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Reforming capitalism : the scientific worldview and business / / Rogene A. Buchholz



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Autore: Buchholz Rogene A. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reforming capitalism : the scientific worldview and business / / Rogene A. Buchholz Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-33591-9
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.: 9910825187303321
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Serie: Routledge Studies in Business Ethics