The Individual in Business Ethics: An American Cultural Perspective

INTRODUCTION PART I :THE EVOLVEMENT OF BUSINESS ETHICS History of Business Ethics Cultural and Political Reasons for the Evolvement of Business Ethics History of Ideas of Protestantism and Business Ethics The Breakaway of Business Ethics from Classical Ethics Aristotle's Virtue Ethics and Business Ethics Deontological Ethics and Business Ethics Utilitarian Ethics and Business Ethics Utilitarian Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility Utilitarian Perspective of Human Resource Management and Stakeholder Theory Institutionalization of a Code of Ethics and the Politics of the Protestant Work Ethic PART II: THE INDIVIDUAL'S MORAL VALUE IN BUSINESS ETHICS Life Politics and Ideology Life Politics from Anthony Giddens' Perspective Ideology from Louis Dumont's Perspective Corporate Life Politics and Ideology: Corporate Life Politics and Ideology: a Case Study of Shell Group An Ideological Application of Aristotle's Virtue Ethics and Kant's Ethics to Corporate Life An Ideological Application of Aristotle's Virtue Ethics to Corporate Life An Ideological Application of Kant's Ethics to Corporate Life An Ideological Institutionalization of Protestant Work Ethic and the Individual's Moral Value from a Sociological/Cultural Perspective Anti-institutional Ethics of the Flower Children Protestant American Mind-set and Moral Justification of Business Purpose: The Perspectives of Richard T. De George and Ronald F. Duska The Connection between Consumption and Corporate Life Politics and Ideology Global Business Citizenship as Life Politics and Ideology Whistle Blowing as the Foundation of a Distinct Out-corporate Individual's Moral Value from the Perspective of Political Philosophy