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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452515103321

Autore

Buchholz Rogene A.

Titolo

Reforming capitalism : the scientific worldview and business / / Rogene A. Buchholz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-12291-7

1-283-89390-8

1-136-33592-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in business ethics ; ; 5

Disciplina

174/.4

Soggetti

Business education

Science - Moral and ethical aspects

Pragmatism

Philosophy, American

Social responsibility of business

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The traditional scientific worldview -- The rise of modern science and its characteristics -- Values and ethics -- Economics -- Politics -- Culture -- Nature -- Toward a new understanding of science -- The pragmatic view of science and its characteristics -- Pragmatism and values -- Pragmatism and economics -- Pragmatism and politics -- Pragmatism and culture -- Pragmatism and nature -- Implications for business -- The corporation and community -- Business and science -- Financial armageddon -- Management and an ethic of service -- Selected bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the role that the traditional understanding of science plays in how we understand the capitalistic system and how it informs business and business school education. Science serves many purposes in business organizations; it is much more than just a method to gain knowledge about business problems. It acculturates students to a certain way of thinking about the world and provides a rationale for



the things business does and a justification for its purposes in society. It then utilizes the philosophy of Classical American Pragmatism to view science in a different manner, re