Education, Leadership and Business Ethics: Essays on the Work of Clarence Walton / Edition 1

by Ronald F. Duska

Overview

Education, Leadership and Business Ethics: New Essays on the Work of Clarence Walton includes a history and anecdotes of Clarence Walton's professional and personal life; a discussion of the controversial introduction of ethics into the field of management studies; contributions on a variety of subjects connected to leadership and business ethics from experts in the field; and critical essays reviewing Clarence's most recent work in social criticism.
The book gives a history of the rise of the fields of business and society and business ethics, details the events leading to its acceptance in academic circles and gives personal accounts by Clarence Walton, one of the people most responsible for its creation.
Intended target groups are students, former academic peers, and friends of Clarence Walton, as well as anyone interested in the history of business ethics or connected to Columbia University of America, or The American College.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792352792
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/31/1998
Series:	Issues in Business Ethics , #11
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	323
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
Part 1	Teaching and Public Service
	Nonpublic Education and the Public Good: Basic Beliefs	1
	Walton and Responsible Citizenship	3
	On Teaching: A Letter	15
	Clarence Walton--Master Teacher	17
	Teaching History in Business Education	31
	Clarence C. Walton on Management Education: Perspectives and Contributions	37
Part 2	Business Ethics in Graduate Management Education
	The Conceptual Foundations of Business	53
	Conceptual Foundations of Business: A Book That Made a Difference	61
	To Break the Pentameter--Ethics Courses Implications for Business Education	75
	Recollections on Implementing the Ideas of Conceptual Foundations	91
Part 3	Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
	Business Ethics: Widening the Lens	113
	Finding a Place for the Ethical in the Cultural and Economic Milieu of Business	123
	Corporate Social Responsibilities: The Debate Revisited	135
	Corporate Social Responsibilities: Yesterday and Tomorrow	151
Part 4	Leadership and The Moral Manager: Walton as a Case Study
	Leadership: By What Authority?	177
	Managing in Crises: "Legitimacy" in Business and Academic Corporations	183
	The Moral Manager and Decision Making	205
	Clarence Walton as Academic CEO: A Fine Mind on a Fine Line	211
Part 5	New Vistas in Business Ethics: Financial Services Industries and Multinationals
	Multinational Corporations	227
	International Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations	249
	A Tale of Two Cities: Finance and Morals	273
	Current Issues in Ethics Insurance	277
Part 6	Cultural Foundations: Walton's Appraisal of American Culture
	Walton's Appraisal of American Culture: Introductory Remarks	289
	Summary of Archons and Acolytes: An Academic Power Elite's Assault on Basic Values and Institutions	291
	Aggressive Elites: A Passive Assault on Clarence Walton's Modernism	293
	Walton's Secular City, a Tour	303
	On Looking Back and Looking Forward: Walton's Response	313
	Contributors	319

Editorial Reviews

Combines writings by Clarence Walton with essays from a May 1997 symposium held at The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA and dedicated to Walton. Focuses on Walton's contributions to the field of business ethics--particularly his belief that a manager should possess four virtues: temperance, fortitude, prudence, and justice. Topics include teaching and public service, business ethics and corporate responsibility, Walton as a case study of a moral manager, and an examination of Walton's appraisal of American culture. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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