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The work ethic in business : proceedings of the Third National Conference on Business Ethics

Title: The work ethic in business : proceedings of the Third National Conference on Business Ethics / sponsored by the Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College ; edited by W. Michael Hoffman, Thomas J. Wyly.
Author: National Conference on Business Ethics (3rd : 1979 : Bentley College)
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain ; Washington, D.C. : Ethics Resource Center, ©1981.

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xxxiii, 349 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Conference report on business ethics, focusing on quality of working life, equal opportunity affirmative action and labour relations in the USA - includes papers on changing employees attitudes toward the work ethic, woman worker employment opportunities, labour policy, business-community relations, political aspects and issues in the collective bargaining process, etc. References. Conference held in Cedar Hill 1979.

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Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings
proceedings.
reference.
Waltham (Mass., 1979)
rapport de réunion.
référence bibliographique.
informe de reunión.
referencia.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction / Thomas J. Wyly -- Introduction to the Conference / Gregory H. Adamian -- Opening remarks / W. Michael Hoffman -- Changing attitudes and the work ethic / Leonard A. Wood -- What happened to the work ethic? / Michael Maccoby and Katherine A. Terzi -- Various corporate approaches to the quality of work life -- Becoming the organization of the future / Stephen H. Fuller -- The quality of work life -- the Volvo experience / Berth Jönsson -- Work itself and its aftermath at AT & T / Rex R. Reed -- Labor's view of quality of working life programs / Jerry Wurf -- Affirmative action and equal opportunity employment -- Affirmative action and the progress of women in the American work force / Vivian Buckles -- Affirmative action in a declining economy / Marlene Gerber Fried -- Affirmative action as a human resource tool / Kenneth I. Guscott -- Government regulation and intervention in the workplace -- Ethics and the workplace / Eula Bingham -- What should we do about government regulation? / Dennis Laurie -- Cost-benefit analysis of government safety and health regulation / Marvin H. Kosters -- Extension of the workplace into the community -- The work ethic in the context of the community / Sloan K. Childers -- Small business involvement in the community / Frederick G. Frost III -- A conceptual framework for business-community relations / Fred K. Foulkes -- Some aspects of worker dignity in the corporation -- The moral contract between employer and employee / Norman E. Bowie -- Individual dignity and institutional identity : the paradoxical needs of the corporate employee / Charles W. Powers -- A peace plan for workers and bosses / Sidney Harman -- Labor, government, and corporate views on work ethics in America -- Quality of work life in the auto industry / Donald F. Ephlin -- A business view of the work ethic / John R. Hall -- Confrontation politics and fundamental issues in the collective bargaining process / Wayne Horvitz -- Humanization of work : ethical issues in converting ideology to practice / Stanley E. Seashore -- Joint labor / management activities : a workshop discussion / Michael Brower and Richard Balzer -- The work ethic is alive, well, and living in Cleveland : the Lincoln Electric Company / D. Richard Harmer -- Work ethics in an era of limited resources / Paul E. Tsongas.

ISBN

0899460682
9780899460680

LCCN

80022708

OCLC

ocm06788932
6788932
SCSB-52155

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Princeton University Library