Business ethics from the 19th century to today : an economist's view / David George Surdam.
Surdam, David G. (David George)
2020
HF5387
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Title Business ethics from the 19th century to today : an economist's view / David George Surdam.
Author Surdam, David G. (David George)
ISBN 9783030371692 (electronic book)
3030371697 (electronic book)
3030371689
9783030371685
Imprint Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number HF5387
Dewey Decimal Classification 174/.4
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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