Moral mazes : the world of corporate managers

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010
• Edizione: Twentieth anniversary edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Business ethics - United States; Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States; Executives - Professional ethics - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic Books
• Altri autori: JackallRobert
• Note generali: GOBI; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Moral probations, old and new -- The social structure of managerial work -- The main chance -- Looking up and looking around -- Drawing lines -- Dexterity with symbols -- The magic lantern -- Invitations to jeopardy.
• Sommario/riassunto: This classic study of ethics in business presents an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Robert Jackall takes the reader inside a topsy-turvy world where hard work does not necessarily lead to success, but sharp talk, self-promotion, powerful patrons, and sheer luck might. What sort of everyday rules-in-use do people play by when there are no fixed standards to explain why some succeed and others fail? In the words of one corporate manager, those rules boil down to this maxim: ""What is right in the corporati
• Titolo autorizzato: Moral mazes
• ISBN: 0-19-936164-9; 0-19-997401-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825239703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II