Education, Leadership and Business Ethics

Essays on the Work of Clarence Walton
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-481-5112-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 323 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Issues in Business Ethics

Education, Leadership and Business Ethics: New Essays on the Work of Clarence Walton includes a history and anecdotes of Clarence Walton's professional and personal life; a discussion of the controversial introduction of ethics into the field of management studies; contributions on a variety of subjects connected to leadership and business ethics from experts in the field; and critical essays reviewing Clarence's most recent work in social criticism.
The book gives a history of the rise of the fields of business and society and business ethics, details the events leading to its acceptance in academic circles and gives personal accounts by Clarence Walton, one of the people most responsible for its creation.
Intended target groups are students, former academic peers, and friends of Clarence Walton, as well as anyone interested in the history of business ethics or connected to Columbia University of America, or The American College.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duska, Ronald F.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Teaching and Public Service.- Nonpublic Education and the Public Good: Basic Beliefs.- Walton and Responsible Citizenship.- On Teaching: A Letter.- Clarence Walton-Master Teacher.- Teaching History in Business Education.- Clarence C. Walton on Management Education: Perspectives and Contributions.- Business Ethics in Graduate Management Education.- The Conceptual Foundations of Business.- Conceptual Foundations of Business: A Book that Made a Difference.- To Break the Pentameter—Ethics Courses Implications for Business Education.- Recollections on Implementing the Ideas of Conceptual Foundations.- Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.- Business Ethics: Widening the Lens.- Finding a Place for the Ethical in the Cultural and Economic Milieu of Business.- Corporate Social Responsibilities: The Debate Revisited.- Corporate Social Responsibilities: Yesterday and Tomorrow.- Leadership and the Moral Manager: Walton as a Case Study.- Leadership: By What Authority?.- Managing in Crises: “Legitimacy” in Business and Academic Corporations.- The Moral Manager and Decision Making.- Clarence Walton as Academic CEO: A Fine Mind on a Fine Line.- New Vistas in Business Ethics: Financial Services Industries and Multinationals.- Multinational Corporations.- International Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations.- A Tale of Two Cities: Finance and Morals.- Current Issues in Ethics Insurance.- Cultural Foundations: Walton’s Appraisal of American Culture.- Walton’s Appraisal of American Culture: Introductory Remarks.- Summary of Archons and Acolytes: An Academic Power Elite’s Assault on Basic Values and Institutions.- Aggressive Elites: A Passive Assault on Clarence Walton’s Modernism.- Walton’s Secular City, A Tour.- On Looking Back and Looking Forward:Walton’s Response.