Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1333-4
Verlag: Jai Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 593 g

This series explores the central and unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a flourishing, pluralistic, free enterprise economy. It examines how profit seeking and not-for-profit organizations can be conceived and designed to satisfy legitimate human needs in an ethical and meaningful way. The authors submit rigorous research studies from a wide variety of academic perspectives including: business management, philosophy, sociology, psychology, religion, accounting, finance, and marketing.

- Focuses on ethical issues in the insurance industry
- Includes a variety of disciplines with authros from over 30 countries
- Papers were selected from the best presentations at the Twelfth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, held Oct. 2005 in Manhattan

Autoren/Hrsg.

Primeaux, Patrick

Ferguson, William

Weitere Mitwirkende

Flanagan, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World. Chapter 2: Spitzers Allegations of Unethical/Illegal Behavior: Has the Insurance Industrys Ethical Environment Really Changed Dramatically? Chapter 3: AIG: Accounting and Ethical Lapses. Chapter 4: Insurance Ethics, an oxymoron? Chapter 5: Responsibility Sharing (Elements of a Framework for Understanding Insurance Business Ethics). Chapter 6: Insurance, Risk Assessment and Fairness: An Ethical Analysis. Chapter 7: Reasonable Restrictions on Underwriting. Chapter 8: Health Insurance: Economic and Ethical Issues. Chapter 9: A Medical Dilemma: How Should Physicians Respond to Patients Questions About Pay? Chapter 10: An Eye for An Eye: Investigating the Impact of Consumer Perception of Corporate Unfairness on Aberrant Consumer Behavior. Chapter 11: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Ethical Environments of the U.S. and South Korean Life Insurance Markets. Chapter 12: At the Movies with the Health Insurance Industry: Ethical & Environmental Issues. Chapter 13: Walker Percy: A Prophet fro Profit-Makers. Chapter 14: Workplace Romances: A Platonic Perspective.