This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse facets of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. Coverage presents industry-specific topics in ethics. The book also provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.

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."

0 d Den in diesem Band gesammelten Beitragen geht es um konkrete Hinweise zur UEberwindung der Kluft zwischen der naturwissenschaftlich-technischen und der geistig-sozialen Welt. Dabei wird an der universitaren Ausbildung von Ingenieuren, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlern angesetzt. Die Theoretische Grundannahme, dass ein neues "technologisches" Zeitalter heraufziehe, wird anhand einer fundamentalen AEnderung in den Ausbildungsstrukturen von Hochschulen im deutschsprachigen Raum sichtbar gemacht. Dieses Buch zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass es nicht kurzatmige Hochschulreformplane vorstellt, sondern auf Erfahrungen beruhende Orientierung bietet.