Management Ethics Placing Ethics at the Core of Good Management [Hardcover]

The recent financial crisis has awakened a renewed sensibility to ethics in business and management, and an increasing interest in a better understanding of how ethics and economics are intertwined. Managers and executives must understand not just the moral value of ethical behaviour, but also how this can strengthen and benefit the organization.Why Ethics is Crucial in Business Management Re-Discovering That Management is About People What isa Good Manager? For What and Whom are Managers Responsible? Preventing and Fighting Against Corruption Developing Ethical Organizational Cultures Managing Societal Business Responsibility

'This is a splendid examination of the role of ethics and an ethical point of view in management. It places human agency at the centre of activities of leaders and followers. Proceeding from this human-centred foundation, the exploration reveals essential

connections among a wide variety of features of mixed market economies, including their long-term sustainability.' Alex C. Michalos, Editor in Chief, Journal of Business Ethics 'This is a terrific book on business ethics. Companies and executives will make better decisions if they read and study it.' R. Edward Freeman, Professor, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, USA

'Ethics must be an integral part of managerial decision making. Today meeting highest ethical standards is a success factor. This book offers valuable guidance in putting ethics on the top the business agenda.' Peter L?escher, President and Chief Executive Officer Siemens AG

'Business leaders should heed Professor Mel?'s analysis. He argues that both organizational excellence and corporate responsibility are the result of good management and that good management, itself, requires an ethical foundation. The implications are

clear: instead of seeking to drive performance through ever more complex incentive and control systems, lc