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Book SynopsisExplores the central and unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a flourishing, pluralistic, free enterprise economy. This book examines how profit seeking and not-for-profit organizations can be conceived and designed to satisfy legitimate human needs in an ethical and meaningful way.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World. Chapter 2: Spitzers Allegations of Unethical/Illegal Behavior: Has the Insurance Industrys Ethical Environment Really Changed Dramatically? Chapter 3: AIG: Accounting and Ethical Lapses. Chapter 4: Insurance Ethics, an oxymoron? Chapter 5: Responsibility Sharing (Elements of a Framework for Understanding Insurance Business Ethics). Chapter 6: Insurance, Risk Assessment and Fairness: An Ethical Analysis. Chapter 7: Reasonable Restrictions on Underwriting. Chapter 8: Health Insurance: Economic and Ethical Issues. Chapter 9: A Medical Dilemma: How Should Physicians Respond to Patients Questions About Pay? Chapter 10: An Eye for An Eye: Investigating the Impact of Consumer Perception of Corporate Unfairness on Aberrant Consumer Behavior. Chapter 11: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Ethical Environments of the U.S. and South Korean Life Insurance Markets. Chapter 12: At the Movies with the Health Insurance Industry: Ethical & Environmental Issues. Chapter 13: Walker Percy: A Prophet fro Profit-Makers. Chapter 14: Workplace Romances: A Platonic Perspective.
