The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Ian Jones, Michael Pollitt

   Pages 1-20

3. Ethics and Self-Interest

   • John Eatwell

   Pages 21-30

4. The Economics of Ethical Leadership

   • Mark Casson

   Pages 31-48

5. Cooperation, Contract Law and Economic Performance

   • Simon Deakin, Frank Wilkinson

   Pages 49-67

6. The Role of Voluntary Codes of Practice in Setting Ethics

   • Adrian Cadbury

   Pages 68-84

7. Government and Business Ethics

   • Norman Barry

   Pages 85-110

8. Evidence of a New Environmental Ethic: Assessing the Trend towards Investor and Consumer Activism

   • Maurie Cohen

   Pages 111-140

9. The Challenge of Ethical Investment: Activism, Assets and Analysis

   • Russell Sparkes

   Pages 141-170

10. Business Ethics and Corporate Culture

    • Clive Wright

    Pages 171-192

11. Business Ethics and Transnational Companies

    • Neil Hood

    Pages 193-210

12. Conclusion

    • Ian Jones, Michael Pollitt

    Pages 211-218

13. Back Matter

    Pages 219-227

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The Role of Business Ethics in Economic Performance is a major edited collection of papers on why and how the conduct of business behaviour effects its commercial success. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the issues looking at the lessons from economic theory, the institutional setting and the supply and demand side conditions which are forcing firms to take ethics seriously. Lord Eatwell considers the ethical foundations of the market economy. Mark Casson analyses the economic importance of leaders, while Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson empirically examine the role of contractual obligation in the UK. Adrian Cadbury and Norman Barry examine voluntary institutions and government's importance in setting ethics. Maurie Cohen and Russell Sparkes look at the ethical consumers and ethical investors increasing influence on business conduct. Finally Clive Wright and Neil Hood examine the internal organisation of national and transnational firms which increasingly build an ethical dimension into their corporate decision making.

• business ethics
• decision making
• economic theory
• economics
• ethics

'This book is a serious and valuable contribution to a very important issue...' - Dr Neville C. Bain, Chairman of Hogg Robinson PLC

' ...a stimulating contribution to what must be an extremely important area for future research.' - Professor Geoffrey Whittington, University of Cambridge

' This book is...a major contribution to the continuing debate.' - The Rt. Reverend Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford

• University of Exeter, UK

  Ian Jones

• Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK

  Ian Jones, Michael Pollitt

• University of Cambridge, UK

  Michael Pollitt

JOHN EATWELL MARK CASSON Department of Economics, University of Reading SIMON DEAKIN Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University FRANK WILKINSON Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University ADRIAN CADBURY NORMAN BARRY Faculty of Politics, University of Buckingham MAURIE COHEN Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society RUSSELL SPARKES Central Board of Finance of the Methodist Church CLIVE WRIGHT Consultant NEIL HOOD Department of Marketing, Strathclyde University

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