The Competitive Context of Ethical Decision-Making in Business

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents in Brief VII
4. Contents XI
5. Introduction to the Volume: Ethics in Multinational Corporations 1
6. Part One. Theoretical Foundation of Corporate and Management Ethics in the Context of Multinational Enterprise and Globalization
7. Corporate Ethics and Global Business: Philosophical Considerations on Intercultural Management 13
8. Constructivist Anthropology and Cultural Pluralism: Methodological Reflections on Cultural Integration 47
9. The Competitive Context of Ethical Decision-Making in Business 65
10. The Role of International Industry Associations in the Development and Implementation of Corporate Ethics: The Case of the Chemical Industry and Responsible Care 87
11. Social Capital Investments, Property Rights and the Ethics of Win-Win: Why Multinational Enterprise Management Should Engage in Institution Building of their Host Countries 109
12. Globalization, Development and Ethics: Moral Responsibility and Strategies of International Management in the Perspective of 'Sustainable Development' 127
13. Part Two. Ethics in International Strategies and Management Functions
14. Global Responsibility for Sustainable Development: The Role of Multinational Corporations 163
15. Corruption in International Business Relations: Problems and Solutions 183
16. Ethics - A Global Business Challenge 213
17. Ethical Issues in International Marketing 221
18. Concepts and Experience of the "Valuing Diversity and Ethics" Workshops at Levi Strauss and Company 243
19. Orientation for a Globally Competent Human Resources Function in Preventing and Resolving Cross-cultural Conflicts 259
20. Part Three. Morals in Religion and National Traditions: Cultures as Points of Departure for Foundations of Corporate Ethics in International Business
21. Ethics for Business and Management: Explorations in Hindu Thought 281
22. Business Ethics in China: Confucianism, Socialist Market Economy and the Multinational Enterprises 309
23. “Contextualism” in Business and Ethical Issues in Japan 323
24. An Islamic Framework for International Marketing Ethics 341
25. Business and Corporate Ethics in the USA: Philosophy and Practice 367
26. Business Ethics in the Catholic Value System: The Spanish Case 401
27. Business Ethics in a Transforming Economy: Applying the Integrative Social Contracts Theory to Russia 419
28. The Interfaith Declaration: Context, Issues and Problems of Application of a Code of Ethics for International Business among those of three Major Religions 439
29. List of Contributors 455
30. Index 457