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The Global Citizenship MBA orientation Program: Action learning at the University of Michigan Business School
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-01)
The University of Michigan Business School's Global Citizenship Program is a two day action learning model conducted during orientation week. During these two days, teams of students, faculty and staff, along with corporate ...
A Review of Donaldson and Dunfee's Ties That Bind: A Social Contracts Approach to Business Ethics
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-12)
This article reviews Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee's new book Ties That Bind. The article argues that the book is a helpful elaboration of Donaldson and Dunfee's Integrative Social Contracts Approach, particularly ...
Business ethics, ideology, and the naturalistic fallacy
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1985-08)
This paper addresses the relationship between theoretical and applied ethics. It directs philosophical attention toward the concept of ‘ideology’, conceived as a bridge between high-level principles and decision-making ...
The institutionalization of unethical behavior
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1987-08)
There is a possibility that the ethical problems that have recently surfaced at General Electric, E. F. Hutton and General Dynamics are not simple anomalies, but the direct result of corporate pressures on individual ...
Ethics and Equity: Enforcing Ethical Standards in Commercial Relationships
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-01)
Lawyers and the legal system have been much criticized in recent years. Despite popular perceptions, the legal system contains numerous mechanisms and rules designed to ensure fair results. This paper shows how the legal ...
How Relationality Shapes Business and Its Ethics
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-09)
Just as Michael Porter's “five forces” provided a practical analytical tool for describing the forces that shape competitive strategy, so business ethicists ought to provide business leaders with a workable framework for ...
The Intersection of Law and Ethics – at 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA: Is it Ethical to Assert a Legal Technicality to Avoid Liability for a Debt Created by Fraud?
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-01)
A considerable literature exists regard-ing the moral obligation to keep one's promises. Several authors have focused on the exceptional circumstances which may or should excuse this moral duty. Less frequently discussed ...
The Amplifying and Buffering Effects of Virtuousness in Downsized Organizations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2006-03)
Virtuousness refers to the pursuit of the highest aspirations in the human condition. It is characterized by human impact, moral goodness, and unconditional societal betterment. Several writers have recently argued that ...
Ethics vs. economics: The issue of free trade with Mexico
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-04)
The authors, one an ethicist and the other an economist, look at the issue of free trade with Mexico and other low wage rate countries from the viewpoints of their disciplines. The conclusion of the paper is that these ...
Nigerian Business Practices and Their Interface with Virtue Ethics
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-07)