ISBN:
9783540723103
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 112 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment ^31
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Business ethics of innovation
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
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Ethics
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Engineering economy
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Economic policy
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Political science
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Operations research
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Decision making
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Political science
;
Ethics
;
Engineering economics
;
Engineering economy
;
Economic policy
;
Philosophy
;
Economic policy
;
Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
;
Engineering economy
;
Ethics
;
Operations Research/Decision Theory
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Political science
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Wirtschaftsethik
Abstract:
Firms generally depend upon innovations in order to achieve advantages on competitive markets, thus also raising societal questions. Business ethics provides a normative framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved both at relevant firm and regulatory levels. Business Ethics of Innovation is thus necessarily an interdisciplinary endeavour. This volume assesses general questions of how business ethics may contribute to adequate innovations and specifically discusses respective case studies in pharmaceutical and IT sectors.
Abstract:
Firms that operate in a market economy often depend upon innovations in order to achieve competitive advantages that sustainably secure their survival. Business ethics is thus largely concerned with questions about the decisional freedoms involved in innovation processes. Innovations oftentimes raise novel questions about the role of the state or the structure of society. Business ethics needs to provide a framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved at the level of the firm in order to facilitate adequate long term decisions
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter; Business Ethics of Innovation. An Introduction; Corporate Ethics and Globalization - Global Rules and Private Actors; Research Priorities, Profits, and Public Goods: The Case of Drug Resistant Disease; Ethical Issues Associated with Pharmaceutical Innovation; Corporate Responsibility for Innovation - A Citizenship Framework; Access to Medicines and the Innovation Dilemma - Can Pharmaceutical Multinationals be Good Corporate Citizens?; IT Innovations and Open Source: A Question of Business Ethics or Business Model?; Back Matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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International conference proceedings
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-72310-3
URL:
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