contributors: D.G. Arnold, N.E. Bowie, J.B. Ciulla, M.A. Cohen, C.T. Dang, R.T. De George, J.R. DesJardins, J.W. Dienhart, R. Duska, R.E. Freeman, J.D. Harris, R.P. Nielsen, S.J. Reynolds, J. Smith, P.H. Werhane

LC Classification NumberHF5387