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- Studies business ethics from antiquity to the nineteenth century
- Places business ethics within a historical context
- Has a companion volume: Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today: An Economist's View
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This book begins with so-called primitive people, showing how humans began to exchange goods and commodities from trade as a way to keep peace and prosper. The ancients considered the value and ethics of business, and many of their reflections influenced medieval Catholic thinkers and business participants. Protestants elevated working and profit-making to the respectable and virtuous, and some groups, such as Quakers, came to exemplify good business ethics.
This book draws on the work of economists and historians to highlight the importance of changing technologies, religious beliefs, and cultural attitudes, showing that what is considered ethical differs across time and place.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Economics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA
David George Surdam
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Business Ethics from Antiquity to the 19th Century
Book Subtitle: An Economist's View
Authors: David George Surdam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37165-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37164-7Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37167-8Published: 30 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37165-4Published: 29 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 383
Topics: Economic History, Business Ethics, Business Ethics