Synopses & Reviews
Helps identify the practical issues of recognizing and responding to ethical dilemmas and discovering the link between good ethics and good business.
Book News Annotation:
Eight papers originally from the Harvard Business Review offer
advice to business managers on ethical management principles and
practices. The essays were published between 1981 and 2001, and
discuss topics ranging from individual ethical choices to building an
ethical organizational culture. The articles are also available as
individual reprints.
Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
This work offers suggestions for creating ethical, high-integrity organizations. It shows how to identify the theoretical and practical issues of recognizing and responding to ethical dilemmas. It also teaches the link between good ethics and good business.
Table of Contents
- We don't need another hero /Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. --Ethics without the sermon /Laura L. Nash
- Why 'good' managers make bad ethical choices /Saul W. Gellerman
- Ethics in practice /Kenneth R. Andrews
- Managing for organizational integrity /Lynn Sharp Paine
- Values in tension: ethics away from home /Thomas Donaldson
- Thediscipline of building character /Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. --Theparable of the Sadhu /Bowen H. McCoy.