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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195071565

ISBN-139780195071566

eBay Product ID (ePID)68817

Product Key Features

Number of Pages268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBusiness As a Humanity

SubjectBusiness Ethics

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorR. Edward Freeman

SeriesThe ^Aruffin Series in Business Ethics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.8 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN94-008233

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentContributorsIntroductionI1. Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction n Terms?2. A Response to Richard T. De George's "Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction in Terms?"3. A Response to Richard T. De George's "Business as a Humanity: A Contradiction in Terms?"II4. Business and the Humanities: An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics5. Virtue and Rules: A Response to Robert C. Solomon6. Responsibility and the Moral Role of Corporate Entities7. Moral Character and Moral ReasoningIII8. Management Education: Seeing the Round Earth Squarely9. Liberal Arts and Professional Education: A Response to Clarence C. Walton10. Liberal Education for Competence and ResponsibilityIV11. Casuistry and the Case for Business Ethics12. Some Lessons and Nonlessons of Casuist History13. Business Ethics and Modes of Ethical Reasoning14. EpilogueIndex

SynopsisThis is the second lecture book in the Ruffin Series in Business Ethics which derives from an annual conference on the general topic of whether ethical theory should play a prominent role in business ethics. This is an outstanding collection of articles that raises various questions on the content and purpose of business education in general and business ethics in particular., This latest volume in the acclaimed Ruffin Series in Business Ethics brings together the contributions to the annual Ruffin Lecture series, in which some of the leading scholars in business ethics addressed the question: Can business, and business education, be considered one of the humanities, or is it in a class by itself? At a time when business is coming under attack for its apparent transgressions, this book iluminates the special values that inhere in the business world. Arguing all sides of the issue, the distinguished contributors include Richard DeGeorge, Ronald Green, Thomas Dunfee, Robert Solomon, Edwin Hartman, Peter French, Patricia Werhane, Clarence Walton, W. Michael Hoffman, David Fedo, Kenneth Andrews, Joanne Ciulla, Manuel Velasquez, and George Brenkert. The editors contribute an informative Introduction and an Epilogue to set the debate in its proper context., This latest volume in the acclaimed Ruffin Series in Business Ethics brings together the contributions to the annual Ruffin Lecture series, in which some of the leading scholars in business ethics addressed the question: Can business, and business education, be considered one of the humanities, or is it in a class by itself? At a time when business is coming under attack for its apparent transgressions, this book illuminates the special values that inhere in the business world. Arguing all sides of the issue, the distinguished contributors include Richard DeGeorge, Ronald Green, Thomas Dunfee, Robert Solomon, Edwin Hartman, Peter French, Patricia Werhane, Clarence Walton, W. Michael Hoffman, David Fedo, Kenneth Andrews, Joanne Ciulla, Manuel Velasquez, and George Brenkert. The editors contribute an informative Introduction and an Epilogue to set the debate in its proper context.

LC Classification NumberHF5387.B864 1994