Ethics in International Management (eBook)

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- Introduction to the Volume: Ethics in Multinational Corporations -- Part One. Theoretical Foundation of Corporate and Management Ethics in the Context of Multinational Enterprise and Globalization -- Corporate Ethics and Global Business: Philosophical Considerations on Intercultural Management -- Constructivist Anthropology and Cultural Pluralism: Methodological Reflections on Cultural Integration -- The Competitive Context of Ethical Decision-Making in Business -- The Role of International Industry Associations in the Development and Implementation of Corporate Ethics: The Case of the Chemical Industry and Responsible Care -- Social Capital Investments, Property Rights and the Ethics of Win-Win: Why Multinational Enterprise Management Should Engage in Institution Building of their Host Countries -- Globalization, Development and Ethics: Moral Responsibility and Strategies of International Management in the Perspective of 'Sustainable Development' -- Part Two. Ethics in International Strategies and Management Functions -- Global Responsibility for Sustainable Development: The Role of Multinational Corporations -- Corruption in International Business Relations: Problems and Solutions -- Ethics - A Global Business Challenge -- Ethical Issues in International Marketing -- Concepts and Experience of the "Valuing Diversity and Ethics" Workshops at Levi Strauss and Company -- Orientation for a Globally Competent Human Resources Function in Preventing and Resolving Cross-cultural Conflicts -- Part Three. Morals in Religion and National Traditions: Cultures as Points of Departure for Foundations of Corporate Ethics in International Business -- Ethics for Business and Management: Explorations in Hindu Thought -- Business Ethics in China: Confucianism, Socialist Market Economy and the Multinational Enterprises -- “Contextualism” in Business and Ethical Issues in Japan -- An Islamic Framework for International Marketing Ethics -- Business and Corporate Ethics in the USA: Philosophy and Practice -- Business Ethics in the Catholic Value System: The Spanish Case -- Business Ethics in a Transforming Economy: Applying the Integrative Social Contracts Theory to Russia -- The Interfaith Declaration: Context, Issues and Problems of Application of a Code of Ethics for International Business among those of three Major Religions -- List of Contributors -- Index