Business ethics : Kant, virtue, and the nexus of duty : foundations and case studies / / Richard M. Robinson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910523797403321
• Autore: Robinson Richard M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 9783030859978; 9783030859961
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Collana: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
• Disciplina: 174.4
• Soggetti: Business ethics - Economic aspects; Business ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: The Role of Business Norms and Their Philosophical Foundation -- Chapter 1: Normative Ethics and Business Practice: An Introductory Review -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Ethical in Business -- 3 Teleological Ethics -- 4 An Axiomatic System of Logic -- 5 The Social Contract -- 6 Business Codes of Conduct -- 7 Schools of Ethical Thought -- 8 The Noble Nature -- 9 The Profit Motive -- 10 The Design of the Course -- Additional Readings -- For additional readings on the philosopher John Rawls, see: -- For a review of the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt, see: -- Chapter 2: The Applicable Western Ethical View? -- 1 The Key Questions -- 2 Ancient Greek Origin of Rational Intuition -- 3 Intuition, Free Will, and Rationality: Foundations of the Enlightenment -- 4 The Enlightenment to Modern Ethical Philosophy -- 5 The Societal Sum of Individuals' Happiness -- 6 A Western Ethical Tradition -- References -- More In-Depth Readings -- Chapter 3: The Categorical Imperative Process and Moral Duties -- 1 Enlightenment Philosophy -- 2 The Categorical Imperative and Its Three Formulae -- 3 The Bankruptcy Declaration Example -- 4 Conclusion Concerning the Use of the Categorical Imperative -- 5 Maxims for Achieving the Harmonious Organization -- 6 Imperfect and Perfect Duties -- 7 Imperfect Duty and Its Practical Limitation -- 8 Some Additional ; Maxims and Agency Obligations -- References -- Supplementary Readings -- Chapter 4: Moral Virtues and Ethical Decisions -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 A Brief Classical Philosophical Review -- 1.2 A Brief Review of Some Recent Literature -- 1.3 A Brief Comparison of Two Views -- 2 Virtues, Rationality, and Completeness -- 3 The Linkage Between Dispositions-Towards-Duty and Virtue -- 3.1 A Set of Modern Managerial Virtues.; 3.2 The Managerial Virtues and Dispositions Towards Friendship -- 3.3 The Managerial Virtues and Dispositions Towards Reasoned Discourse -- 3.4 The Managerial Virtues and Dispositions Towards Due Diligence -- 4 Virtues or Dispositions? -- References -- Supplementary Readings -- Chapter 5: The Abandonment of Business Codes of Ethics -- 1 The Process of Evil -- 2 Thoughtful Reflection and Codes of Conduct -- 3 The Competitive Firm and Tendencies Towards Code Abandonment -- 4 Psychological Studies of Unethical Conduct -- 5 The Prevention -- Appendix: Enron as an Example -- References -- Supplementary Readings -- Part II: The Nexus of Duty and Managing Moral Disengagement -- Chapter 6: The Nexus of Managerial Imperfect Duty: Relations of Virtue, Discourse, and Due Diligence -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Imperfect Duties of Management as Complements to Perfect Duties -- 1.2 The Imperfect Duties of Character Development -- 1.3 Development of the Argument -- 2 Classic Philosophical Notions of Duty -- 2.1 Perfect and Imperfect Duties for Management -- 3 Imperfect Duty and Its Practical Limitation -- 4 Benefits of the Imperfect Managerial-Duty Model -- 4.1 The Tradeoffs -- 4.2 Imperfect Duty and Contractual Obligations -- 4.3 The Wealth Pursuit of Management -- 4.4 Imperfect Duty and the Boundary of the Firm -- 4.5 Virtue, Character and the Noble Nature -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Supplemental Readings -- Chapter 7: Relations of Virtue, Pursuit of the Moral Community, and the Ends of Business -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Notions of Friendship, Sociability, and Moral Community -- 2.1 Friendships of Virtue -- 2.2 Unsocial Sociability and Friendships -- 2.3 Some Recent Research in Business Friendship -- 3 The Pursuit of Business as a Moral Community and Friendships of Virtue.; 4 Relations of Virtue and the Pursuit of a Moral Community -- References -- Supplemental Readings -- Chapter 8: Reasoned Managerial Discourse -- 1 Introduction: The Imperfect Duty of Reasoned Managerial-Discourse -- 2 O'Neill's Maxims for Reasoned Discourse -- 2.1 Managerial Authority Must Be Based on Reason -- 2.2 Managers Should Tolerate the Logical Reason of Others -- 2.3 Reasoned Argument Should Not Be Restricted or Discouraged -- 2.4 Management Should Reason in Common with Those Affected by its Policy Decisions -- 2.5 Accuracy in Managerial Discourse Should Be Pursued -- 3 Rational Discourse and Current Politically Sensitive Issues -- 3.1 Reasoned Managerial Discourse and Globalization -- 3.2 Reasoned Managerial Discourse and Diversity -- 3.3 Reasoned Discourse and Control -- 4 The Kantian Foundation of Reasoned Discourse -- References -- Supplemental Readings -- Chapter 9: Due Diligence and the Profit Motive: Perfect or Imperfect Duty? -- 1 Introduction: The Profit Motive as a Perfect or Imperfect Duty -- 2 The Issue of Shareholder Wealth and its Possible Maximization -- 3 Imperfect Duties Involving Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, and Liquidity -- 3.1 The Complexity of Capital Structure and the Imperfect Duties of Management -- 3.2 The Diversified Portfolio Effect on Risk and Duties to Stakeholders -- 4 The Ethical Basis for the Imperfect Duty of Due Diligence -- References -- ; Supplemental Readings -- Part III: Some Fundamental Problems in Management Ethics -- Chapter 10: Fair Stakeholder Negotiations -- 1 Ethical Negotiation: An Introduction -- 1.1 The Negotiation -- 1.2 Deriving the Rules of Fair Negotiation -- 1.3 The Structure of this Exploration -- 2 Objectives, Negotiators, and Fairness Rules -- 2.1 Kantian Notions of Ethical Negotiators -- 2.2 Objectives of Fair Negotiation.; 2.3 Seven Posed Rules of Fair Negotiations -- 3 Definitions of Fair Agreement and Extent of Negotiations -- 3.1 Negotiating the Special Case of Risk -- 4 Violations of Rules and Compensation -- 4.1 Negotiations with Multiple Counter Parties -- 4.2 Criteria for Multi-Party Negotiations -- 5 Issue of Trust in Negotiations -- 5.1 Compensation Criteria When Violation of Rules is Unavoidable -- 6 Fairness in Negotiation and Management Theory -- 6.1 Management Theory and Fairness? -- 6.2 The Fair Negotiation Contribution -- References -- Advanced Reading in "Fair Negotiations" -- Chapter 11: The Philosophy of Action and Authority in the Entrepreneurial and Management Ethics -- 1 Introduction: Philosophical Foundations -- 2 The Philosophical Basis for Authority within the Firm -- 3 Greek Philosophical Notions of Labor, Work and Action -- 4 The Nature of this Social Action -- 5 Cultural Principles of Entrepreneurial Authority and Action -- 6 Unethical Action and Authority -- 7 The Frontier Ethos and Social Separation -- 8 Empirical Studies of the Social-Class-Separation Effect -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix: Fred Meyer -- References -- Chapter 12: Duty, Boycotts and the Pricing of Ethics -- 1 The Adam Smith Problem -- 2 The Ideal Kantian Market -- 3 Notions of Duty and Market Efficiency -- 4 The Market Pricing of Ethics -- 5 Judging the Morality of Market Participants -- 6 Boycott Classifications and Effectiveness -- 6.1 Some Classical Boycotts -- 6.2 Some Recent Boycott Attempts -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Advanced Readings in the "Adam Smith Problem" and the Linkage Between Morality and "The Invisible Hand" -- Part IV: Some Current Moral Environmental Issues for Business -- Chapter 13: Recognizing Environmental Duties -- 1 Perfect and Imperfect Environmental Duties -- 2 Imperfect Duty and Its Practical Limitation.; 3 Some Maxims for Reasoned Environmental Discourse -- 4 The Nature of Reasoned Environmental Discourse -- 4.1 The Attempted Disseminations of Information and the Obfuscations to Be Avoided -- 4.2 Fairness or Obfuscations -- 4.3 The Logic and Predominance of the Environmental Argument -- 5 Considered Moral Environmental Judgments -- 5.1 Collective Imperfect Duty -- 5.2 Considerations of Fairness -- 6 Summary Conclusion -- References -- Additional Advanced Readings -- Chapter 14: The Philosophy of Community and the Environmental Ethic -- 1 Considerations of Environmental Duty -- 1.1 The Imperfect Collective Duties of Environmental Preservation -- 2 The Equity Considerations of Future Generations and Distant People -- 2.1 The Intergenerational Problem -- 2.2 Distributional Effects on the Disadvantaged -- 2.3 The Problem of Equity for Distant People -- 3 Efficiency and the Coase Theorem -- 4 The Search for a Just Environmental Policy -- 5 Relations of Virtue, the Moral Community, and Environmental Organizations -- 6 The Specialness of Process -- 6.1 Problems in Our Environmental Categorical Imperative Process (CIP) -- 7 Nature as Sacred -- 8 The Collective and the Environment -- References -- Additional Advanced Readings -- Chapter 15: Some Current Environmental Problems for Business -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rationality in Environmental Concerns -- 2.1 The Bias Due to Abundance -- 2.2 The Bias Due to Narrow Vision -- 2.3 The Bias Due to "It's Gone!" -- 2.4 The Bias of Not ; Having "broad vision" -- 3 Business Knowledge and Conflicts of Interest -- 4 The Negative Externalities of Coal and Industry Obfuscations -- 4.1 Clean Coal and Acid Rain -- 4.2 Coal and "reasoned" Discourse -- 5 The Tragedy of the Commons as a Dead Zone -- 5.1 States' Rights, and State Pollution Responsibilities -- 5.2 CAFOs and "Reasoned Discourse".; 6 North Atlantic Fisheries and the Tragedy of the Commons.