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People in Corporations

Ethical Responsibilities and Corporate Effectiveness

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Georges Enderle

    1. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  2. Brenda Almond

    1. University of Hull, UK

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  3. Antonio Argandoña

    1. University of Navarra, Spain

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Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics (IBET, volume 1)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Georges Enderle
      Pages 1-8

  3. Personal Convictions and Corporate Claims: Ethical Conflicts and Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Responsible Corporation and the Subversive Side of Ethics

      • Wisse Dekker
      Pages 11-18

    3. Ethical Decision-Making in a National Utility: The Electricity Industry in France

      • François Ailleret
      Pages 19-24

    4. Using the Techniques of Ethical Analysis in Corporate Practice

      • Richard T. De George
      Pages 25-33

    5. Ethical Responsibilities Versus Corporate Effectiveness

      • Jonathan L. Gorman
      Pages 35-42

    6. The Corporation as an Open Organisation

      • Juan Cruz Cruz
      Pages 43-48

    7. The Function of Management Control Systems in Innovative Organisations

      • Raymond A. Konopka
      Pages 49-61

    8. Ethics and Interpersonal Trust in Corporate Management

      • Patrick Maclagan
      Pages 63-68

    9. The Parameters of Ethical Decision-Making in Organisations

      • John Donaldson, John Sheldrake
      Pages 69-76

  4. “Empowering” People: End or Means?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. The Ethical Challenge to the Corporations: Meaningful Progress and Individual Development

      • Philippe de Woot
      Pages 79-85

    3. The Individual Dimension in Corporations

      • Francisco López-Frías
      Pages 87-92

    4. Human Development and the Images of the Organisation

      • Domènec Melé
      Pages 93-104

    5. Empowering People as an End for Business

      • Norman E. Bowie
      Pages 105-112

    6. On the Demand for Meaningful Work

      • Joanne B. Ciulla
      Pages 113-118

    7. Ethics and Labour Contracts: An Economist’s Point of View

      • Antonio Argandoña
      Pages 119-128

    8. To Encourage or Repress? Corporate Policy and Whistle-Blowing

      • Thomas W. Dunfee
      Pages 129-138

    9. The Responsibility of Individuals for a Company Disaster: The Case of the Zeebrugge Car Ferry

      • Colin Boyd
      Pages 139-148
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About this book

Georges Enderle Before presenting some introductory remarks on the topic of this volume I should like to outline briefly the context from which this selection of articles originates. (It seems to me necessary to emphasise these circumstances in order to make clearer the contours of what is said and what is not said and to understand it better. ) This context involves, flrstly, a general evaluation of the state of the business ethics debate today and, secondly, considerations of the question of what attitude and strategy should be chosen in order to promote business ethics most effectively. On the present state of affairs of the business ethics debate Today, it is extremely difflcult, if not impossible, to gain even a rough overview of the business ethics debate in the different countries of Europe and North America. Many activities take place in informal circles and on a local and regional level; linguistic and other barriers impede the spread of information about them and, often, they are not even labelled "business ethics". At the same time, so many other things sail under the flag of "business ethics" that one sometimes wonders if it should not be replaced by another flag, for instance new methods of public-relations or better motivation of company's employees. Yet, in spite of these difflculties in deflning business ethics activities, one statement at least can be made with certainty. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Georges Enderle

  • University of Hull, UK

    Brenda Almond

  • University of Navarra, Spain

    Antonio Argandoña

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: People in Corporations

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical Responsibilities and Corporate Effectiveness

  • Editors: Georges Enderle, Brenda Almond, Antonio Argandoña

  • Series Title: Issues in Business Ethics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2083-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0829-4Published: 31 August 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7435-3Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2083-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0925-6733

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1680

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 264

  • Topics: Ethics, Management, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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