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Working ethics : strategies for decision making and organizational responsibility

Title
Working ethics : strategies for decision making and organizational responsibility / Marvin T. Brown.
Author
Brown, Marvin T., 1943-
Publication
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1990.

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Description
xvii, 219 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
Drawing on his experience of teaching adults and consulting work on the process of ethical reflection, Brown notes that the purpose of ethics is not to make people better, but rather to help them make better decisions. This approach views persons and their organizations not as "black boxes" to be controlled or manipulated from without, but rather as responsible moral agents capable of raising questions, evaluating policies, and providing reasons to justify their actions. Disagreement is virtually necessary for ethical reflection since each person and group can suffer from biases that prevent relevant questions from emerging. Brown shows how communicating openly about values, assumptions, and policies can improve the ultimate decision. He concludes that humans and their organizations can be empowered to make fairer decisions that respect the rights of all parties. ISBN 1-55542-280-2: $25.95.
Series Statement
The Jossey-Bass management series
Uniform Title
Jossey-Bass management series.
Subject
  • Business ethics
  • Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Organizational behavior
  • Cours de formation
  • Gestion du personnel
  • Business ethics
  • Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Organizational behavior
  • Unternehmensethik
  • Unternehmensethik
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.
Contents
Confronting ethical concerns of organizations -- Developing an ethical perspective -- Discovering the right decision -- Forging agreements from disagreements and opposing views -- Analyzing the organization and its actions -- Getting the facts straight for reliable decision making -- Managing systems of power and corporate relationships -- Exploring inequalities of justice and rights -- Resolving differences between assumptions and values -- Establishing responsible communication habits -- Creating conditions for ethical reflection in organizations.
ISBN
  • 1555422802
  • 9781555422806
LCCN
90037973
OCLC
  • ocm21593207
  • 21593207
  • SCSB-1943259
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library