
A clear and concise roadmap for ethical business behavior using commonsense moral principlesBusiness Ethics for Better Behavior concisely answers the three most pressing ethical questions business professionals face: What makes business practices right or wrong?; Why do normal, decent businesspeople of good will sometimes do the wrong thing?; and How can we use the answer to these questions to get ourselves, our coworkers, our bosses, and our employees to behave better?Bad behavior in business rarely results from bad will. Most people mean well much of the time. But most of us are vulnerable. We all fall into moral traps, usually without even noticing.Business Ethics for Better Behavior teaches business professionals, students, and other readers how to become aware of those traps, how to avoid them, and how to dig their way out if they fall in. It integrates the best work in psychology, economics, management theory, and normative philosophy into a simple action plan for ensuring the best ethical performance at all levels of business practice. This is a book anyone in business, from an entry-level employee to CEO, can use.
This book investigates how business professionals can identify and overcome the psychological and structural traps that lead to unethical behavior in the workplace. The authors, a team of scholars specializing in philosophy, economics, and management, argue that unethical conduct is rarely the result of malice but rather a failure to recognize common moral pitfalls. They present a framework that integrates behavioral psychology and normative ethics to provide a practical guide for improving decision-making at all levels of an organization.
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Experts highlight this text as a highly accessible synthesis of academic research for practitioners and students alike. Readers frequently note the clarity of the prose and the authors' ability to translate complex philosophical concepts into actionable workplace strategies.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
2021-07-20
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190076569
ISBN-13:
9780190076566
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