04055nam 2200589 450 991046445130332120200520144314.09966-53-005-3(CKB)3710000000125880(EBL)1707224(SSID)ssj0001330165(PQKBManifestationID)11878666(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001330165(PQKBWorkID)11327570(PQKB)11578140(MiAaPQ)EBC1707224(OCoLC)899266881(MdBmJHUP)muse38449(PPN)187342997(Au-PeEL)EBL1707224(CaPaEBR)ebr10879026(CaONFJC)MIL664294(OCoLC)881417059(EXLCZ)99371000000012588020140617h20052005 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShareholder value and the common good essays on the objectives and purposes of business management /edited by David Lutz, Paul MimbiNairobi, Kenya :Strathmore University,[2005]©20051 online resource (406 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-33012-3 9966-031-15-4 Includes bibliographical references.Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Keynote address: the relationship between ethics and business management -- Altruism and human flourishing: the high and lw dimensions of 'self-interest' in business enterprise -- Beyond agency theory: the nature of the firm from a humanistic perspective -- A comparative analysis of the principle of competition in business management and the principle of love in Christian ethics in Africa -- The purpose of business management inthe light of Catholic social teaching -- The challenge of business: going beyond wealth maximisation and profit maximisation -- Human perfection as the proper aim of business management -- The objective of maximum profit, or the wishfulthinking of a 'hyper-monetised' economy -- The German way: the free-enterprise system; daily struggle between capitalism and social responsibility -- Which business models for sustainable development? -- Beyond 'welfarism': towards a philosophical grounding of economic theory -- The objective of business management: a Biblical perspective -- Should entrepreneurs advance the profit-maximisation objective? -- Ethics in business economics: self-interest, inequality of income, and social justice -- Governing the business enterprise: the wealth-creating organ of, in, and for society -- Profit maximisation and business social responsibility objectives in business management -- Capitalism and social investment in Africa:contradictory commitment to development -- The misapplication of the concept of agency to financial management theory -- Founding an ethical Kenya: the role of the business sector -- The search for metaphysical, rpistemological, moralprinciples to serve as a basis of business management -- The objective of business management and the necessity of ethical business managers -- Presumptive taxation and tax compliance in Uganda: incorporating ethical aspects -- Management ethics and the reality of negative attitudes in Nigeria's public employment sector -- Work ethic, locus of control, and task performance -- Personal morality and business management: empirical and philosophical perspectives -- Contributors. The twenty-five essays in this interdisciplinary, international volume address the question of the objective or purpose of business management from a wide range of theoretical perspectives. ManagementAfrica, Sub-SaharanElectronic books.ManagementLutz DavidMimbi PaulMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464451303321Shareholder value and the common good2483055UNINA