Business Ethics of Innovation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hanekamp, Gerd (Editor), Wütscher, Friederike (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, ^31
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Political science.; Ethics.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Economic policy.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Political Science.; Philosophy, general.; Economic Policy.

Firms that operate in a market economy often depend upon innovations in order to achieve competitive advantages that sustainably secure their survival. Business ethics is thus largely concerned with questions about the decisional freedoms involved in innovation processes. Innovations oftentimes rais...

Table of Contents:

• Business Ethics of Innovation. An Introduction
• Corporate Ethics and Globalization — Global Rules and Private Actors
• Research Priorities, Profits, and Public Goods: The Case of Drug Resistant Disease
• Ethical Issues Associated with Pharmaceutical Innovation
• Corporate Responsibility for Innovation — A Citizenship Framework
• Access to Medicines and the Innovation Dilemma — Can Pharmaceutical Multinationals be Good Corporate Citizens?
• IT Innovations and Open Source: A Question of Business Ethics or Business Model?.