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Reframing Economic Ethics

The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Supplements current education in economics and business in terms of the history of its paradigmatic and ethical ideas
  • Contributes in a timely manner to the on-going discussion on how to reform management education
  • Provides understanding of the differences between the major ethical schools of thought that contend with one another

Part of the book series: Humanism in Business Series (HUBUS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 1-10
  3. The Mechanistic Paradigm

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 11-33
  4. The Teleological Paradigm

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 35-66
  5. The Liberal Paradigm

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 67-102
  6. Toward a Humanistic Paradigm?

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 103-120
  7. Outlook

    • Claus Dierksmeier
    Pages 121-124
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 125-127

About this book

This book reconstructs major paradigms in the history of economic ethics up to, and including, the present day. Asserting that ethics should be integral rather than marginal to economics and management education, Reframing Economic Ethics highlights the need for a paradigm change from mechanistic to humanistic management, and argues that the failures of markets and managers in recent years were paved by a misguided management education. The author shows how the reader can and must learn from the history of economic thinking in order to overcome the theoretical shortcomings and the practical failings of the present system.

Reviews

“Claus Dierksmeier undertakes a long-term investigative journey through history in economic ethics. … this slim but powerful book a must-read oeuvre for scholars of economic and business ethics, but it is equally enlightening for anyone searching for an economy that works for free and dignified humans and society as a whole on a healthy Planet.” (Christian Felber, Huffington Post, huffingtonpost.com, January, 2018)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Weltethos-Institut University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Claus Dierksmeier

About the author

Claus Dierksmeier is Director of the Global Ethic Institute and Professor for Globalization and Business Ethics at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He also is Academic Director of The Humanistic Management Center. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reframing Economic Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Management

  • Authors: Claus Dierksmeier

  • Series Title: Humanism in Business Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32300-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32299-5Published: 08 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81248-9Published: 11 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32300-8Published: 28 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2662-124X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-1258

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 127

  • Topics: Sustainability Management, Business Ethics

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eBook USD 49.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 64.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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