Good business : exercising effective and ethical leadership

A collection of essays that addresses the increasingly important topics of corporate ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability in the context of effective global business strategies. It demonstrates that ethics is not peripheral, or in addition to, the central concerns of business

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mayer, Don (Author), O'Toole, James (Author)
Corporate Author: Institute for Enterprise Ethics
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2010
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The content and practice of business ethics
  • 2. How to do the right thing : a primer on ethics and moral vision
  • 3. The psychology of ethics education
  • 4. In search of enlightened business leaders
  • 5. Behavioral ethics in business organizations : what the research teaches us
  • 6. Lessons from U.S. history for the 21st century corporation : the changing structure of organizations and role of managers
  • 7. What is the purpose of the firm? : shareholder and stakeholder theories
  • 8. Corporate social responsibility and corporate excellence
  • 9. Doing good business : leadership and sustainable corporate cultures
  • 10. The post-Enron regulatory environment : encouraging ethical leadership
  • 11. Value creation : the promise of sustainable development
  • 12. Business and public policy
  • 13. The legal and ethical environment for multinational corporations
  • 14. The multinational's dilemma : cultures in conflict
  • 15. A call for values-based leadership