Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance [Paperback]

This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse facets of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. Coverage presents industry-specific topics in ethics. The book also provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.

Corporations are under fire. Hardly a day goes by that executive conduct doesnt appear as a topic  or, more accurately, as a problem  in the media. This leads to increased public pressure on corporations, many of whom are reacting and publicly assuming their corporate responsibility.

This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse aspects of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. On the one hand, this book presents industry-specific topics in ethics, and on the other provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.

Walther Ch. Zimmerli, Klaus Richter, Markus Holzinger: Introduction.- Setting the Scene: Robert C. Solomon: Introduction to Ethics.- Walther Ch. Zimmerli, Michael S. Assl?nder: Business Ethics.- Bettina Palazzo: Habits of the Heart in US-American and German Corporate.- Leading Self and Others: Joanne B. Ciulla: The Importance of Leadership in Shaping Business Values.- Robert Greenleaf: The Servant as Leader.- James MacGregor Burns: The Structure of Moral Leadership.- Joanne B. Ciulla: Why Work?.- Organizational Ethics: Guido Palazzo: Organizational Integrity - Understanding the Dimensions of Ethical and Unethical Behavior in Corporations.- Alejo Sison: Enron. Pride Comes Before the Fall.- Alejo Sison: Andersen. No Fairy Tale Ending.- Caspar von Hauenschild: How to Discover and Avoid Corruptiol£!