Blind Spots : Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto and the downfall of Bernard Madoff, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond, and illustrate how we can become m

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Bazerman, Max H.
Other Persons:	Tenbrunsel, Ann E. (contributor)
Publisher:	Princeton : Princeton University Press
Subject:	Unternehmensethik \| Business ethics \| Unternehmenskultur \| Corporate culture \| Verhalten in Organisationen \| Organizational behaviour \| Moralisches Handeln \| Organisation \| Entscheidungsfindung
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Extent:	Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Gap between Intended and Actual Ethical Behavior; 2 Why Traditional Approaches to Ethics Won't Save You; 3 When We Act against Our Own Ethical Values; 4 Why You Aren't as Ethical as You Think You Are; 5 When We Ignore Unethical Behavior; 6 Placing False Hope in the "Ethical Organization"; 7 Why We Fail to Fix Our Corrupted Institutions; 8 Narrowing the Gap: Interventions for Improving Ethical Behavior; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z In English
ISBN:	978-1-4008-3799-1 ; 1-4008-3799-5 ; 1-4008-3799-5 ; 978-0-691-14750-5 ; 978-1-4008-3799-1
Other identifiers:	10.1515/9781400837991 [DOI]
Classification:	Philosophie und Theorie der Betriebswirtschaft
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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