Overview
- Completely revised and expanded content, including new findings from the behavioral sciences
- Contains new case studies and chapters on politics and ethics, theories of justice, global ethics, and game theory
- Emphasizes the need for providing an overall interdisciplinary approach towards ethics in business
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Kant's rules for ethical reasoning
- Fairness as motivation
- Moral Economics
- Causes of the financial crisis
- Unethical market economy
- Perfect market in the welfare economy
- International Business Ethics
- Ethical control systems
- Ethical stakeholder approach
- Business Ethics and Whistleblowing
- Ethical leadership
- Ethical model of company management
- Ethical personnel development
- Ethics in business administration
- Corporate social responsibility - CSR
- Ethics of conviction
- The Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham
- Individual ethics or discourse ethics
- Ethical assessment principles
- Ethical evaluation procedures
About this book
In this textbook we examine the extent to which moral values play a role as productive forces for companies and the economy as a whole, and explores the effect of ethical and unethical behavior at both levels. We show how ethics improves productivity, and provide specific ethics tools for practical application for both students and managers. Stemming from an overall interdisciplinary approach, this textbook fills a gap in the literature on ethics in business. Following a textbook structure, we first derive knowledge from scientific studies that are relevant for students, and then summarize the results. We explain ethical assessment approaches, and then provide an ethical assessment of economic behavior using case studies. Roleplaying and games are used to explain the behavior of people in relation to ethics.
The 2nd edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new findings from the behavioral sciences (psychology, social psychology, sociology and behavioral economics). In particular, the research on emotions, motivation and group behavior have given rise to many new impulses in business ethics. In addition, new case studies and new chapters were included, like Politics and Morality, Theories of Justice, Global Ethics, and Institutions as Solutions to Specific Game Situations (game theory).
This book is important for students and researchers as well as policymakers and business executives due to its focus on applications.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Prof. Dr. Christian A. Conrad teaches economics and business ethics at Saarland University of Applied Science HTW. He published several books and papers about ethics, business, economics and financial markets. He was previously Senior Key Account Manager in the national and international corporate department of a major German bank.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Business Ethics - A Philosophical and Behavioral Approach
Authors: Christian A. Conrad
Translated by: Danica Webb
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98843-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-98842-5Published: 14 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-98843-2Published: 13 June 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XV, 462
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Ethics