Moral degeneration in contemporary Zimbabwean business practices [[electronic resource] /] / Munyaradzi Mawere

• Autore: Mawere Munyaradzi
• Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Business ethics - Zimbabwe
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. Business and Ethics: Conceptual Analysis; Historical Background of Ethics in Business; The Philosophical Nature of Business; The Philosophical and Practical Nature of Ethics; Notes; Chapter Two. The Relationship between Business and Ethics; The General Understanding of Business Ethics; The Logical Relationship between Business Ethics and General Ethics; Business and Ethics from an African Perspective; Notes; Chapter Three. The Nature of Business and Business Ethics inZimbabwe ; Immoral Practices in Zimbabwean BusinessImmoral Business Practices by Zimbabwean Government and Parastatals; Small - Large Scale Businesses in Zimbabwe; Notes; Chapter Four. The Political and Socio-Economic Experiences of Zimbabwe since Independence, 1980; Zimbabwe's Politics and Socio-economic Situation Between 1980 and 2000; Zimbabwe's Political Affairs and Business Sector Between 2000 and 2008; Zimbabwe's Business and Political Situation after the Government of National Unity (GNU) in February 2009; Four Lessons that Zimbabwe Can Learn from its Own Political and Economic Meltdown; Notes ; Chapter Five. The Inextricable Relationship Between Business and Ethics RevisitedThe Indispensability of Ethics in Consumerism; Ethics and Production; Ethics and Marketing; Ethics and Advertising; Ethics and Selling; Notes; Chapter Six. Dispelling the Myth of Amoral Business from the Zimbabwean Business Landscape; Promoting Ethical Practices in Business; Separating Business from National Politics; Teaching Business Ethics in Schools; Business Ethics Workshops: A Panacea to Revive Zimbabwe's Business Ethical Culture? ; The Compatibility of Business Ethics and the Principles of African CommunalismConcluding Remarks: On Behalf of Business and Business Ethics; Notes; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an engaged and extremely well-informed book on business and business ethics in a society with political and social-economic crises. As an engaging and engaged effort to bring a nexus between business ethics and business practices in any human society, the book invites the reader to partake in pressing debates on business ethics in times of crisis. The book provides a much needed interdisciplinary approach and marshals an extraordinary array of social and intellectual resources that positively inspire business people and business making. It is wholesome and systematic in its articulatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Moral degeneration in contemporary Zimbabwean business practices
• ISBN: 1-283-31012-0; 9956-726-40-0; 9786613310125; 9956-726-41-9; 9956-726-51-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457787603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II