The Moral Background : an Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics /
Abend, Gabriel.
The Moral Background : an Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics / Gabriel Abend. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource. - Princeton studies in cultural sociology. . - Princeton studies in cultural sociology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The moral background -- Ethics as a business proposition -- Christian motives -- The good of American business -- The good of American society -- Standards of practice -- The Christian merchant.
In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In The Moral Background, Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to the 1930s. According to Abend, morality consists of three levels: moral and immoral behavior, or the behavioral level; moral understandings and norms, or the normative level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral metho.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781400850341 1400850347 1306452430 9781306452434
Business ethics--History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Business ethics. Electronic books. History.
Electronic books.
174/.4
The Moral Background : an Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics / Gabriel Abend. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource. - Princeton studies in cultural sociology. . - Princeton studies in cultural sociology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The moral background -- Ethics as a business proposition -- Christian motives -- The good of American business -- The good of American society -- Standards of practice -- The Christian merchant.
In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In The Moral Background, Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to the 1930s. According to Abend, morality consists of three levels: moral and immoral behavior, or the behavioral level; moral understandings and norms, or the normative level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral metho.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781400850341 1400850347 1306452430 9781306452434
Business ethics--History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Business ethics. Electronic books. History.
Electronic books.
174/.4