EAN: 9783030216092

BUSINESS ETHICS - A PHILOSOPHICAL AND BEHAVIORA...

This textbook examines the extent to which moral values play a role as productive forces for
the economy  and explores the effect of ethical and unethical Behavior on the economy. It shows
how ethics improves productivity in the economy  and provides specific ethics tools for
practical application for students and managers. Stemming from an overall interdisciplinary
approach  and combining recent research results from sciences such as economics  business
administration  Behavioral economics  philosophy  psychology and sociology  this textbook fills
a gap in the literature on ethics in business. The book begins with the foundations of business
ethics by defining business ethics  delineating its objectives  and discussing the importance
of business ethics for business  the economy and society. Next  it presents the ethical
evaluation approaches to enable the reader to evaluate economic Behavior ethically. It then
explores 'man in business'  and deals with such issues as Behavior  motivation  ethical
orientation  and the presence or absence of a sense of justice. Following this is a discussion
of the rules of the market and of questions such as: Does the market economy promote ethical
Behavior or is there a conflict of goals between ethics and market economy? Do companies have a
social responsibility? The book concludes with an analysis of the importance of ethics for
productivity in the enterprise and in the economy  and presents ethics tools as the instruments
with which management can promote ethical Behavior of their employees. Following a textbook
structure  the book first derives knowledge from scientific studies that is relevant for
students  and then summarizes the results. It explains ethical assessment approaches  and then
gives an ethical assessment of economic Behavior using case studies. It uses roleplaying and
games to explain the Behavior of people in relation to ethics.

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