Meaningful Work

Authors

Joseph R. DesJardins, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Business | Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Philosophy

Abstract

Book Description:
In this original collection of essays, a group of scholars critically examine the ethical dimensions of business using the Kantian themed business ethics of Norman E. Bowie as a jumping off point. The authors engage Bowie’s influential body of scholarship as well as contemporary themes in business, including topics such as: the normative foundations of capitalism; the applicability of Kantian ethics, virtue ethics, and pragmatism in normative business ethics; meaningful work; managerial ethics; the ethics of high leverage finance capitalism; business ethics and corporate social responsibility; and responsibility for the natural environment. The contributors to this volume include both scholars sympathetic to Bowie’s Kantian business ethics and scholars critical of that perspective.

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Recommended Citation

DesJardins, Joseph R. “Meaningful Work.” In Kantian Business Ethics: Critical Perspectives, edited by Denis Gordon Arnold and Jared D. Harris. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2012.