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Author Woermann, Minka.

Title On the (Im)Possibility of Business Ethics : Critical Complexity, Deconstruction, and Implications for Understanding the Ethics of Business
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 175 pages)
Series Issues in Business Ethics ; v. 37
Issues in business ethics ; v. 37.
Contents Part 1. Theoretical foundation -- Towards a Postmodern Understanding of Business Ethics -- The Ethics of Complexity and the Complexity of Ethics -- Introducing a Deconstructive Ethics -- 'Virtues' for a Complex World -- Part 2. Practical application -- Reconsidering the Meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Towards a Theory and Model of Corporate Social Responsibility and Implications for Management and Leadership Practices -- Implications for Teaching Business Ethics
Summary Corporations, and the environments in which they operate, are complex, with changing multiple dimensions, and an inherent capacity to evolve qualitatively. A central premise of this study is that a postmodern reading of ethics represents an expression of, and an engagement with, the ethical complexities that define the business landscape. In particular, the deconstructive philosophy of Jacques Derrida offers a non-trivial reading of a complex notion of ethics, and thereby helps us to develop the skills necessary to critique and intervene in our practices, and to develop robust strategies for l
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Business ethics.
Management -- Moral and ethical aspects
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Management -- Moral and ethical aspects
Business ethics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789400751316
9400751311