Saving Human Lives Lessons in Management Ethics [Hardcover]

This is a pioneering work. Recent disasters such as the tsunami disaster continue to demonstrate Professor Allinsons thesis that valuing human lives is the core of ethical management. His unique comparison of the ideas of the power of Fate and High Technology, his penetrating analysis of the very concept of an accident , demonstrate how concepts rule our lives. His wide-ranging investigation of court cases and government documents from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and from places as diverse as the USA, UK and New Zealand provide ample supporting evidence for the universality and the power of explanation of his thesis. Saving Human Lives will have an impact beyond measurement on the field of management ethics.

Chapter 1: Accidents, Tragedies And Disasters The Rule Of Accidental The Explanation Of Human Error The Explanation Of A Breakdown Of A Material Or Technical Component And Its Corollary, 'Risky Technology' Risky Or Unruly Technology? The Explanation Of Organizational Inertia Or Bureaucratic Drift Accidents Will Happen The Word Accident The Belief In Monocausality Multi-Causality And Multiple Responsibility Fault Finding And The Scapegoat Warnings And Ethics Freedom And Ethics Notes Chapter 2: Ethics As Involved In The Goals Of An Organization Ethics And The Conduct Of Business Enterprise Ethics And The Infrastructure Of A Business Organization Ethics And Informal Channels Of Communication Ethics And Formal Reporting Channels Chapter 3: The Buck Stops Here The Will To Communicate The Managers Task Notes Chapter 4: Conceptual Preparedness The Explicit Prioritization Of A Safety Ethos Notes Chapter 5: The Vasa Disaster The Stability Test The Question Of Ballast The Wind Pressure On The Sails Conclusions Notes Chapter 6: The Collision Causes Of The Disaster Speed Of The Ship Weather Causes Of Deaths Relevant Design Features Rivets The Inadequacy Of The Human Error Hypothesis Lifeboats Third-Class PassenlS¶