02683nam 2200625 450 991079068810332120230822221053.00-19-936164-90-19-997401-2(CKB)2550000001120289(EBL)1426647(OCoLC)861538499(SSID)ssj0001000408(PQKBManifestationID)12397426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000408(PQKBWorkID)10952115(PQKB)11467159(MiAaPQ)EBC1426647(Au-PeEL)EBL1426647(CaPaEBR)ebr10768629(CaONFJC)MIL523671(MiAaPQ)EBC5825832(EXLCZ)99255000000112028920131006d2010 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMoral mazes the world of corporate managersTwentieth anniversary edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,20101 online resource (309 pages)GOBIDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-972988-3 1-299-92420-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 corporatiBusiness ethicsUnited StatesFBCCorporationsCorrupt practicesUnited StatesFBCExecutivesProfessional ethicsUnited StatesFBCElectronic BooksBusiness ethicsCorporationsCorrupt practicesExecutivesProfessional ethicszJackall Robert117267MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790688103321Moral mazes2736741UNINA