Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today
An Economist's View
by David George Surdam
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9783030371685 |
| eText ISBN | 9783030371692 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 397 |
Business Ethics from the 19th Century to Today: An Economist's View combines economic and business history to evaluate ethical practices across two centuries. Written by David George Surdam, the book investigates how commercial standards evolved from the nineteenth century into the modern era.
The volume concentrates on American and British commerce, analyzing critical developments such as slavery, industrialization, firm behavior, monopolies, and Ponzi schemes.
Drawing on research by economists and historians, the text shows how changing technologies, religious beliefs, and cultural attitudes cause ethical standards to vary across different times and locations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Labor Resists
Chapter 2: Early Nineteenth-Century Changes
Chapter 3: Examples of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Business Ethics in America
Chapter 4: Rise of Industrialization
Chapter 5: Ethics of the Firm and Strategic Behavior
Chapter 6: John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
Chapter 7: Rise of the Big Retail Merchants
Chapter 8: Early Twentieth-Century Aspects
Chapter 9: Anxiety Over Product Safety
Chapter 10: Get-Rich-Quick and Ponzi Schemes
Chapter 11: Distributions of Income and Wealth
Chapter 12: What About the Children?
Chapter 13: Twenty-First-Century Situations
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