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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790688103321

Titolo

Moral mazes : the world of corporate managers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-19-936164-9

0-19-997401-2

Edizione

[Twentieth anniversary edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

JackallRobert

Soggetti

Business ethics - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States

Executives - Professional ethics - United States

Electronic Books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

GOBI

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Moral probations, old and new -- The social structure of managerial work -- The main chance -- Looking up and looking around -- Drawing lines -- Dexterity with symbols -- The magic lantern -- Invitations to jeopardy.

Sommario/riassunto

This classic study of ethics in business presents an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Robert Jackall takes the reader inside a topsy-turvy world where hard work does not necessarily lead to success, but sharp talk, self-promotion, powerful patrons, and sheer luck might. What sort of everyday rules-in-use do people play by when there are no fixed standards to explain why some succeed and others fail? In the words of one corporate manager, those rules boil down to this maxim: ""What is right in the corporati