Conscience and Corporate Culture

Conscience and Corporate Culture

By Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Wiley-Blackwell July 2006

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781405130394
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication
July 2006
Format
Hardback , 336 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Conscience and Corporate Culture advances the constructive dialogue on a moral conscience for corporations. Written for educators in the field of business ethics and practicing corporate executives, the book serves as a platform on a subject profoundly difficult and timely.

  • Written from the unique vantage point of an author who is a philosopher, professor of business administration, and a corporate consultant
  • A vital resource for both educators in the field of business ethics and practicing corporate executives
  • Forwards the constructive dialogue on a moral conscience for corporations
  • Offers a philosophical and practical approach to considering business ethics

Table of Contents

List of Figures.

Foreword by Thomas E. Holloran.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I Conscience: Response to a Pathology:

1. Teleopathy: The Unbalanced Pursuit of Purpose.

2. Mindsets and Culture.

3. Conscience as a Mindset: Personal and Organizational.

4. Challenges to the Very Idea.

Part II: The Moral Agenda of Leadership:

5. Orienting Corporate Conscience.

6. Institutionalizing Corporate Conscience.

7. Sustaining Corporate Conscience.

8. Conscience and Three Academies.

Epilogue.

Notes.

Index.

About the Author

Kenneth E. Goodpaster is Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics at the University of St. Thomas.His research has spanned a wide range of topics, from conceptual studies of ethical reasoning to empirical studies of the social implications of management decision making. He is author of Perspectives on Morality (1976), Ethics and Problems of the 21st Century(1979), and the casebook Business Ethics: Policies and Persons (4th edn., 2006).

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