Ethics category: 8196 books
Aristotle's Ethics
Writings from the Complete Works - Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2014
Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well-being or a life well lived, and rationally motivated action as a mean between extremes. Its influence was felt well beyond antiquity into the Middle Ages,...
Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics
A Short Introduction to Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2002
It is not only in our dark hours that scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism dog ethics. Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, or sticking to duty, or insisting on our rights, we can be confused, or be paralysed by the fear that our principles are groundless. Many are afraid that in...
Muslim Ethics and Modernity
A Comparative Study of the Ethical Thought of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Mawlana Mawdudi
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
A study of modern Muslim ethics, focussed upon the lives and writings of Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Mawlana Mawdudi, this monograph sheds light upon the modern ethical problems of contemporary Islam. Sayyid Ahmad Khan, often called a liberal, a modernist, or an acculturationist, represents the "liberal"...
Business Ethics
A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international business at a time when business leaders, academics and business schools were reflecting on their own responsibilities...
Business Ethics
Speedy Study Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
There are two ways in which a Business Ethics Study Guide can help. The first is in preparing for an exam. The second is in answering questions and resolving dilemmas when you are out working. A Business Ethics Study is not an all-inclusive guide to business ethics, but it encapsulates the highlights...
Finance Ethics
Critical Issues in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
A groundbreaking exploration of the critical ethical issues in financial theory and practice
Compiled by volume editor John Boatright, Finance Ethics consists of contributions from scholars from many different finance disciplines.
It covers key issues in financial markets, financial...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The purpose of this book is to develop those ethical traditions. For example, Horkheimer’s books Eclipse of Reason and Critique of Instrumental Reason, and his early and now classic essay Materialism and Morality ask for a reformation of Kantian ethics. The reform sought is that categorical imperative...
by Pete Geissler, Bill O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Ethics - described briefly as the norms by which acceptable and unacceptable behaviors are measured - has been the concern, and perhaps the great dilemma, of sentient humans since Socrates subjected it to philosophical inquiry almost 2,500 years ago. Socrates believed, without universal acceptance,...
by Franco Tremain
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
“Business Ethics For The Modern Man” helps to give the layman an overview of exactly what practices a company should be following in addition to what is mandated by government laws. The running of a company, big or a small is no easy feat and if the company is not careful, it can lose a lot of...
Ethics and Diversity in Business Management Education
A Sociological Study with International Scope
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
This book examines business education from the perspective of the social sciences and humanities, specifically sociology and ethics. In particular, it offers the rare combination of liberal arts and business management education which is used to investigate how aspects of business education might...
by Laszlo Zsolnai
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This book explores the underlying causes of the pervasive dominance of ‘unethics’ in contemporary affairs in economics, business, and society. It is argued that the state of unethics is related to the overexpansion of market and market values in all spheres of social life and human activities....
Ethics in Marketing
International cases and perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Understanding and appreciating the ethical dilemmas associated with business is an important dimension of marketing strategy. Increasingly, matters of corporate social responsibility are part of marketing's domain.
Ethics in Marketing contains 20 cases that deal with a variety of ethical issues...
Federal Procurement Ethics
The Complete Legal Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Use Guide to the Federal Procurement Ethics Requirements!
Revised to include recent changes in procurement ethics rules, such as the significant additions to the False Claims Act made by Congress in 2009, this book is a complete, all-in-one resource. This plain-English...
by SAGE Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
This guide to business ethics provides key terms and concepts related to business ethics in a short, easy-to-use format. It provides objective coverage of theories, corporate social responsibility, human resources issues, consumer protection, and ethical issues in marketing and advertising. It is...