The Heart of the Good Institution Virtue Ethics as a Framework for Responsible Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harris, Howard (Editor), Wijesinghe, Gayathri (Editor), McKenzie, Stephen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Issues in Business Ethics, 38
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Personnel management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Ethics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Human Resource Management.

This book addresses the question: how can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose? And how can managers contribute to this endeavour? Twelve contributions explore this question, using MacIntyrean inquiry as a basis for exploring four main themes: Can management be considered a practice in t...