Reforming capitalism : the scientific worldview and business / / Rogene A. Buchholz
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| Autore: |
Buchholz Rogene A.
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| Titolo: |
Reforming capitalism : the scientific worldview and business / / Rogene A. Buchholz
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Business education |
| Science - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Pragmatism | |
| Philosophy, American | |
| Social responsibility of business | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The traditional scientific worldview -- The rise of modern science and its characteristics -- Values and ethics -- Economics -- Politics -- Culture -- Nature -- Toward a new understanding of science -- The pragmatic view of science and its characteristics -- Pragmatism and values -- Pragmatism and economics -- Pragmatism and politics -- Pragmatism and culture -- Pragmatism and nature -- Implications for business -- The corporation and community -- Business and science -- Financial armageddon -- Management and an ethic of service -- Selected bibliography -- Notes -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the role that the traditional understanding of science plays in how we understand the capitalistic system and how it informs business and business school education. Science serves many purposes in business organizations; it is much more than just a method to gain knowledge about business problems. It acculturates students to a certain way of thinking about the world and provides a rationale for the things business does and a justification for its purposes in society. It then utilizes the philosophy of Classical American Pragmatism to view science in a different manner, re |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reforming capitalism |
| ISBN: | 0-203-12291-7 |
| 1-283-89390-8 | |
| 1-136-33592-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452515103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Studies in Business Ethics