Business Ethics and Continental Philosophy

An innovative textbook that shows how continental thought can provide fresh insights into the world of business ethics.

Mollie Painter-Morland (Edited by), René ten Bos (Edited by)

9780521199049, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 October 2011

392 pages, 11 b/w illus.
25.4 x 19.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.99 kg

Business ethics has largely been written from the perspective of analytical philosophy with very little attention paid to the work of continental philosophers. Yet although very few of these philosophers directly discuss business ethics, it is clear that their ideas have interesting applications in this field. This innovative textbook shows how the work of continental philosophers - Deleuze and Guattari, Foucault, Levinas, Bauman, Derrida, Levinas, Nietzsche, Zizek, Jonas, Sartre, Heidegger, Latour, Nancy and Sloterdijk - can provide fresh insights into a number of different issues in business ethics. Topics covered include agency, stakeholder theory, organizational culture, organizational justice, moral decision-making, leadership, whistle-blowing, corporate social responsibility, globalization and sustainability. The book includes a number of features designed to aid comprehension, including a detailed glossary of key terms, text boxes explaining key concepts, and a wide range of examples from the world of business.

List of figures
List of boxes
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: critical crossings Mollie Painter-Morland and René ten Bos
1. Agency in corporations Mollie Painter-Morland
2. Stakeholder theory David Bevan and Patricia Werhane
3. Organizational culture Hugh Willmott
4. ENRON narrative Hugh Willmott
5. Moral decision-making Mollie Painter-Morland
6. Organizational justice Carl Rhodes
7. Reward, incentive, and compensation Mollie Painter-Morland
8. Leadership Sverre Spoelstra and René ten Bos
9. Whistle-blowing Mollie Painter-Morland and René ten Bos
10. Marketing, bad faith, and responsibility Janet Borgerson
11. Corporate social responsibility René ten Bos and Stephen Dunne
12. Corporate responsibility standards Andreas Rasche
13. Sustainability René ten Bos and David Bevan
14. Globalization René ten Bos
Glossary
Name index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Philosophy [HP]