LEADER 04021nam 2200577 450 001 9910786685103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9966-53-005-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125880 035 $a(EBL)1707224 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001330165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11878666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001330165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11327570 035 $a(PQKB)11578140 035 $a(OCoLC)899266881 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38449 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL664294 035 $a(OCoLC)881417059 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707224 035 $a(PPN)187342997 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125880 100 $a20140617h20052005 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aShareholder value and the common good $eessays on the objectives and purposes of business management /$fedited by David Lutz, Paul Mimbi 210 1$aNairobi, Kenya :$cStrathmore University,$d[2005] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (406 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-33012-3 311 $a9966-031-15-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- 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. 330 $a 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. 606 $aManagement$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aManagement 702 $aLutz$b David 702 $aMimbi$b Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786685103321 996 $aShareholder value and the common good$93764726 997 $aUNINA