The Ethical Organisation

Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, Case Studies, Examples, Appendixes and Scenarios -- Acknowledgement -- PART I Ethics and Organisations -- Introduction -- 1 The Ethical Organisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Organisations are not agents -- 1.3 Limited liability -- 1.4 Society, markets and law -- 1.5 Characteristics of ethical organisations -- 1.6 Theories of corporate moral excellence -- 1.7 Ethics and stakeholder theory -- 1.8 Ethics and corporate governance -- 1.9 A holistic paradigm -- 1.10 The ethical organisation -- 1.11 Dimensions of ethicality -- PART II Case Studies -- 2 The Use of Cases in the Study of Business Ethics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Aims of the case study approach -- 2.3 Approaches to the analysis of cases -- 2.4 Ethical theories -- 3 Turner & -- Newall: The Case of the Asbestos Industry -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The facts of the case -- 3.3 Turner & -- Newall's reaction to the asbestos hazard -- 3.4 T& -- N - an ethical analysis -- 3.5 Johns-Manville and the asbestos crisis -- 3.6 An alternative solution: The Goyder Sanction -- 4 Virgin Atlantic and British Airways -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 The story -- 4.4 The consequences -- 4.5 Postscript -- 5 The Co-operative Bank's Ethical Policy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Successful ethics -- 5.3 Organisational context -- 5.4 Research findings -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 Queens Moat Houses plc -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A tale of two valuers -- 6.3 Department of Trade investigation -- 6.4 Corporate governance in action -- 6.5 Debenture holders and capital reorganisation -- 6.6 Past dividend payments and shareholders' interests -- 6.7 The new management -- Introduction -- PART III Ethics and Professional Life -- 7 The Ethical Organisation and Codes of Ethics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The development of codes of ethics.