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Conscience and Corporate Culture

ISBN: 978-1-405-13040-0

August 2006

Wiley-Blackwell

336 pages

Description

Conscience and Corporate Culture advances the constructive dialogue on a moral conscience for corporations. Written for educators in the field of business ethics and practicing corporate executives, the book serves as a platform on a subject profoundly difficult and timely.

  • Written from the unique vantage point of an author who is a philosopher, professor of business administration, and a corporate consultant
  • A vital resource for both educators in the field of business ethics and practicing corporate executives
  • Forwards the constructive dialogue on a moral conscience for corporations
  • Offers a philosophical and practical approach to considering business ethics
About the Author

Kenneth E. Goodpaster is Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics at the University of St. Thomas.His research has spanned a wide range of topics, from conceptual studies of ethical reasoning to empirical studies of the social implications of management decision making. He is author of Perspectives on Morality (1976), Ethics and Problems of the 21st Century(1979), and the casebook Business Ethics: Policies and Persons (4th edn., 2006).

Features

  • Identifies the common patterns among monumental corporate scandals such as Enron's collapse and the tragedy of NASA's Columbia
  • Argues for the development of a moral conscience for corporations
  • Reports on more than three decades of professional evolution
  • Serves as a platform for communication between doers and thinkers on a subject that is profoundly difficult and important
  • Written from the unique vantage point of an author who is a philosopher, professor of business administration, and a corporate consultant