Business ethics

a european perspective.Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization

Business Ethics is an exciting, new, student focused text which provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of European business ethics. It is the first business ethics textbook to feature extensive coverage of the highly topical issues of corporate citizenship, globalization and sustainability. The book ...

Wall Street on trial

a corrupted state?

The politics of business have become the business of politics. Across the world the lesson is clear: just as too much governmental interference leads to dysfunctional economies, left to its own devices the market is incapable of adequate self-regulation. The corporate malfeasance crisis in the ...

Standars and audits for ethics management systems

the European perspective

Today?s management is faced with the new task of implementing and dealing with standardised ethics management systems and values programs. It is a widely accepted fact that these have to be designed individually and firm specific, if they are to be a success. On ...

Corporate collapse

accounting, regulatory and ethical failure

This revised edition of Clarke, Dean and Oliver#s provocative book tells why accounting has failed to deliver the truth about a company#s state of affairs or to give warning of its drift towards failure. Well- known corporate collapses from the 1960s to the ...

The recurrent crisis in corporate governance

Since the mid-1980s two crises have overtaken governance of the American corporation - the loss of competitiveness in the 1980s and the loss of investor trust in financial management in the late 1990s. This book proposes specific changes in conduct to resolve these crises, principally by ...

Gangs of America

the rise of corporate power and the disabling of democracy

Through a series of fascinating stories populated by colorful personalities, Gangs of America details the rise of corporate power in America. Driven to answer the central question of how corporations got more rights than people, Ted Nace delves deep into the origins of this institution ...

Enron:anatomy of greed

the unshredded truth from an Enron insider

Brian Cruver was a first-hand witness to the disturbing, surreal and hilarious moments of Enron's long dance with death. When he first entered Enron's office complex, 'the Death Star', he was the epitome of the classic Enron employee: young, brash, obscenely overpaid and ...

Financial fineprint

uncovering a company´s true value

To make money in today#s tough market, investors have to make deliberate, well-researched choices. To do this requires not only having the right information, but also knowing how to decode it. With their obscuring tactics, companies won#t help you any. So be advised ...

Europe Inc.

regional and global restructuring and the rise of corporate power

Over the past two decades, the major international corporations have become industrial lobbyists within the European Union to such an extent that they pose a threat to democracy. / This new and fully revised edition of Europe Inc. provides a much-needed insight into the systematic ways ...

Consulting demons

inside the unscrupulous world of global corporate consulting

In this gripping and colorful account of the American dream gone astray, Lewis Pinault provides the essential guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm. This stunning expose of some ...

The balanced company

a corporate integrity theory.

¿Empresas des-almadas?

una visión ética del mundo empresarial

Este es un libro que sin angelismos ni pragmatismos pretende introducir a alumnos universitarios, jóvenes que están comenzando a trabajar y adultos preocupados por estos temas, en una reflexión ética sobre el mundo empresarial y el trabajo dentro de la empresa. Nuestro trabajo se alimenta ...

The SRI advantage

why socially responsible investing has outperformed financially

Ética, economía y finanzas

Ética y empresa

Este estudio indaga la posibilidad de hacer «ética sin sermones»; es decir, de hacer propuestas éticas que sean viables organizativamente y que se puedan integrar en las prácticas empresariales. En otras palabras, pretende articular una perspectiva capaz de tener en cuenta, simultáneamente, la preocupación ética ...

Cannibals with forks

the Trpli Bottom Line of 21st Century business

Elkington convincingly argues that future market success will often depend upon a company's ability to satisfy the three-pronged fork of profitability, environmental quality, and social justice. This lively and practical guide outlines the seven great "sustainable" revolutions that are already unfolding, showing how business ...