Honorable Business - A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society

Infamous cases like Enron and Bernie Madoff question whether business is an inherently dubious activity. Honorable Business argues that there is, in fact, such a thing as honorable business, which seeks to generate value not only for itself but for all parties to its transactions-and to society generally.

About the author

James R. Otteson is professor of economics and Thomas W. Smith Presidential Chair in Business Ethics at Wake Forest University. He specializes in political economy, business ethics, the history of economic thought, and political philosophy, and he is author of Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (2002), Actual Ethics (2006), and The End of Socialism (2014).

Summary

Infamous cases like Enron and Bernie Madoff question whether business is an inherently dubious activity. Honorable Business argues that there is, in fact, such a thing as honorable business, which seeks to generate value not only for itself but for all parties to its transactions-and to society generally.

Product details

• Authors: James R. Otteson, James R. (Professor of Economics and Thom Otteson, Otteson James R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780190914202
• ISBN: 978-0-19-091420-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Business ethics & social responsibility, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Business ethics and social responsibility