• Foreword
• Introduction
• Contents
• About the Author
• Chapter 1: Basic of Ethics
  • 1.1 Basic Terms
  • 1.2 What Is Business Ethics?
  • 1.3 Objective of Business Ethics
  • Literature
• Chapter 2: Ethical Valuation Approaches
  • 2.1 Classical Ethics
    • 2.1.1 Ethics of Conviction
    • 2.1.2 Kant’s Rules for Ethical Reasoning
      • 2.1.2.1 The Practical Imperative
      • 2.1.2.2 The Categorical Imperative
      • 2.1.2.3 Publicity Rule
    • 2.1.3 Ethics of Duties (Deontological Ethics)
    • 2.1.4 Ethics of Responsibility or Ultimate End (Teleological Ethics)
    • 2.1.5 The Utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham
    • 2.1.6 Millian Utilitarianism
    • 2.1.7 Individual Ethics or Discourse Ethics?
  • 2.2 Modern Ethics
    • 2.2.1 Moral Economics: Morality Must Be Worthwhile
    • 2.2.2 Specific Ethical Assessment Principles
      • 2.2.2.1 Human Rights
      • 2.2.2.2 Environmental Protection as Sustainability
      • 2.2.2.3 Animal Protection
    • 2.2.3 Justice as an Assessment and Behavioral Approach
  • 2.3 Conclusion on Ethical Evaluation Procedures
  • 2.4 Application Examples
  • 2.5 Summary
  • Literature
• Chapter 3: The Image of Humans
  • 3.1 The Classical View of Man: Homo Economicus
  • 3.2 Falsely Understood Egoism
  • 3.3 Individualism Versus Collectivism
    • 3.3.1 Rolegame Individualism Versus Collectivism
  • 3.4 Fairness As Motivation
  • 3.5 Human Intelligence
  • 3.6 The Cultural Impact
  • 3.7 Conclusion and Summary
  • Literature
• Chapter 4: Ethical Problems of the Economy: Enron, Subprime & Co. – From Crisis to Crisis
  • 4.1 Enron, Worldcom and Co.
    • 4.1.1 The Consequences of Enron, Worldcom & Co.
  • 4.2 The Subprime Crisis, the Biggest Financial Crisis After 1929
  • 4.3 Some Causes of the Financial Crisis
    • 4.3.1 Technical Mistakes
    • 4.3.2 Exaggerated Belief in Figures
    • 4.3.3 Missing Moral Values
  • 4.4 Summary
  • Literature
• Chapter 5: Market and Morality
  • 5.1 Economy and Freedom – A Historical Overview
  • 5.2 A Free-Market Without Social Rules?
  • 5.3 The Russian Transformation to an Unethical Market Economy
  • 5.4 How Does the Market Economy System Work?
    • 5.4.1 The Picture of the Perfect Market in the Welfare Economy
    • 5.4.2 Functions of Competition
    • 5.4.3 Moral Goals and Market Economy
    • 5.4.4 Social Market Economy
  • 5.5 Market Failure
    • 5.5.1 Market Failure Due to Non-exclusion
    • 5.5.2 Market Failures Due to Asymmetrical Information
    • 5.5.3 Market Failure Due to Transaction Costs
    • 5.5.4 Market Failure Due to External Effects
    • 5.5.5 Market Failure Due to Corruption
  • 5.6 Morality Within the Economic Division of Labor
  • 5.7 The Company in the Market System
    • 5.7.1 The Company’s Objective of Maximizing Profits
    • 5.7.2 Weaknesses in Controlling
    • 5.7.3 Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Literature
• Chapter 6: Institutional Ethics: The State Regulatory Framework
  • 6.1 The Ethical Prisoner Dilemma
  • 6.2 Ethical Institutions and Organizations
  • 6.3 Is the State of Law Sufficient?
  • 6.4 International Business Ethics
    • 6.4.1 Non-Governmental Organizations or Civil Society Groups
    • 6.4.2 International Quality Seals
    • 6.4.3 Incentives to Overcome the International Prisoner’s Dilemma
    • 6.4.4 International Ethical Codes
  • Literature
• Chapter 7: Tools of Ethics for Management
  • 7.1 Institutional Ethics on Company Level
    • 7.1.1 Corporate Principles and Vision
    • 7.1.2 Operative and Strategic Targets
      • 7.1.2.1 Company Targets and Strategies
      • 7.1.2.2 Division Targets and Strategies
      • 7.1.2.3 Department Strategies
    • 7.1.3 Code of Conduct
    • 7.1.4 Ethical Control Systems
      • 7.1.4.1 Compliance Programs
      • 7.1.4.2 Integrity Programs
    • 7.1.5 The Ethical Aspects of the Shareholder Value Concept
    • 7.1.6 Ethical Stakeholder Approach
  • 7.2 Organizational Ethics
    • 7.2.1 Organizational Structure
      • 7.2.1.1 Division of Labor and Specialization
      • 7.2.1.2 Separation of Decisions and Execution in Vertical Organization (Hierarchy)
      • 7.2.1.3 Command and Obedience (Strict Line of Command)
      • 7.2.1.4 The Information Problem
    • 7.2.2 Ombudspersons
    • 7.2.3 Ethics Officers
    • 7.2.4 Ethics Commission
    • 7.2.5 Whistleblowing
  • 7.3 Leadership Ethics
    • 7.3.1 Case Study of Enron
    • 7.3.2 Weaknesses of Corporate Governance
      • 7.3.2.1 From Entrepreneur to Manager
      • 7.3.2.2 The Principal-Agent Problem
    • 7.3.3 Incentives, Risk and Compensation Schemes
      • 7.3.3.1 Experimental Evidence on the Importance of Risk Adequate Compensation
      • 7.3.3.2 Stock Options and Bonuses as Unethical Incentives for Company Management
      • 7.3.3.3 Fair Compensation
      • 7.3.3.4 Lack of Controls on Company Management
    • 7.3.4 Ethical Corporate Culture
      • 7.3.4.1 Case Study: VW Diesel Scandal
      • 7.3.4.2 What Is a Company Culture?
      • 7.3.4.3 How Does the Corporate Culture Influence the Employees?
      • 7.3.4.4 Measurement of Company Culture
      • 7.3.4.5 Cultural Management, or How I Change Corporate Culture
      • 7.3.4.6 Ethical Corporate Identity
    • 7.3.5 Ethical Leadership
      • 7.3.5.1 The Relationship between Management and Employees
      • 7.3.5.2 Leadership Styles
      • 7.3.5.3 Leadership Theories
      • 7.3.5.4 Leadership Authority
    • 7.3.6 The Ethical Model of Company Management
      • 7.3.6.1 Virtue or Individual Ethics: What Should Be the Characteristics of an Optimal Management?
      • 7.3.6.2 How Can We Motivate Employees to Adopt Ethical Behavior?
      • 7.3.6.3 The Management Approach of Qualitative Leadership
  • 7.4 Summary
    • 7.4.1 Ethical Staff Selection
      • 7.4.1.1 The Selection Process
      • 7.4.1.2 Selection of Ethical Employees in Practice
      • 7.4.1.3 Reasons for the Ethics Deficit in the Personnel Selection
    • 7.4.2 Ethical Personnel Development
      • 7.4.2.1 The Step Model of the Moral Judgment from Kohlberg
      • 7.4.2.2 The Moral competence of the Employees in Line with Staffelbach
      • 7.4.2.3 Levels of Ethical Awareness and Wieland Management
      • 7.4.2.4 Ethics Seminars
      • 7.4.2.5 Corporate Volunteering
      • 7.4.2.6 Training-Near-The-Job
  • Literature
• Chapter 8: Ethics in Business Education
  • 8.1 Cultural Factors in Economics
  • 8.2 Economics as a Natural Science?
  • 8.3 Ethics in Business Administration
  • Literature
• Index

...see more