In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In The Moral Background, Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to the 1930s.
According to Abend, morality consists of three levels: moral and immoral behavior, or the behavioral level; moral understandings and norms, or the normative level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral methods can be used, what reasons can be given, and what objects can be morally evaluated at all. This background underlies the behavioral and normative levels; it supports, facilitates, and enables them.
Through this perspective, Abend historically examines the work of numerous business ethicists and organizations--such as Protestant ministers, business associations, and business schools--and identifies two types of moral background. "Standards of Practice" is characterized by its scientific worldview, moral relativism, and emphasis on individuals' actions and decisions. The "Christian Merchant" type is characterized by its Christian worldview, moral objectivism, and conception of a person's life as a unity.
The Moral Background offers both an original account of the history of business ethics and a novel framework for understanding and investigating morality in general.
Автор: Christopher Cowton Название: Business Ethics: Perspectives on the Practice of Theory ISBN: 0198290314 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198290315 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 22176.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Business ethics, as an academic discipline directed at influencing business itself, has developed into an interdisciplinary enquiry, with its own journals, societies, and specialist practitioners. The contributors to this volume reflect on the state of, and prospects for, the field.
Название: International Business&society ISBN: 1557869448 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781557869449 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book takes knowledge and understanding developed within uni--societal studies of business and society and extends the frame of reference to the international arena.
Автор: Bos, Rene Ten Parker, Martin Jones, Campbell Название: For business ethics ISBN: 0415311357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415311359 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book deals with the traditional material of ethics in business, as well as introducing and surveying some of the most interesting developments in critical ethical theory which have not yet been introduced to the mainstream.
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