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_beng
_cMdBmJHUP
050 4 _aHD70.A357
_bS53 2005
245 0 0 _aShareholder Value and the Common Good
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by David Lutz, Paul Mimbi.
260 _aBaltimore, Maryland :
_bProject Muse,
_c2014.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
260 _aNairobi, Kenya :
_bStrathmore University,
_c[2005]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (1 PDF (394 pages) :)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- Keynote address: the relationship between ethics and business management -- Altruism and human flourishing: the high and lw dimensions of 'self-interest' in business enterprise -- Beyond agency theory: the nature of the firm from a humanistic perspective -- A comparative analysis of the principle of competition in business management and the principle of love in Christian ethics in Africa -- The purpose of business management inthe light of Catholic social teaching -- The challenge of business: going beyond wealth maximisation and profit maximisation -- Human perfection as the proper aim of business management -- The objective of maximum profit, or the wishfulthinking of a 'hyper-monetised' economy -- The German way: the free-enterprise system; daily struggle between capitalism and social responsibility -- Which business models for sustainable development? -- Beyond 'welfarism': towards a philosophical grounding of economic theory -- The objective of business management: a Biblical perspective -- Should entrepreneurs advance the profit-maximisation objective? -- Ethics in business economics: self-interest, inequality of income, and social justice -- Governing the business enterprise: the wealth-creating organ of, in, and for society -- Profit maximisation and business social responsibility objectives in business management -- Capitalism and social investment in Africa:contradictory commitment to development -- The misapplication of the concept of agency to financial management theory -- Founding an ethical Kenya: the role of the business sector -- The search for metaphysical, rpistemological, moralprinciples to serve as a basis of business management -- The objective of business management and the necessity of ethical business managers -- Presumptive taxation and tax compliance in Uganda: incorporating ethical aspects -- Management ethics and the reality of negative attitudes in Nigeria's public employment sector -- Work ethic, locus of control, and task performance -- Personal morality and business management: empirical and philosophical perspectives -- Contributors.
506 _aAccess restricted to authorized users and institutions.
520 _aThe twenty-five essays in this interdisciplinary, international volume address the question of the objective or purpose of business management from a wide range of theoretical perspectives.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aManagement
_zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
700 1 _aMimbi, Paul,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aLutz, David,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9789966031150
799 0 _aProject Muse
_5CU
856 4 0 _zProject Muse. Restricted to UCB IP addresses.
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/32757/
907 _a.b240800138
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_cBK
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