Business Students Focus on Ethics - Praxiology: The International Annual of Practical Philosophy

The study of business ethics seeks to understand business institutions, practices and activities in light of normative behavior. The ethical concern is for the rightness or wrongness of human action. Business Students Focus on Ethics brings together essays written by twenty-five MA and MBA students from seven countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific Rim. Collectively, they give us an applied business ethics framework, one with international dimensions.Business Students Focus on Ethics achieves a number of objectives: it recognizes ethics as legitimate content in graduate level studies in business world wide; seriously examines specific ethical concerns by young managers; and reflects on these concerns from across cultural and geographic borders. It also demonstrates the quality of their analysis and recommendations.The essays in this volume are arranged into four interrelated groups. The first group, "Praxiological and Ethical Framework," examines issues of human action from both the theory of human action (i.e., praxiological) and ethical dimensions. The section group of essays, "Social Issues-Compensation and Labor," discuss applications of praxiological and ethical principles in relation to the ethical responsibilities of business. The third group discusses "Ethical Issues in Health Care" from three different cultural perspectives. The fourth group is a series of "Corporate Case Studies." This volume may be seen as a companion to Volume 5 of the Praxiology series, Human Action in Business and will be of interest to business people, economists, policy makers, social scientists and students of philosophy and ethics.

List of contents

Editorial; Introduction; One: Praxiological and Ethical Framework; Organizational Transformation and Strategic Success: The Role of Values; Postindustrial Business Ethics; Understanding Different Interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States; Basic Ethical Aspects of American Companies Operating in Poland; Ethical Issues in Multilevel Marketing; American and Polish Trademarks: The Culture and Ethics Behind Them; Preservation of the Amazon Rainforest: The Importance of the Ethical Dimension; Two: Social Issues: Compensation and Labor; “Same Job, Same Pay.” On Fairness in Compensation Packages for Local and Expatriate Staff; Adequate Salaries in Developing Countries; Life in the Fields: An Exploration of Migrant Labor in America’s Agricultural Industries; Child Labor in the Orange Juice Industry in Brazil; Three: Ethical Issues in the Health Care; The Commercialisation of Gene Therapy; Health Food Products in China: Are They Really Healthy?; Ethical Dilemmas of Addictive Products’ Promotion in America and in Poland; Four: Corporate Case Studies; Values Behind Strategic Management: the Alima-Gerber Case; The Liberian Ship Registry: An Ethical Evaluation; Advertising – the Art of Manipulation. Cultural Determinants in Effectiveness of Advertising, Polish and American Cases; The Grameen Bank: Lessons to Be Learned; The Fall of Barings: An Analysis of Ethical Issues and Contributing Factors; Shell in Nigeria

About the author

Wojciech W. Gasparski

Summary

The study of business ethics seeks to understand business institutions, practices and activities in light of normative behavior. The ethical concern is for the rightness or wrongness of human action. Business Students Focus on Ethics brings together essays written by twenty-five MA and MBA students from seven countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific Rim. Collectively, they give us an applied business ethics framework, one with international dimensions.Business Students Focus on Ethics achieves a number of objectives: it recognizes ethics as legitimate content in graduate level studies in business world wide; seriously examines specific ethical concerns by young managers; and reflects on these concerns from across cultural and geographic borders. It also demonstrates the quality of their analysis and recommendations.The essays in this volume are arranged into four interrelated groups. The first group, "Praxiological and Ethical Framework," examines issues of human action from both the theory of human action (i.e., praxiological) and ethical dimensions. The section group of essays, "Social Issues-Compensation and Labor," discuss applications of praxiological and ethical principles in relation to the ethical responsibilities of business. The third group discusses "Ethical Issues in Health Care" from three different cultural perspectives. The fourth group is a series of "Corporate Case Studies." This volume may be seen as a companion to Volume 5 of the Praxiology series, Human Action in Business and will be of interest to business people, economists, policy makers, social scientists and students of philosophy and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Enderle, Gasparski, Wojciech W Gasparski, Wojciech W. Gasparski, Leo V. Ryan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138507845
• ISBN: 978-1-138-50784-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Praxiology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous