This book offers students a philosophical introduction to the ethical foundations of business management. It combines lessons from Kant with virtue ethics and also touches upon additional approaches such as utilitarianism. At the core of the book lies the concept of the nexus of imperfect managerial duty: building and reinforcing the virtuous managerial team, engaging in reasoned discourse among all stakeholders, and diligently pursuing business responsibilities, including the creative efforts necessary for modern organizations.
Case illustrations of these applications are presented throughout the book, including chapter appendices. Ancillary videos, test and answer banks and sample syllabi are available online via the authors website.
Part I: The Role of Business Norms and Their Philosophical Foundation.-
Chapter. 1. Normative Ethics and Business Practice.
Chapter 2. An Applicable
Western Ethical View?.
Chapter 3. The Moral Construction Process and
Duties.
Chapter 4. Moral Virtues and Ethical Decisions.
Chapter 5. Business
Codes of Ethics and Their Abandonment.- Part II: The Nexus of Duty and
Managing Moral Disengagement.
Chapter 6. The Management Nexus of Imperfect
Duties: Relations of Virtue, Reasoned Discourse and Due Diligence.
Chapter
7. Relations of Virtue, Pursuit of the Moral Community, and the Ends of
Business.
Chapter 8. Reasoned Managerial Discourse.
Chapter 9. Due
Diligence and the Profit Motive.- Part III: Some Fundamental Problems in
Management Ethics.
Chapter 10. Fairness in Negotiation and Stakeholder
Relations.
Chapter 11. The Philosophy of Action and Authority in Managerial
and Entrepreneurial Ethics.
Chapter 12. Duty, Boycotts and the Pricing of
Ethics.- Part IV: Some Current Moral Environmental Issues for Business.-
Chapter 13. Recognizing Environmental Duties.
Chapter 14. The Community and
the Environmental Ethic.
Chapter 15. Some Current Environmental Problems for
Business.
Richard M. Robinson is Professor of Business in the Department of Business Administration at the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia (USA).
