Organizational Ethics and the Good Life. the Ruffin Series in Business Ethics |
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| Author:
| Hartman, Edwin M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-45174-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $74.25 |
Book Description:
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This text argues that ethical principles should not derive from abstract theory, but from the real world of experience in organizations. It shows how ethical principles derive from what workers learn in their communities (firms) and that an ethical firm is one that creates a good life for the workers who contribute to its mission. Its approach is based on the Aristotelian tradition of refined common sense, from recent work on collective action problems in organizations and from social...
More DescriptionThis text argues that ethical principles should not derive from abstract theory, but from the real world of experience in organizations. It shows how ethical principles derive from what workers learn in their communities (firms) and that an ethical firm is one that creates a good life for the workers who contribute to its mission. Its approach is based on the Aristotelian tradition of refined common sense, from recent work on collective action problems in organizations and from social contract theory.