02582nam 22005295 450 991037387840332120220120013523.09783030371692303037169710.1007/978-3-030-37169-2(CKB)4100000010122117(MiAaPQ)EBC6032968(DE-He213)978-3-030-37169-2(Perlego)3480413(EXLCZ)99410000001012211720200129d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBusiness Ethics from the 19th Century to Today An Economist's View /by David George Surdam1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (399 pages)9783030371685 3030371689 1. Labor Resists -- 2. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes -- 3. Examples of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics in America -- 4. Rise of Industrialization -- 5. Ethics of the Firm and Strategic Behavior -- 6. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil -- 7. Rise of the Big Retail Merchants -- 8. Early Twentieth-Century Aspects -- 9. Anxiety Over Product Safety -- 10. Get-Rich-Quick and Ponzi Schemes -- 11. Distributions of Income and Wealth -- 12. What About the Children? -- 13. Twenty-First-Century Situations.This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from the nineteenth century to today. It concentrates on American and British business history, delving into issues such as slavery, industrialization, firm behavior and monopolies, and Ponzi schemes. This book draws on the work of economists and historians to highlight the importance of changing technologies, religious beliefs, and cultural attitudes, showing that what is considered ethical differs across time and place.Economic historyBusiness ethicsEconomic HistoryBusiness EthicsEconomic history.Business ethics.Economic History.Business Ethics.174.4330.9Surdam David Georgeauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut990568MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910373878403321Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today2266182UNINA