About this ebook
Ethics and Empowerment is aimed atproviding tactical, high-level solutions to today's business and professionalchallenges. Gathering together experts in various fields, this line of titleswill benefit professionals as they face the challenges of the ever-changingbusiness climate. Amid the burgeoning literature on business ethics, this book providesan important lead in taking a well-known everyday management notion such as"empowerment" and using it to make "ethics" more relevantand accessible to the business world. Adding a major contribution to theongoing debate about the role of business in society, the content examines theissues of power, control, and autonomy, addressing such questions asempowerment as a matter of justice, and also provides case studies of theorganizational experiences of empowerment programs.
About the author
The late John J. Quinn was a lecturer in decision theory, strategic management, and business ethics at Brunel University. He was the coauthor of Strategic Control: Milestones for Long-Term Performances.
Peter W. F. Davies was previously a senior lecturer in strategic mangement and business ethics at Buckinghamshire Business School. Formerly a mining engineer, he is developing research in engineering ethics. He is the editor of Current Issues in Business Ethics.
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