Ethics at Work
What would tempt you to whistleblow? Do Codes of Conduct make organisations ethical? How do people react to taking the blame for others? This book answers such questions, drawing on the views of employees in eight large organisations. One finding is the `whited sepulchre phenomenon': an organis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Issues in Business Ethics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Moral Questions
- 2. Ethos or Code?
- The Participating Organisations
- The Public Service Ethos
- Codes of Conduct
- Conclusions
- 3. Personal Morality at Work
- Ethical Issues
- Moral Beliefs
- Dilemmas and Conflicts at Work
- Whistleblowing
- Conclusions
- 4. Topical Ethical Questions
- Ethics and Democracy
- Equal Opportunities and Discrimination
- The Ethical Role of Unions
- Privatisation and Ethics
- 5. Responsibility at Work
- Problems of Responsibility
- Perceptions of Responsibility
- Individual Responsibility and Organisational Structure
- 6. The Moral Organisation
- Perceptions of the Organisations
- Attitudes to Empowerment
- The Value of Procedures
- What Makes a Moral Organisation?
- References