1st Edition

Ethical Dilemmas in Management

By Christina Garsten, Tor Hernes Copyright 2009
184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This exciting new text engages with the issue of ethical dilemmas encountered in different organizations. Rather than exploring the definition of ethical conduct, this book focuses on the way in which the process of organization produces dilemmas of ethical behaviour. Using illustrative accounts from corporate settings as a basis, the book explores the conditions that lead to ethical dilemmas and... Read more

1. Introduction: Dilemmas of Ethical Organizing (Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes)  2. Risk, Responsibility and Conscience (Tore Bakken)  3. White as Snow or Milk? (Tor Hernes, Gerhard E. Schjelderup and Anne Live Vaagaasar)  4. Does Rule-Based Moral Management Work?: A Case Study in Sexual Harassment (Steve McKenna)  5. Challenges to Leader Integrity (Steven L. Grover and Robert Moorman)  6. Transparency Tricks (Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya)  7. The Power of Activism (Debora L. Spar and Lane T. La Mure)  8. Thoughts and Second Thoughts About Enron Ethics (Ronald R. Sims and Johannes Brinkmann)  9. No Smoke Without Fire? (Todd Bridgman)  10. Overmanagement and the Problem of Moral Consciousness (Hervé Laroche)  11. Tying Some Ends Together (Christina Garsten and Tor Hernes)

Biography

Christina Garsten is Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden.   Tor Hernes is Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.