ETHICS
AND MORALS IN BUSINESS, 2nd
edition
ETHICS
AND MORALS IN BUSINESS, 2nd
edition
by Samuel M. Natale
Summary: This book beautifully integrates moral philosophy, ethical principles, psychological maturity, and business practice. It is built on the foundational principle that morality, ethics, and psychological maturity are deeply intertwined with success or failure in business. Thus this book does not view ethics, morals, and psychological maturity as somehow external to business practice, but rather as a necessary dimension of all business endeavor. Consequently success in business in the long run rises and falls depending on the degree to which it is moral and ethical
Spirit of the Book: By intrinsically linking morals, ethics, and sound psychology with business practice, this book enables the business person to become simultaneously fulfilled as a person and to become successful in business. It highlights the deep linkages between psychological maturity, ethical principles, and success in business.
What this Book Gives You: This book gives you a moral vision and also a great number of ethical guidelines which will not only make you more ethical as a business person but which also will make your business activities more successful. By doing what is moral and right, the business person will also be doing what is good for business. It also gives basic tenets of psychological maturity and organically links these to success in business.
Distinctiveness: Why this Book is Special: Unlike most business ethics books, this is an exciting volume and one which touches the heart of any person in business. Its power, depth, and appeal flow from the fact that unlike most business ethics books, it beautifully integrates moral philosophy, psychology, and sound business principles into an ethical vision and set of morally-based guidelines by which present and future business persons can successfully operate.
Major Features: Major features of this fine book include (1) showing how business persons who are moral and ethical are also psychologically mature; (2) integrating morals and ethics into a framework of positive psychological maturity which helps the person become genuinely successful in business.; (3) showing how pressing problems which business persons face can often be solved by tapping into their moral and ethical roots, as for example recognizing that moral failure might be the real cause of burnout; (4) showing how and why a values hierarchy is the ultimate basis of corporate organization and corporate success.
Chapters
1. The
Moral Education of Business
2. Conceptual Foundations of the All Business
Enterprise
3. Competition and Cooperation; An Ethical/Psychological
Perspective
4. Profit: Economic and Humane
5. Success and
Achievement
6. Burnout and Stress
7. A Values Hierarchy
8. Education in
a Free Enterprise Society
9. How Business Can Truly Motivate people to
Change
10. A Successful Approach to Ethical Education in Business
11.
Counseling Workers in Business
12. Application of a Value-Based Moral
Education in a Corporate Setting
Praise for this Book: Praise for this very different kind of business book has come from many different sources. One example will suffice.
A review in the JOURNAL OF ETHICAL STUDIES states that this book "provides a sound foundation for examining and establishing ethically critical education in the business world. The particular value of this book is that it provides an application of the ethical process to conventional business realities and expectancies. The book shows sensitivity and awareness of both the corporate value hierarchy as well as the need to blend it with an individual's values. This volume is an excellent starting point for business persons who find themselves concerned with ethical issues."
Price and
Such:
209 pages List
Price: $21.95 ISBN 0-89135-063-2