Ethics incorporated
Subtitle: top priority and bottom line
By: Dipankar Gupta
Edition: Rev. ed
Publisher: Response Books; SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Business ethics
Description: "The book details the pressures of contemporary competition that make it imperative for organizations to follow ethical business practices. Dipankar Gupta illustrates how ethical business practices are good for the bottom line because they contribute to higher productivity and better risk management by introducing greater commitment and synergies between stakeholders. This book shows, step by step, how a clear focus on Business Ethics at top management levels brings about more competitiveness, creativity, cohesion and direction in corporate practices. The author couples his strong plea for Business Ethics with easy to follow guidelines on to how to put them into practice."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198) and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Getting It Right: What is Business Ethics and What It Is Not; title: 2. How to Make It Work: Putting Business Ethics in Place; title: 3. Step by Step: Guidelines for Business Ethics in Practice; title: 4. Towards Sustainability: Ethics Driven Corporate Social Responbibility; title: 5. For an Ethics Game Plan:  Playing It Safe and Playing to Win; title: 6. In Times of Trouble: Recognizing Red Flags; title: 7. Walking the Talk:  A Little Ethics Is A Dangerous Thing; title: 8. Vendor Monitoring and Compliance: A New Dimension of Business Ethics; title: 9. Globalization and the Paradigm Shift: From Production to Consumption