Business Ethics as a Science - Methodology and Implications

The book considers how to make the methodology of business ethics more scientific, especially its normative branch. Storchevoy explores the attempts of economic theory to contribute to the scientific normative analysis of economic behavior, particularly the welfare economics of 1910-1950 and methodological discussions of economics and ethics from 1980-2015. He then examines the development of the methodological structure of business ethics in general since the 1980s and the scientific validity of normative business ethics, including stakeholder theory, the separation thesis, integral social contract theory, corporate social responsibility, virtue ethics and other frameworks. He concludes by suggesting an additional step to make business ethics a more systematic discipline by developing a typology of moral issues and dilemmas. Business Ethics as a Science will be a thought-provoking resource for students and practitioners of business ethics and economists alike.

List of contents

Welfare Economics (1910-1950).- Economics and Ethics since the 1950s.- Business Ethics: Normative, Positive and Practical.- Business Ethics: Normative Approaches.- Business Ethics: Moral Issues and Dilemmas.

About the author

Maxim Storchevoy is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Strategic and International Management at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia. He has a background in economics and teaches Business Ethics and Contract Theory for Managers. In 2016, he became a founding director of the Russian Business Ethics Network, a chapter of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN).

Summary

Explores the historical interaction of economics and ethics and the potential implications for business ethics
Critiques the methodology of business ethics from a scientific perspective

Suggests a new typology of moral issues and dilemmas in business ethics

Product details

• Authors: Maxim Storchevoy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319886695
• ISBN: 978-3-31-988669-5
• No. of pages: 155
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 9 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 232 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 155 p. 7 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Management, C, Business and Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business Ethics, social contract, Management science, Virtue Ethics, Stakeholder Theory, separation thesis