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Management Ethics

An Intercultural Perspective

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. William A. Evans

    1. American College in Paris, France

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Part of the book series: Dimensions of International Business (DOIB, volume 1)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Problem of Social Responsibility

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 1-33

  3. Symbiosis and Conflict: Political and Ethical Contrasts

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 34-56

  4. Philosophical Antecedents to Modern Thought

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 57-86

  5. Ethical Management: Problems in Decision Making

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 87-146

  6. Power, Authority, and Accountability

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 147-163

  7. A Guide to Management Ethics

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 164-186

  8. Individual Behavior in Business

    • William A. Evans
    Pages 187-215

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 217-224
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About this book

Society is a nexus of individual perceptions. The world is as we each see it, no more and no less. To hope that we shall all agree on what is good or bad is to hope in vain. This is not solipsism transferred to moral philosophy; it is realism born of observation. This book tries to remind its readers that you can be responsible only if you understand the basis of your responsibility; that you can exercise responsibility only if you have the power to do so; that you cannot lay down a conceptual framework of behavior in business if you have no framework of life; that every facet of your conduct as a manager and employee involves a delicate balance between rebellion and absolute conformity. Indeed, it may be that the hardest lesson is that of learning that compliance and silence and obedience are frequently more desirable than protest when all stands to be lost. To gamble on a poor card hand is the act of either an excessively foolish or a supremely clever man; since the proper judgment of risk is an uncommon facility, poor hands are normally lost. There is no such thing as a corporate attitude, just as there is no such thing as the will of the people.

Authors and Affiliations

  • American College in Paris, France

    William A. Evans

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: An Intercultural Perspective

  • Authors: William A. Evans

  • Series Title: Dimensions of International Business

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7411-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7413-8Published: 03 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7411-4Published: 08 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 256

  • Topics: Ethics

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