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Good intentions aside : a manager's guide to resolving ethical problems / Laura L. Nash.

By: Nash, Laura L.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 1993Description: xvii, 259 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0875844294.Subject(s): Business ethicsDDC classification: 174.4
Contents:
Part I: The need to attend to business ethics -- Why business ethics now? -- Personal morality and business ethics -- Setting a leadership standard -- Part II: Imperative for change -- Failures -- Striking a new bargain -- Part III: The convenantal ethic at work -- Endemic roadblocks to ethical behavior in business -- The inexorable bottom line -- Efficiency, expediency, and other short-term traps -- The seductive power of ego incentives -- Wearing two hats: when private conscience and corporate viewpoint conflict.

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Addresses the theoretical and practical issues of recognizing and responding to ethical dilemmas. By looking at numerous instances in which individuals faced tough moral choices at work, Nash provides managers with real-world problems that make clear the link between good ethics and good business.

Originally published: Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 1990. With new introduction

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The need to attend to business ethics -- Why business ethics now? -- Personal morality and business ethics -- Setting a leadership standard -- Part II: Imperative for change -- Failures -- Striking a new bargain -- Part III: The convenantal ethic at work -- Endemic roadblocks to ethical behavior in business -- The inexorable bottom line -- Efficiency, expediency, and other short-term traps -- The seductive power of ego incentives -- Wearing two hats: when private conscience and corporate viewpoint conflict.