The Balanced Company A Corporate Integrity Theory

by Kaptein, Muel; Wempe, Johan

• ISBN13: 9780199255504
• ISBN10: 0199255504
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This title includes the following features: Cohesive overview of the mostimportant theories and insights in the field of business ethics; Unique ethicaltheories tailored to organizations; Substantiated development of ethical normsand values with which organizations must comply

Author Biography

Dr Muel Kaptein and Dr Johan Wempe have been active as consultants in the field of corporate ethics, integrity, social responsibility, and compliance since the early 1990s. They assist profit and non-profit organizations in developing and implementing business codes by providing training sessions, conducting integrity audits, and setting up compliance processes. Muel and Johan co-founded KPMG Ethics and Integrity Consulting in 1995. Johan is co-developer of the ethics game 'Cards on the Table'. Muel has also developed 'The Integrity Thermometer', which has since been used to review a large number of organizations. They have facilitated the development of business codes for many companies. In addition, they also assisted Shell in developing its very first sustainability report in 1998 and have acted as verifiers of subsequent reports.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	ix
About the Authors	x
Invitation to Dialogue	1	(16)
Part I. Business Ethics
Why Business Ethics?	17	(37)
General Theories of Ethics	54	(55)
Part II. Ethics of Business
The Corporation as Moral Entity	109	(50)
The Corporate Condition	159	(37)
The Corporation as Social Contract	196	(31)
Part III. Ethics in Business
Ethical Criteria for Corporations	227	(36)
Co-authored
P. Heugens
H. van Oosterhout
Incorporating Corporate Ethics	263	(36)
Appendix	299	(12)
Notes	311	(24)
Subject Index	335	(8)
Name Index	343