Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality

Humanism in Business Series

2011, 320 pages, ISBN: 9780230273276
Publishers: Palgrave Macmillan
Series: Humanism in Business Series
Full Citation: Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality, Dierksmeier, C., Amann, W., von Kimakowitz, E., Spitzeck, H., Pirson, M. (Eds.) (2011). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan

Through ongoing globalization managers today are faced with an array of values and codes of conduct that claim to be of relevance to their daily practice. Cultures and moral expectations differ around the globe which has resulted in the management of corporate responsibility becoming increasingly complex.

Is there, however, a humanistic consensus that can bridge cultural and ethnic divides and reconcile the diverse and contrary interests of stakeholders world-wide?

The authors of this book discuss this question by exploring the rich traditions of humanistic ethics. They operate from the assumption that a concentration on the nature and the well-being of the human person could provide the requisite focus for an inter-cultural debate around normative ideals that could help both clarify and improve the often tense relationship between business and society.

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Introduction

Part 1: Pre-Modern Theories

Chapter 1: Socrates and Plato - Applying their Humanistic Views to Modern Business, Ioanna Patsioti-Tsacpounidis
Chapter 2: Aristotle's Economic Ethics, Claus Dierksmeier and Michael Pirson
Chapter 3: Stoic Humanism, Maximilian Forschner
Chapter 4: Thomas Aquinas on Business and the Fulfillment of Human Needs, Claus Dierksmeier and Anthony Celano

Part 2: Modern Positions

Chapter 5: Kant's Humanist Ethics, Claus Dierksmeier
Chapter 6: Humanistic Values in German Idealism, Richard Fincham
Chapter 7: Marx and Humanism, Ulrich Steinvorth
Chapter 8: John Stuart Mill and the Idea of a Stationary State Economy, Michael Buckley

Part 3: Contemporary Philosophy

Chapter 9: Habermas and his communicative perspective, Suzan Langenberg
Chapter 10: Sen and Nussbaum on Human Capabilities in Business, Benedetta Giovanola
Chapter 11: Solomon on the Role of Virtue Ethics in Business, Ulrike Kirchengast
Chapter 12: Wittgenstein and the Challenge of Global Ethics, Julian Friedland

Part 4: Non-Western and Non-Traditional Approaches

Chapter 13: Humanistic Values in Indian and Chinese Traditions, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach
Chapter 14: 'African humanism' and a Case Study from the Swahili Coast, Kai Kresse

Conclusions