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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778845103321

Autore

Solomon Robert C

Titolo

A better way to think about business [[electronic resource] ] : how personal integrity leads to corporate success / / Robert C. Solomon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-770252-X

0-19-988052-2

1-280-52938-5

0-19-535463-X

1-4294-0128-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

174/.4

Soggetti

Business ethics

Integrity

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 (p. [125]-141) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; How to Use This Book; Introduction: Can Virtue Be Taught?; I. How Not to Think About Business: Myths and Metaphors; II. A Better Way to Think About Business: The Meaning of Integrity; III. A Catalog of Business Virtues; Putting It All Together: Ethical Styles; Conclusion: Looking Forward to Integrity; References and Recommended Reading; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work on business ethics for managers is structured around three themes including: the idea that how we perceive and think about organizations we work for is a major factor in the framing and atmosphere of those organizations; and the various business virtues and vices and their role in the daily practice of business.