Business Ethics for a Material World

An Ecological Approach to Object Stewardship
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-107-18301-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

Reihe: Business, Value Creation, and Society

Increasingly, conscientious consumers and green marketers are recognizing that material things, not firms, must be made responsible. Even so, many scholars in ethics, sustainability, and governance focus on people and organizations, ignoring the flows of things. In this book, Ryan Burg argues that material things are fundamental features of moral life, serving as both valuable instruments and guides for responsibility. Unless care is taken for these non-living entities, living things cannot be protected. Viewing the global economy as a network of material transfers, Burg argues that to facilitate object care, professionals must act as stewards. By tracing the origins and disposal of workplace objects through this material network, businesses and employees can discover the outcomes for which they are responsible, and managers can align ethics, sustainability and governance with a truly global formulation of responsibility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burg, Ryan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The singularization of everything; 2. Singularization schema; 3. The power of negative thinking; 4. Three failures in regulated markets; 5. Person, place, and product; 6. Ecological value; 7. Putting responsibility to work; 8. Materiality for business ethics.

Über Autor(innen)

Burg, Ryan
Ryan Burg is Assistant Professor of Management at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He holds a joint Ph.D. in Business Ethics and Sociology from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and his dissertation was a finalist for the Social Issues in Management Dissertation award. Professor Burg is also a co-founder of the Responsible Endowments Coalition, a national organization that supports the responsible investment movement on college and university campuses.