Synopses & Reviews
The transformation process from the planned to the market economy in the East Central European countries is a laboratory of applying economic theory and business ethics to an enormous historical transition in the economic and political system. Authors from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia analyse the economic, philosophical and political problems of the transition process. They discuss the economic and legal questions of the privatization of socialized property, examine critically whether pure Liberalism has been and is able to cope with the transition problems, and investigate the role and impact of business ethics in the transition process. This volume contributes to the theory of the role of business ethics in periods of institutional change.
Synopsis
The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference, "Busi- ness Ethics in East Central Europe," held at Marienrode near Hannover, Ger- many, on March 31st and April 1st, 1996. The conference was organized by the Centrum fOr Ethische 6konomie und Wirtschaftskultur des Forschungsinstituts fOr Philosophie Hannover, Hanno- ver, Germany, with the support of EAST I WEST I PHTI. . OSOPHY. A PRO- JECT OF THE FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FOR PHILOSOPHIE HANNO- VER. The editor wishes to thank Anna Maria Hauk M. A., Dr. Victoria A. Po- gosian, and Norbert F. Tofall M. B. A. for their assistance in preparing the manuscript. Hannover, June 1997 P. K. Contents A Note from the Editor of the Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - VII Part One Economic Problems of the Transition Process in East Central Europe Chapter 1 Czech Privatization - Penalties for the Speed. A Criticism of Radical Liberalism LUBOMIR MLCOCH . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . ---. . . . -. . . -. -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . 3 Chapter 2 Rejection of Holistic Social Engineering. Ethics and Transition JIRI KABELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --. . . . -. -. . ----. . . . . -. . --. 20 Chapter 3 Economic Ethics and Social Market Economy BEATAFARKAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --. . . -. . . . . . ---. . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . - 42 CONTENTS Part Two Philosophical and Political Problems of the Transition Process Chapter 4 Life After Liberalism ADAM J. CHMIELEWSKI . . . . . . ---. . . . -. . . . . . . . -. . . . -. . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . ----. -. . . . . -. ---- 63 Chapter 5 On the Relevance of Subsidiarity in Hungary TmOR CZEH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---. . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents
Economic Problems of the Transition Process in East Central Europe: Czech Privatization. Penalties for the Speed. A Criticism of Radical Liberalism; Rejection of Holistic Social Engineering. Ethics and Transition; Economic Ethics and Social Market Economy.- Philosophical and Political Problmes of the Transition Process: Life After Liberalism; On the Relevance of Subsidiarity in Hungary.- The Ethics of Business in East Central Europe: Business Ethics in Management Science; In Search of Integrity in the Company; Ethics in Business in Slovakia. A Sociological Survey; Ethics in the Public Sector. Complaints on Privat Insurance Companies; On the Difference Between Moral and Economic Discourses.