Leadership and Business EthicsGabriel Flynn Gabriel Flynn and Patricia H. Werhane This book points to a necessary relationship between ethics and business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership. Without the sort of leadership that upholds the dignity and rights of employees and clients, as well as the interests of shareholders, even the most meticulously prepared ethics statements are destined to founder, as evidenced at Enron and elsewhere. Over the past 30 years or so, since business ethics became established as a discipline in its own right, much progress has been made in the ethical conduct of business at all levels. In short, business people, like politicians, doctors and church leaders, have come to realize that it is not possible to avoid involvement in ethics, for much of what business people do and cannot do may be subject to ethical evaluation. While the history of business ethics as currently practised may be traced to the medieval and ancient periods; our principal concern is with developments in the ?eld over recent decades. A consideration of how the topic has been treated by the Harvard Business Review, the business world’sleadingprofessionaljournal,provideshelpful insights into past progress and present challenges. In 1929, just as business ethics was beginning to evolve, Wallace B. |
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... business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership. Without the sort of ... leaders, have come to realize that it is not possible to avoid involvement in ethics, for much of what business people do ...
... business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership. Without the sort of ... leaders, have come to realize that it is not possible to avoid involvement in ethics, for much of what business people do ...
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... business, Donham ultimately points to the power of the community and of public opinion for the establishment and maintenance of ethics in business, in which domain effective leadership is indispensable: Just as the law is inadequate to ...
... business, Donham ultimately points to the power of the community and of public opinion for the establishment and maintenance of ethics in business, in which domain effective leadership is indispensable: Just as the law is inadequate to ...
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... business decision brings the business person into a conflicting set of forces in which he/she is obliged to choose between personal values and ultimate loyalties that business leaders ... business judgements. The importance of the ...
... business decision brings the business person into a conflicting set of forces in which he/she is obliged to choose between personal values and ultimate loyalties that business leaders ... business judgements. The importance of the ...
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... leaders face. [...] Other professional schools have carved out standards that are appropriate for their various professions; now business schools must ... leadership in business based on a recovery of virtue. The essay draws Introduction 5.
... leaders face. [...] Other professional schools have carved out standards that are appropriate for their various professions; now business schools must ... leadership in business based on a recovery of virtue. The essay draws Introduction 5.
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... business-dominated, materialist culture, if acted upon by leaders of business, could help transform work and family. Flynn concludes that the message of virtue is a message ... leaders of business also the leaders of 6 G. Flynn, P.H. Werhane.
... business-dominated, materialist culture, if acted upon by leaders of business, could help transform work and family. Flynn concludes that the message of virtue is a message ... leaders of business also the leaders of 6 G. Flynn, P.H. Werhane.
Contents
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Using Discernment to Make Better Business Decisions 31 | 29 |
A VirtueBased Approach | 81 |
Inspirational Leadership in Business and Other Domains 103 | 102 |
Context and Character | 117 |
The Necessity | 130 |
How Losing Soul Leads to Ethical Corruption in Business 151 | 149 |
Corporate Culture and Organisational Ethics | 165 |
The Marketing of Human Images as a Challenge to Ethical Leadership | 197 |
A Challenge for Leadership | 211 |
The Challenge and the Promise 229 | 228 |
The DarkSide Paradoxes of Success | 251 |
Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Moral Responsibility | 269 |
Bibliography | 291 |
Index | 313 |
What Is Ethical Retailing? | 177 |
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