This volume explores corporate governance from three perspectives: a traditional economic, a philosophical, and an integrated business ethics perspective. It brings together the leading international researchers in the field of Business Ethics.

Brings together leading international researchers in the field Is published within the well-known Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy series Reunites philosophical and economic ideas of corporate governance

Autorentext
Alexander Brink, geboren 1970 in Düsseldorf, studierte zunächst Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Philosophie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, ehe er im Herbst 1999 seine Promotion abschloss. Augenblicklich arbeitet er an einem unternehmensethischen Projekt in Kooperation mit einem deutschen Spezialchemiekonzern und der Privaten Universität Witten/Herdecke. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf den Gebieten der angewandten Ethik, der Unternehmensführung und des Shareholder-Value.

Inhalt

Preface.- Corporate Governance and Ethics: An Introduction; Alexander Brink .- ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.- 1. The Globalisation of Corporate Governance? Irresistible Markets Meet Immovable Institutions; Thomas Clarke .- 2. Regulation Complexity and the Costs of Governance; Steen Thomsen .- 3. Corporate Governance as an Institution to Overcome Social Dilemmas; Margit Osterloh, Bruno S. Frey, Hossam Zeitoun .- 4. Scandalous Co-Determination; Kai Kühne, Dieter Sadowski .- 5. Corporate Codes of Ethics: Can Punishments Enhance Their Effectiveness?; Till Talaulicar .- 6. Corporate Governance at the Chinese Stock Market: How It Evolved; Junhua Tang and Dirk Linowski.- PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.- 7. Philosophical Underpinnings to Corporate Governance: A Collibrational Approach; Steve Letza, Clive Smallman, Xiuping Sun, James Kirkbride.- 8. Aristotelian Corporate Governance; Alejo José G. Sison.- 9. Deliberative Democracy and Corporate Governance; Bert van de Ven, Wim Dubbink .- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS ETHICS.- 10. The Firm as a Nexus of Stakeholders: Stakeholder Management and Theory of the Firm; Josef Wieland .- 11. Corporate Governance, Ethics and Sustainable Development; Aloy Soppe .- 12. Triadic Stakeholder Theory Revisited; Alexei M. Marcoux .- 13. Corporate Governance and Business Ethics; Andrew J. Felo .- 14. When Good Turns to Bad: An Examination of Governance Failure in a Not-for-Profit Enterprise; Chris Low .- 15. Integrity in the Boardroom: A Case for Further Research; Scott Lichtenstein, Les Higgins, Pat Dade .- 16. The Ethics of Corporate Governance in Global Perspective; G.J. (Deon) Rossouw .- 17. Do Stakeholder Interests Imply Control Rights in a Firm?; Ronald Jeurissen .- 18. The Implications of the New Governance for CorporateGovernance; John R. Boatright .- List of Authors.