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Power and Principle in the Market Place (Law, Ethics and Economics)
enlarge	Author: Jacob Dahl Rendtorff Publisher: Ashgate Category: Book Buy New: $124.95 as of 9/9/2010 03:52 CDT details In Stock Seller: Amazon.com Media: Hardcover Pages: 302 ISBN: 1409407179 Dewey Decimal Number: 346 EAN: 9781409407171 ASIN: 1409407179 Publication Date: October 1, 2010 (In 22 Days) Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Not yet published



Editorial Reviews: Product Description In the global financial crisis, the need to develop a new kind of economy with a closer relation between ethics and economics has become an important challenge to the international society. This book contributes to this debate by investigating different aspects of global business ethics and corporate social responsibility which are becoming more and more important in the ongoing discussions on the relation between market institutions and democratic governments. The different chapters of the book deal with fundamental philosophical issues of the ethics of the market economy, including discussions of the role of the social sciences and economics in contributing to a sustainable economics and global responsibility in the 21st century. In this sense, the book takes up the transnational debate on ethics and economics in order to contribute to a more balanced, fair, just and conscientious development in the world. The book starts with a European perspective on these issues, based on philosophical, sociological and economic views from Europe. These views are further developed in order to share thoughts of how to improve corporate social responsibility, welfare and justice, and the advancement of ethical principles in the international context. It is argued that in the international community, good corporate citizenship as social and environmental responsibility is realised through individual and organizational cosmopolitan responsibility for fostering the common good for humanity.