Business Ethics: Kant, Virtue, and the Nexus of Duty: Foundations and Case Studies Richard M. Robinson Author

Part I: The Role of Business Norms and Their Philosophical Foundation.- Chapter. 1. Normative Ethics and Business Practice.- Chapter 2. An Applicable Western Ethical View?.- Chapter 3. The Moral Construction Process and Duties.- Chapter 4. Moral Virtues and Ethical Decisions.- Chapter 5. Business Codes of Ethics and Their Abandonment.- Part II: The Nexus of Duty and Managing Moral Disengagement.- Chapter 6. The Management Nexus of Imperfect Duties: Relations of Virtue, Reasoned Discourse and Due Diligence.- Chapter 7. Relations of Virtue, Pursuit of the Moral Community, and the Ends of Business.- Chapter 8. Reasoned Managerial Discourse.- Chapter 9. Due Diligence and the Profit Motive.- Part III: Some Fundamental Problems in Management Ethics.- Chapter 10. Fairness in Negotiation and Stakeholder Relations.- Chapter 11. The Philosophy of Action and Authority in Managerial and Entrepreneurial Ethics.- Chapter 12. Duty, Boycotts and the Pricing of Ethics.- Part IV: Some Current Moral Environmental Issues for Business.- Chapter 13. Recognizing Environmental Duties.- Chapter 14. The Community and the Environmental Ethic.- Chapter 15. Some Current Environmental Problems for Business.