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Presents a view on management ethics that is human-centered, provides insights on its practical implementation and recommendations on how to teach the topic in executive education.
List of contents
LIST OF EXHIBITS; LIST OF TABLES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: THE FOUR PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN CENTERED MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEMIC INTERRELATION; 1.1. Presenting the four perspectives; 1.2 Interrelating the four perspectives through multi-stakeholder dialogues; CHAPTER 2: THE ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE; 2.1. Introduction: Morality, ethics and principles; 2.2. The prerequisites: Setting an adequate philosophical agenda; 2.3. Enablers of human centered management; 2.4. The effects; CHAPTER 3: THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE; 3.1 Corporate social responsibility; 3.2 Equitability and "social justice"; 3.3 Inclusiveness; 3.4 Social Business and the Role of Social Entrepreneurs; 3.5 Impacts of Culture; CHAPTER 4: THE ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; 4.1 Market-based approaches to business ethics; 4.2 Impacting the wider environment of markets and society; CHAPTER 5: THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 Policy agendas; 5.2 Ethics in government and public office; CHAPTER 6: IMPLEMENTING HUMAN CENTERED MANAGEMENT; 6.1 Arriving at a consensus on values; 6.2 Ethics Codes; 6.3 Ethical obligations and the law; 6.4 Fighting corruption and free-riding; CHAPTER 7: CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS RESPONSIBLY; 7.1 The employer-employee relation; 7.2 The relation to customers and consumers; 7.3 The relation to suppliers and competitors; 7.4 The investor relation; 7.5 Community relations; 7.6 The natural environment: A multi-faceted stakeholder relation; CHAPTER 8: MORAL PERSON, MORAL LEADER, MORAL ORGANIZATION; CHAPTER 9: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEACHING HUMAN CENTERED MANAGEMENT; 9.1 A principles-based education on business ethics; 9.2 Two sets of exemplary business ethics curricula; 9.3 Six Teaching-Blocks; OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Index
About the author
Roland Bardy is Executive Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University and owner of BardyConsult in Mannheim, Germany. Born in Vienna, Austria, he earned his BSc from the Vienna University of Technology, his MBA from the Vienna University of Economics and his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg. Dr. Bardy worked at BASF, the German multinational chemicals manufacturer, from 1970 to 1999 and took up teaching in 2000 in the US and Europe, including positions at Emory University and the Austrian Association of Purchase and Logistics.
Summary
Presents a view on management ethics that is human-centered, provides insights on its practical implementation and recommendations on how to teach the topic in executive education.