Organizations promote all sorts of activities. Indeed it is difficult to think of any activity today that is not reliant on an organization. This volume of Research in ethical issues in organizations contains two kinds of papers. First, papers that discuss what an organization provides to...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The theory of specialization -- Chapter 3: The theory of incentive -- Chapter 4: The theory of authority and communication -- Chapter 5: The theory of decision making -- Chapter 6: The theory of executive function and process -- Chapter 7: The theory of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The theory of specialization -- Chapter 3: The theory of incentive -- Chapter 4: The theory of authority and communication -- Chapter 5: The theory of decision making -- Chapter 6: The theory of executive function and process -- Chapter 7: The theory of...

Each chapter in this text focuses on a major philosopher who has had, or should have, a major influence on organization theory with special consideration to their impact on management and organization studies more generally

An influential concept in the social science literature, the theory of social capital, asserts that social actors gain resources through relationships with other actors. While social capital research has largely focused on individuals as the unit of analysis, this volume looks at social capital...

Im Schatten eines höchst erfreulichen medizinischen und medizintechnischen Fortschritts ist das Gesundheitswesen wachsenden finanziellen Belastungen ausgesetzt. Bei der sich abzeichnenden Entwicklung der technischen, demographischen und nicht zuletzt der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen sind...

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics provides a thorough survey of the various ways ethics can, does, and should inform economic theory and practice. The first part of the book, Foundations, explores how the most prominent schools of moral philosophy relate to economics; asks how morals...