Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World [Hardcover]

This book contemplates the ethics of responsibility in a large range of meanings, consequences and impacts. It reflects the perspectives and reasoning of 24 authors from all continents. All chapters are original papers presented at the Fifth World ISBEE Congress, that took place in Warsaw, Poland, at the Kozminski University, on 11-14 of July, 2012. In this book, ethics and responsibility are considered essential traits of character, not only in the business or governmental arenas but in any initiative, decision and activity. The contributions?to this book?focus on a spectrum of themes, terms and concepts, the global corporate social responsibilities perspective covering impacts, challenges, analysis, criticism, consequences of? important topics of real life, sustainability, international economy and regimes, corruption, poverty and violence, among others. The book is intended for academics, researchers and professionals in all continents who are dedicated to Ethics, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation, and Sustainability Management.

Ethics and responsibilities; Maria Cecilia Coutinho de Arruda, Boleslaw Rok.- Keynote Speech Corporate Leadership in Times of Public Distrust. Klaus M. Leisinger .- Part I  Responsibility as a key concept of ethicsShareholder Primacy as an Impediment to Corporate Social Responsibility; David R?nnegard, N. Craig Smith.- ?From Free-floating Responsibility to self-responsibility CSR as theoretical and practical context for ethics; Imre Ungv?ri Zr?nyi.- Beyond the grip of the sovereign: Deliberation, We-reasoning and the Legitimacy of Norms and Standards in a Globalized World; Juljan Krause, Markus Scholz.- Part II  Healthy, fair and sustainable business cultures Morality as An Index of Mental Health of the Organisation: Building a model of healthy Leadership; ?Julia Bulatova.- Do you Believe in Life after Work? A Non-instrumental Defense of Work-Life Balance; Karolina Lewestam, Paulinl#/