Business Efficiency and Ethics

Values and Strategic Decision Making
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-50341-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Business Efficiency and Ethics presents both the theory of business efficiency and ethics, and a wealth of case studies based on practical experience. This unique perspective offers a framework for identifying this behaviour and reestablishing appropriate business behavior standards.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chorafas, D.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents 1. Ethical Values, Efficiency and Effectiveness 2. Senior Managers Are in the Front Line of Efficiency and Ethics 3. Social Ethics and Rising Corruption 4. Ethics and Efficiency in Public Administration 5. Be Ready for the 'Unthinkable' 6. Ethics and Efficiency in Financial Industry 7. Libor Scandal, Derivatives, Gold Deceits and the EFTs 8. The Strategy of Financial Gambling 9. Barings. The Crashing of a Venerable Bank 10. Parmalat. The Hedge Fund with Dairy Products in the Side 11. Efficiency and Ethics in Manufacturing and Services 12. Ethics, Opportunities and Risks with Information Technology

Über Autor(innen)

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.