Business Ethics

Abstract

Part I: Introduction 1. Ethics as Social Critique (Patrick O'Sullivan, Mark Smith, Mark Esposito) 2. Levels of Critique: A Methodological Framework for the Study of Ethics and Morality in Business (Patrick O'Sullivan) 3. The Ethical Management of Ethics: Fostering Ethical Behavior in Corporations (Ion Copoeru) Part II: Organizational Strategy 4. Corporate Social Responsibility: Definitional Paralysis and Ambiguity (Mark Esposito) 5. The Impact of Ethics on the Issues of Organizational Congruence (Lloyd C.Williams) 6. Ethical Issues of Reification and Recognition on HRM: A Critical Social Theory Perspective (Gazi Islam) 7. Private Vices, Business Virtues? The Institutional Strategy to Legitimated Online Gambling in Italy (Carmelo Mazza) Part III: Finance and Economics 8. The Ethical and Social Dimensions of Executive Compensation (Terence Tse, Khaled Soufani and Lucie Roux) 9. The Ethics of the Banker: Reflections on the Banker's Economic and Societal Functions or How History Requires us to Reflect of the Role of Banks in Society (Sandrine Ansart and Virginie Monvoisin) 10. Islamic Finance Revisited: A Brief Review with Singapore Example (Habibullah Khan and Omar K M R Bashar) 11. Ethical Issues in the Policy Response to the 2008 Financial Crisis:Moral Hazard in Central Banking and the Equity of Bailout (Alojzy Z. Nowak and Patrick O'Sullivan) Part IV: Organizational Behavior 12. Ethics and Management: The Essential Philosophical and Psycological Basis of Ethical Management Driven by a Progressive Company (L.Roche) 13. Mindfulness as a Mediator Between the Effective and the Ethical Manager (Dominique Steiler and Raffi Duymedjian) 14. A Cultural Appreciation of Diversity of Ethical Strategies: Examples from European Business (Taran Patel) 15. Employee Surveillance and the Modern Workplace (M.Pitesa) Part V: Marketing and Innovation 16. Ethics and Marketing (David Bevan) 17. Deeper into the Consumer's Mind: Market Research and Ethics (Caroline Cuny) 18. Social and Societal Marketing: Applications for Public Policy Makers and Companies (Carolina O.C Werle) 19. Designing for a Better World (Josiena Gotzsch) Part VI: HRM and Employee Relations 20. "You Take the High Road..." Analysing the Ethical Dimensions of High Performance Work Systems (Keith Whitfield, Rachel Williams and Sukanya Sengupta) 21. Ethical Challenges in Business Coaching (Pauline Fatien Diochon) 22. Competency Management: Between Managerial Development and Ethical Questioning (Pierre-Yves Sanseau) Part VII: Conclusions 24. Towards an Ethical Future for Business? (Patrick O'Sullivan, Mark Smith and Mark Esposito)