{"product_id":"business-ethics-9780631211730","title":"Business Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Provides a mainstream (non--Marxist) criticism of fundamental foundations of capitalism.  * Shows how firms managed by Kantian ethical principles can make money.  * Presents the systematic application of the ethical principles of major ethical theorists to business. .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bowie is a very senior person in business ethics - one of the half dozen or so people who are generally acknowledged as leaders in the field. He has extensive experience as a writer, teacher, and consultant in business ethics and philosophy. I have no doubt that his book will be well received, widely reviewed, and extremely influential in the discipline.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Fredericks, Bentley College.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003e1. The Self-Defeating Nature of Immoral Business Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction Immoral Actions Are Based on Self-Defeating Maxims Inconsistency and Immorality Applications to Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt Seems Right in Theory But Does It Work in Practice?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections to the Application of Kantian Ethics to Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtending the Reach of Categorical Imperatives: Pragmatically Inconsistent Maxims.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Neither Being Trustworthy nor Not Trusting in Business Involves a Pragmatic Contradiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransition to Chapter 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Treating the Humanity of Stakeholders as Ends rather than as Means Merely.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Respect for Persons Principle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Using Employees: Neither Coercion nor Deceit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBusiness Practices That Reduce or Remove Coercion and Deception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Objection and Replies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositive Freedom ad Meaningful Work: Respecting the Humanity in a Person.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant’s Reflection s on Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeaningful Work and Contemporary Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Firm as a Moral Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViewing Organizations and Human Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating the Kantian Moral Firm: The Kingdom of Ends Formulation of the Categorical Imperative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Principles of a Moral Firm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications for Organizational Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Acting from Duty: How Pure a Motive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKant’s Position on the Purity of Moral Motives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic Payoffs and Moral Motives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReasons and Emotions: A Brief Aside.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Moral Motives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Cosmopolitan Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Morality of the Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternational Business Can Contribute to World Peace, Universal Rights, and Democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjections and Replies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515457298775,"sku":"9780631211730","price":97.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/business-ethics-9780631211730","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}