Corporate Governance and Business Ethics (2011) (Ethical Economy #39)
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- Synopsis
- This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective. Corporate governance has enjoyed a long tradition in the English-speaking world of management sciences. Following its traditional understanding it is defined as leadership and control of a firm with the aim of securing the long-term survival and viability of that firm. But recent business scandals and financial crises continue to provide ample cause for concern and have all fuelled interest in the ethical aspects. As a result, corporate governance has been criticized by many social groups. Economic sciences have failed to provide a clear definition of the corporate governance concept. Complexity increases if we embed the economic approach of corporate governance in a philosophical context. This book seeks to define the concept by examining its economic, philosophical and business ethics foundations.
- Copyright:
- 2011
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9789400715882
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789400715875
- Publisher:
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Addition:
- 08/26/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Alexander Brink
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