Corporations are under fire. Hardly a day goes by that executive conduct doesn't appear as a topic - or, more accurately, as a problem - in the media. This leads to increased public pressure on corporations, many of whom are reacting and publicly assuming their corporate responsibility.

This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse aspects of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. On the one hand, this book presents industry-specific topics in ethics, and on the other provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.

Setting the Scene

to Ethics
Business Ethics
Habits of the Heart in US-American and German Corporate Culture
Leading Self and Others
The Importance of Leadership in Shaping Business Values
The Servant as Leader
The Structure of Moral Leadership
Why Work?
Organizational Ethics
Organizational Integrity - Understanding the Dimensions of Ethical and Unethical Behavior in Corporations
Enron - Pride Comes Before the Fall
Andersen. No Fairy Tale Ending
How to Discover and Avoid Corruption in Companies
Business in Society
The Path to Corporate Responsibility
The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits
Pan-European Approach. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility at Volkswagen Group
Historical Responsibility: Corporate Forms of Remembrance of National Socialist Forced Labour at the Volkswagen Plant
Cross-cultural Sensitivities in Developing Corporate Ethical Strategies and Practices
Global Corporate Ethics
Transnational Actors and World Politics
The UN Global Compact: The Challenge and the Promise
Global Public Rules and Citizenship Rights: A New Responsibility of Private Business Firms?.