LEADER 02582nam 22005295 450 001 9910373878403321 005 20220120013523.0 010 $a9783030371692 010 $a3030371697 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-37169-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000010122117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6032968 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-37169-2 035 $a(Perlego)3480413 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010122117 100 $a20200129d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBusiness Ethics from the 19th Century to Today $eAn Economist's View /$fby David George Surdam 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (399 pages) 311 08$a9783030371685 311 08$a3030371689 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aBusiness ethics 606 $aEconomic History 606 $aBusiness Ethics 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aBusiness ethics. 615 14$aEconomic History. 615 24$aBusiness Ethics. 676 $a174.4 676 $a330.9 700 $aSurdam$b David George$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0990568 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910373878403321 996 $aBusiness Ethics from the 19th Century to Today$92266182 997 $aUNINA