On the (Im)Possibility of Business Ethics : Critical Complexity, Deconstruction, and Implications for Understanding the Ethics of Business. 1st ed. 2013

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by Minka Woermann

出版情報:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013

著者名:

• Woermann, Minka.
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シリーズ名:

Issues in Business Ethics ; 37

ISBN:

9789400751316 [9400751311]    

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Preface -- Part I   Theoretical foundation -- 1. Towards a postmodern understanding of business ethics.- 2. The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics -- 3. Introducing a deconstructive ethics.-  4. ‘Virtues’ for a complex world -- Part II  Practical application 5. Reconsidering the meaning of corporate social responsibility -- 6. Towards a theory and model of corporate social responsibility and implications for management and leadership practices.-7. Implications for teaching business ethics -- Index.
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 living in the absence of prescriptive ethical frameworks. Although a central premise of this study is that substantive ethical claims can only be generated within a given context, the study nevertheless presents readers with a meta-position that illustrates the type of considerations that should inform ethical reflection from a complexity perspective. In order to illustrate the value that this meta-position holds for busi

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