People in Corporations Ethical Responsibilities and Corporate Effectiveness
Georges Enderle Before presenting some introductory remarks on the topic of this volume I should like to outline briefly the context from which this selection of articles originates. (It seems to me necessary to emphasise these circumstances in order to make clearer the contours of what is said and...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1990, 1990
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
| Series: | Issues in Business Ethics
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Table of Contents:
- 15 Ethics and Labour Contracts: an Economist’s Point of View
- 16 To Encourage or Repress? Corporate Policy and Whistle-blowing
- 17 The Responsibility of Individuals for a Company Disaster: The Example of the Zeebrugge Car Ferry
- III: Men and Women in Corporations: Repression, Competition or Co-operation?
- 18 Introductory Remarks
- 19 Male or Female Ethics for Corporations?
- 20 Demographic Pressure in Favour of the Promotion of Women
- 21 How to Include Women In Corporate Decision-Making
- IV: The Ethical Role of Top Managers
- 22 Who or What Is “the Boss”? Authority Without Authoritarianism
- 23 “I Am the Boss. Why Should I Be Ethical?”
- 24 Ethics and the Definition of Business Strategy
- 25 Management as the Symbolisation of Ethical Values
- 26 Values and Types of Entrepreneurs in Small Business
- 27 Executive Decisions andValues
- Outlook Some Perspectives
- 28 Spheres and Limits of Ethical Responsibilities in and of the Corporation
- 29 Philosophical Considerations of a Top Manager
- 30 The Importance of the Cultural Context for Business Ethics: The Italian Example
- Note on the Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- I: Personal Convictions and Corporate Claims: Ethical Conflicts and Solutions
- 2 The Responsible Corporation and the Subversive Side of Ethics
- 3 Ethical Decision-making in a National Utility: The Electricity Industry in France
- 4 Using the Techniques of Ethical Analysis in Corporate Practice
- 5 Ethical Responsibilities Versus Corporate Effectiveness
- 6 The Corporation As an Open Organisation
- 7 The Function of Management Control Systems in Innovative Organisations
- 8 Ethics and Interpersonal Trust in Corporate Management
- 9 The Parameters of Ethical Decision-making in Organisations
- II: “Empowering” People: End or Means?
- 10 The Ethical Challenge to the Corporations: Meaningful Progress and Individual Development
- 11 The Individual Dimension in Corporations
- 12 Human Development and the Images of the Organisation
- 13 Empowering People as an End for Business
- 14 On the Demand for Meaningful Work