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100 1 _aWoermann, Minka.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOn the (Im)Possibility of Business Ethics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bCritical Complexity, Deconstruction, and Implications for Understanding the Ethics of Business /
_cby Minka Woermann.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXVII, 175 p. 4 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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490 1 _aIssues in Business Ethics,
_x0925-6733 ;
_v37
505 0 _aPreface -- Part I   Theoretical foundation -- 1. Towards a postmodern understanding of business ethics.- 2. The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics -- 3. Introducing a deconstructive ethics.-  4. ‘Virtues’ for a complex world -- Part II  Practical application 5. Reconsidering the meaning of corporate social responsibility -- 6. Towards a theory and model of corporate social responsibility and implications for management and leadership practices.-7. Implications for teaching business ethics -- Index.
520 _aCorporations, and the environments in which they operate, are complex, with changing multiple dimensions, and an inherent capacity to evolve qualitatively. A central premise of this study is that a postmodern reading of ethics represents an expression of, and an engagement with, the ethical complexities that define the business landscape. In particular, the deconstructive philosophy of Jacques Derrida offers a non-trivial reading of a complex notion of ethics, and thereby helps us to develop the skills necessary to critique and intervene in our practices, and to develop robust strategies for living in the absence of prescriptive ethical frameworks. Although a central premise of this study is that substantive ethical claims can only be generated within a given context, the study nevertheless presents readers with a meta-position that illustrates the type of considerations that should inform ethical reflection from a complexity perspective. In order to illustrate the value that this meta-position holds for business ethics, these considerations are explored in terms of the implications that they hold for our understanding of corporate social responsibility, for the practice of responsible management and leadership practices, and for teaching business ethics.
650 0 _aPhilosophy (General).
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aEducation
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aIndustrial management.
650 1 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aEthics.
650 2 4 _aManagement/Business for Professionals.
650 2 4 _aComplex Networks.
650 2 4 _aBusiness Strategy/Leadership.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aEducational Philosophy.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aIssues in Business Ethics,
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_v37
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5131-6
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