Corporations dominate our societies. They employ us, sell to us, and influence how we think and who we vote for, while their economic interests dictate local, national, and global agendas. Written in clear and accessible terms, this textbook provides critical perspectives on all…
"In this ground-breaking new book, leading native and non-native scholars present a fascinating view of American Indian tribal values and indigenous cultures. Long before Columbus, American Indians had trading routes all across the Americas. How did they maintain this extensive …
"This book argues that ethical business behavior can be enhanced by taking fuller account of human nature, particularly with respect to the need for creating relatively small communities within the corporation. These mediating institutions are the natural home for the developmen…
1. Touchstones. PART I: BUSINESS AS MEDIATING INSTITUTION. 2. Some Catholic Notions. 3. Natural Law and Laws of Nature. 4. Nature and Self-Interest. 5. The Velvet Corporation. PART II: BUSINESS AS MEDIATING INSTITUTION AND OTHER LEADING BUSINESS ETHICS FRAMEWORKS. 6. Stakeholder…
"With The Firm, financial journalist Duff McDonald pulled back the curtain on consulting giant McKinsey and Company. In The Golden Passport, he reveals the inner works of a singular nexus of power, ambition, and influence: Harvard Business School. Harvard University still occupi…
Economics and moral philosophy have in recent years been considered to be distinct and separate fields. However, behavioural economics has started to reconcile various aspects of morality and economics, which has offered new conceptual opportunities to advance economics ethics a…
"Economics and moral philosophy have in recent years been considered to be distinct and separate fields. However, behavioural economics has started to reconcile various aspects of morality and economics, which has offered new conceptual opportunities to advance economics ethics …
"Critical insight from the man Fortune called "the world's leading expert on business strategy"About the only thing a leader can be sure of is that what worked yesterday is unlikely to work today, let alone tomorrow. Never before have businesses faced a more fractured, contentio…
"Recent evidence readily confirms that ethical conduct in human interaction has declined in the context of business, but also in virtually every phase of life. An alarming number of government leaders at all levels have demonstrated by their conduct that their primary goal is th…
"Runaway climate change and persistent inequality are ravaging the world and humanity. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business. These massive dual challenges-and other profound shifts like pandemics, resource constraints, and shrinking biodiversity-threaten our very ex…
"The book Accounting Ethics Education: Teaching Virtues and Values gathers a diversity of contributions from invited well-known experts. It promotes a comprehensive reflection around how ethics can and should be taught to accounting students, discussing and highlighting the most…
Organizations -- Narrative capital -- Surpluses and misalignments. "'Values-based organizations' are institutions, communities and NGOs which are inspired by a mission or a vocation - for these groups it is their ideals which are most important to them and economics does not ha…
"GEORGES ENDERLE is the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor Emeritus of International Business Ethics at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), a former President of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE; 2001-2004) and Co-…
The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the we…
