Is the Good Corporation Dead?: Social Responsibility in a Global Economy / Edition 1

by John W. Houck, Oliver F. Williams C.S.C., Gerald F. Cavanaugh, Richard T. DeGeorge

Overview

Can corporations remain socially responsible in today's fiercely competitive global economy? For several decades after World War II, companies like IBM, which exemplified what journalist Robert J. Samuelson called the 'good corporation,' poured forth material comforts and technological ideas while guaranteeing full employment and adequate retirement. In the 1980s all of that changed, as corporations moved to 'downsize' and become lean, mean global competitors. In this collection, thirteen prominent scholars in business ethics, finance, management, and religion and six corporate leaders respond to a new essay by Samuelson that sounds the death knell of the 'good corporation.' They propose new approaches to corporate integrity and social responsibility in the global economy. The book will be useful in corporate workshops and will make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy departments and business schools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847682096
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/11/1996
Series:	Issues in Academic Ethics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.94(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

John W. Houck and Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C., are co-directors of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business at the University of Notre Dame. They are the editors, together, and the authors, individually, of numerous books in business ethics and religious values in economic policy.

Editorial Reviews

Students will find some essays good supplemental readings for courses dealing with social responsibility. Recommended for undergraduate, graduate, and professional collections.

Choice

Students will find some essays good supplemental readings for courses dealing with social responsibility. Recommended for undergraduate, graduate, and professional collections.

CHOICE

.. . articles herein are worthwhile reading. .. admirable job of delineating and dissecting the concept of corporate social responsibiltity.

Professor Warren K. Thompson

The book will be useful in corporate workshops and make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy department and business schools.

Sbe Newsletter

Students will find some essays good supplemental readings for courses dealing with social responsibility. Recommended for undergraduate, graduate, and professional collections.

Choice Reviews

The book will be useful in corporate workshops and make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy department and business schools.

SBE Newsletter