Corporate Integrity
Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership

Reflective, practical analysis of corporate integrity, analysing individual and organizational issues in key ethical contexts.

Marvin T. Brown (Author)

9780521606578, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 April 2005

276 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.451 kg

'… very insightful and explicative. The book of Brown broadens the perspective, is didactically well structured, and can count as one of the best introductions I have read so far on the concept of corporate integrity and responsibility. I hope this book will be an aid for thinking about and communicating the close relationship between civil society and corporations, and their responsibility towards one another.' Ethical Perspectives

What do corporations look like when they have integrity, and how can we move more companies in that direction? Corporate Integrity offers a timely, comprehensive framework- and practical business lessons - bringing together questions of organizational design, communication practices, working relationships, and leadership styles to answer this question. Marvin T. Brown explores the five key challenges facing modern businesses as they try to respond ethically to cultural, interpersonal, organizational, civic and environmental challenges. He demonstrates that if corporations are to meet the needs of civil society, they must facilitate inclusive communication patterns based on mutual recognition and civic cooperation. Corporate Integrity is essential reading for professionals in organizational ethics, business leaders, and graduate students looking for practical and reflective insights into doing business with integrity and purpose.

Preface
1. The context for corporate integrity
2. Cultural integrity as openness
3. Interpersonal integrity as relational wholeness
4. Organizational integrity as pursuing a worthwhile purpose
5. Social integrity as civic cooperation
6. Environmental integrity as natural prosperity
7. Corporate integrity and organizational leadership
Appendix: assessment worksheets
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG], Business & management [KJ], Philosophy [HP]