Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics The Callista Wicklander Lectures, DePaul University 1991-2005

by Krasemann, Keith W.; Werhane, Patricia H.; Camenisch, Paul F.; McCann, Dennis P.; V. Ryan, Brother Leo; Shaman, Jeffrey M.; Alpern, Kenneth D.; Koehn, Ms Daryl; Hartman, Laura P.; Furman, Frida Kerner; Resnicoff, Steven H.; Skelley, Michael F.; Steeves, H

• ISBN13: 9780761834366
• ISBN10: 0761834362
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-10
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This collected volume of essays, the work of scholars from DePaul University who have served as the Wicklander Chair in Business Ethics, focuses on a wide range of issues including the role of self-interest in commerce, moral character, evil and complacency, privacy, spirituality in the work place, and globalization challenges.

Table of Contents

Forward and Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introductory Essay: Promoting Business and Professional Ethics to New Generations of Civic and Business Leaders	1	(204)
Keith W. Krasemann
1 Teaching Professional Ethics: Where, Why and How?	15	(14)
Paul F. Camenisch
2 Can Business Ethics Be Taught?	29	(8)
Dennis P. McCann
3 Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy	37	(8)
Brother Leo V. Ryan
4 The Impartial Judge: Detachment or Passion?	45	(32)
Jeffrey M. Shaman
5 How to Read a Contract: From Self—Interest to Fairness and Decency	77	(38)
Kenneth D. Alpern
6 What is Evil?	115	(22)
Ms. Daryl Koehn
7 Technology and Ethics: Privacy in the Workplace	137	(24)
Laura P. Hartman
8 The Ethics of Everyday Life: Social Class and Moral Character in Women's Narratives	161	(22)
Frida Kerner Furman
9 Lying and Lawyering: An Honest Perspective	183	(22)
Steven H. Resnicoff
10 Spirituality in the Workplace: Individual and Organizational Transformation	205	(22)
Michael F. Skelley
11 Why Do Good People Do Bad Things? The Challenge of Business Ethics And Corporate Leadership	227	(22)
Patricia H. Werhane
12 "It's Business; We're Soldiers" The Sopranos, Liberal Business Ethics, and this American Thing of Ours	249	(14)
H. Peter Steeves
13 Tissue Banking: Disclosure, Informed Consent, and the Rule of Law	263	(18)
Michele Goodwin
About the Contributors	281