Ethics and Economic Affairs Contributor(s): Lewis, Alan (Editor), Wärneryd, Karl-Erik (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415093961 ISBN-13: 9780415093965 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: The longstanding interest in business ethics has been given renewed emphasis by high profile scandals in the world of business and finance. At the same time, many economists--dissatisfied with the discipline's emphasis on self-interest and individualism and by the asocial nature of much economic theory--have sought to englarge the scope of economics by looking at ethical questions. br br In b /b b i Ethics and Economic Affairs /i /b a group of interdisciplinary scholars provide contributions on international interest in this aspect of socio-economics and economic-psychology. The book is divided into four parts. The first looks at Business Ethics and Management. Part Two enlivens the debate with empirical data. The third part examines the implications for economic theory and asks if the integration of ethics in the economy is possible or if they are fundamentally different systems. Part Four introduces perspectives from other disciplines, sets economics within its wider context and looks to the future. The editors have brought together a group of contributors from nine different countries and a broad range of disciplines, including: Norman E. Bowie, Monroe Burk, Amitai Etzioni, Richard H. Guerette, Ralph E. Miner, Lynne M. Rosansky, N. Craig Smith, Roberts Stallaerts, Philip Stone and John Tomer. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
Dewey: 174.4 |
LCCN: 93045693 |
Lexile Measure: 1420 |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.66 lbs) 416 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: There has been a remarkable growth of interest in the ethical dimension of economic affairs. Whilst the interest in business ethics has been long-standing, it has been given renewed emphasis by high profile scandals in the world of business and finance. At the same time many economists, dissatisfied with the discipline's emphasis on self-interest and individualism, and by the asocial nature of much economic theory, have sought to enlarge the scope of economics by looking at ethical questions. In this volume a group of interdisciplinary scholars provide contributions which include evaluations of work in business ethics, empirical studies of such issues as social and ethical investing, the place of ethics in the new economics and perspectives from other disciplines. |