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Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today An Economist's View
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Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today [electronic resource] : An Economist's View / by David George Surdam.
ISBN
9783030371692
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XIII, 397 p.)
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Summary
This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from the nineteenth century to today. It concentrates on American and British business history, delving into issues such as slavery, industrialization, firm behavior and monopolies, and Ponzi schemes. This book draws on the work of economists and historians to highlight the importance of changing technologies, religious beliefs, and cultural attitudes, showing that what is considered ethical differs across time and place.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2020
Contents
1. Labor Resists
2. Early Nineteenth-Century Changes
3. Examples of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics in America
4. Rise of Industrialization
5. Ethics of the Firm and Strategic Behavior
6. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
7. Rise of the Big Retail Merchants
8. Early Twentieth-Century Aspects
9. Anxiety Over Product Safety
10. Get-Rich-Quick and Ponzi Schemes
11. Distributions of Income and Wealth
12. What About the Children?
13. Twenty-First-Century Situations.
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