The fourth wave: the ethics of corporate downsizing

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Corporate downsizing has become a normal practice in the business community a a means of increasing profits. Corporate managers reason that their support for company downsizing is rooted in their fiduciary duty to their shareholders that requires them to prioritize their financial interests. However, it is argued that company downsizing is morally unethical to the perspective of the ordinary employees, especially those who were laid off. Hence, it is advised the business managers to examine the ethics of downsizing based on the situation of both its shareholders and workers.

Management, Business enterprises, Downsizing (Management)

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Corporate soulcraft in the age of brutal markets

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Elmer W. Johnson believes that economic and political arrangements should be judged on the basis of the qualities of character they produce or help sustain. This view can be used as a starting point from which to consider whether and how companies can act as a moral community. Corporate America is now at a watershed, and it is time to revive the power of a committed community of employees led by a new type of corporate manager who is keen to exploit employees' potential for personal growth and team cooperation.

Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Johnson, Elmer W.

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Ethical challenges for business in the new millennium: corporate social responsibility and models of management morality

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The trends in corporate social responsibility are discussed, and extend beyond the basic profit-making function. These trend include four duties business has to fulfill to society; economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic. Models of management morality are also discussed.

Industry self-regulation, Industry self regulation

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