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A BETTER WAY TO THINK ABOUT BUSINESS
HOW VALUES BECOME VIRTUES |
| By: |
Professor Robert C. Solomon |
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Hardback |
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£37.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195112385 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195112382 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
20 May, 1999 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
This is a book on business ethics for managers. It is structured around three themes: 1) the idea that how we perceive and think about organizations we work for is a major factor in the framing and atmosphere of those organizations; 2) the idea of the corporation as a community rather than the formalistic, legal and mystical characterizations that currently abound in management books; 3) the various business virtues and vices and their role in the daily practice ofbusiness. |
| Synopsis: |
Is business ethics a contradiction in terms? Absolutely not, says Robert Solomon. In fact, he maintains that sound ethics is a necessary precondition of any long-term business enterprise, and that excellence in business must exist on the foundation of values that most of us hold dear. Drawing on twenty years of experience consulting with major corporations on ethics, Solomon clarifies the difficult ethical choices all people in business are faced with from time to time. He takes an "Aristotelian" approach to ethical questions, reminding readers that a corporation-like an individual-is embedded in a community, and that corporate values such as fairness and honesty are meaningless until transformed into action. Values-coupled with action-become virtues, and virtues make possible any good business corporate relationship. Without a base of shared values, trust and mutual benefits, today's national and international business world will fall apart. In keeping with his conviction that virtue and profit must thrive together, Solomon both examines the ways in which deficient values actually destroy businesses, and debunks the pervasive myths that encourage unethical business practices.Complete with a working catalog of virtues designed to illustrate the importance of integrity in any business situation, this compelling handbook contains a goldmine of wisdom for either the small business manager or the corporate executive struggling with ethical issues. |
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US |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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Returnable |
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