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Activist Business Ethics

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Authors:
  1. Jacques Cory
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  • Subject and original approach are very relevant to modern economy

  • Issues in the book were almost never treated before; therefore, it has a unique and pioneer value

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-6
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  3. Activist Ethics in Business

    Pages 7-21
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  4. Ethical and Democratic Evolution

    Pages 23-34
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  5. Activist Business Ethics in Christianity

    Pages 35-42
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  6. Activist Business Ethics in Judaism

    Pages 43-55
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  7. Activist Business Ethics in Other Religions

    Pages 57-62
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  8. Activist Business Ethics in Philosophy

    Pages 63-71
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  9. Psychological and Psychoanalytical Aspects

    Pages 73-84
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  10. International Aspects

    Pages 85-90
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  11. The Personification of Stakeholders

    Pages 91-98
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  12. The Predominance of Values and Ethics for CEOs

    Pages 99-109
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  13. The Methodological Approach of the Book

    Pages 111-117
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  14. The Inefficient Existing Safeguards of the Stakeholders’ Interests

    Pages 119-134
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  15. Internet, Transparency, Activist Associations and Ethical Funds

    Pages 135-158
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  16. Future Activist Vehicles - The Supervision Board

    Pages 159-163
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  17. Future Activist Vehicles - The Institute of Ethics

    Pages 165-169
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  18. Conclusion

    Pages 171-173
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  19. Back Matter

    Pages 175-200
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“The truth can wait, for it lives a long life” (Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 1788-1860) The philosopher Schopenhauer believed in the eventual triumph of truth, despite the disappointments engendered by his indifferent contemporaries. Two centuries later, we live in a time of accelerated changes, and we do not have the long life to wait for the truth. Activist business ethics, business ethics with a more activist militant approach, is needed in order to remedy the wrongdoing committed to the stakeholders and minority shareholders. This will be achieved by cooperation between ethical businessmen and businesswomen, activist academics and associations of stakeholders and minority shareholders. We should treat others as we would want them to treat us, not through interest, but by conviction. Yet this principle is not the guideline of many companies in the modern business world, although most of religions and philosophers have preconized it in the last 3,000 years. How could we convince or compel modern business to apply this principle and is it essential to the success of economy? In order to answer these questions this book examines the evolution of activist business ethics in business, democracies, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and other religions, as well as in philosophy, psychology and psychoanalysis. The book examines international aspects, the personification of stakeholders, the predominance of values and ethics for CEOs and the inefficient safeguards of the stakeholders’ interests.

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