This study provides a representation of the broad spectrum of theoretical work on topics related to business ethics, with a particular focus on corporate citizenship. It considers relations of business and society alongside social responsibility and moves on to examine the historical and systemic foundations of business ethics, focusing on the concepts of social and ethical responsibilities. The contributors explore established theories and concepts and their impact on moral behaviour. Together, the contributions offer varied philosophical theories in approaches to business ethics. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers with an interest in the theoretical development of business ethics.

O presente livro é o resultado de uma parceria entre orientador e orientando, mas confesso que tive forte incentivo do Decano da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Agostinho Neto o Prof. Dr. Fausto Tavares de Carvalho Simões numa daquelas reuniões acadêmicas. A minha aposta concretizou – se com essa obra na qual dedico para todos os meus alunos do Curso de Contabilidade e Auditória da Cadeira de Direito Económico. Ao meu parceiro na obra o jovem licenciado Francisco Ngueve que aceitou o desafio em escrever conjuntamente comigo na qual tenho plena certeza no seu futuro brilhante na sua especialidade.

Ni la acumulación de deuda, ni la construcción de viviendas ni el consumo ilimitado de productos y recursos nos sacarán de la profunda crisis económica, energética y medioambiental que vivimos. El futuro pertenece a las sociedades que faciliten el despliegue de la capacidad emprendedora de sus ciudadanos. Bajo esta premisa, Ángel Pes y Norbert Bilbeny se adentran en el papel clave de la responsabilidad social de las empresas y, desde una visión eminentemente práctica, defienden la necesidad de promover la actividad emprendedora sin descuidar la distribución equitativa de los beneficios del desarrollo económico y su carácter sostenible.Para ello, explican cómo dar forma a las exigencias de una economía sostenible a través de numerosos ejemplos de empresas que han sabido ver las ventajas que ofrece la responsabilidad corporativa. Ser empresario responsable no solo es una elección: es una necesidad para construir el futuro.

This book proposes, from a civil perspective —such as that developed by Stefano Zamagni— and a cordial perspective —such as that developed by Adela Cortina—, orientations to design an economy in tune with what the historical moment demands. Among other things, this comes from encouraging institutions, organisations and companies to include in their designs aspects as important for carrying out their activities as cordial reciprocity, mutual recognition of the communicative and affective capacities of the linked or linkable parties, public commitment and the active participation of civil society. The book first shows the conceptualisation of the process of self-interest as operating for one’s own benefit and its inclusion in the orthodox economic model. In Chapter 2 it then displays some of the logical/formal and experimental limits of the axiomatic economics model to discover the possibility of building bridges between theoretical modelling and factual validation. Chapter 3 demonstrates the fragility of a rationality model based on the paradigmatic figure of homo oeconomicus. Chapter 4 reflects on the critical process that has identified reciprocity as a determining factor for human cooperation, turning this behaviour into a paradox in which the lack of a reasonable explanation from the selfish perspective becomes inconsistent in the predominant economic theory. Chapter 5 is from a moral point of view it describes and criticises the different approaches to reciprocity observed by sociologists, biologists, psychologists and economists. Chapter 6 analyses three mutual recognition proposals as possible foundations for human cooperation, highlighting one of them –cordial recognition, developed by Cortina– because it is more closely related to studies of reciprocity, particularly the most recent contributions from the neurosciences. Chapter 7 proposes cordial reciprocity as a horizon of meaning for the various approaches to reciprocity observed. Chapter 8 explores the possible emergence and development of cordial goods, a type of relational and communicative good that enables joint actions to take place in different contexts of human activity. Chapter 9 analyses the application and implementation of cordial reciprocity at the macro, meso and micro levels of the economy. And finally, it proposes guidelines for designing a monitoring and compliance system which, based on the communication, storage and processing of big data and the committed participation of stakeholders, offers businesses the possibility of inspecting their underlying dimensions of morality, emotions and responsibility.

A balance of practical and applied material which also underpins the crucial theoretical concepts that are being applied in today's human resources. For undergraduate/graduate courses in Human Resource Management.

Todo comunica. Este es el axioma básico de la comunicación, también para las organizaciones. Comunicación corporativa. Claves y escenarios constituye un manual transversal y necesario, que actualiza y estudia las claves, los elementos de interés y las distintas vertientes que comprende la comunicación corporativa en el contexto actual. Los autores y autoras de este manual son grandes conocedores de cada uno de los ámbitos de especialización referidos y, por lo tanto, las voces más adecuadas para explicar cómo la función de comunicación puede optimizarse en las organizaciones. Comunicación interna, comunicación interpersonal, comunicación de crisis, comunicación y responsabilidad social corporativa o comunicación online son solo algunos de los temas abordados. Su mirada analiza las tradicionales y nuevas necesidades que afectan a la comunicación corporativa y la mejor manera de resolverlas. El libro resulta comprehensivo, actual y necesario para alumnos, investigadores y profesores, gerentes y directores de comunicación y, en general, para todos los interesados en este ámbito profesional y del saber.

"Qué es la ética de la empresa" constituye una breve reflexión sobre las ventajas que aportaría el desarrollo de criterios éticos en el ámbito empresarial. En las últimas décadas la falta de ética profesional y de honestidad en el mundo de los negocios ha llenado páginas y páginas de periódicos y ha sido protagonista de noticiarios en todo el mundo. La capacidad que tiene hoy la empresa de cambiar nuestro entorno natural e incluso nuestra forma de relacionarnos es muy significativa. Poder implica responsabilidad, y a mayor poder, mayor responsabilidad.

Leader and Leadership are management functions that are vital in directing an organization to improve efficiency, achieve goals, and center policies and procedures on the company vision. This how to do book will help the less experienced reader on various aspects involved with leaders and leadership. The sustained analysis and the variety of topics discussed regarding leaders and leadership qualities in the business sector and in the military and ethical behaviors, and their part in decision-making makes the works of the book compelling. This book shows the author deep knowledge and understanding of leaders becoming leadership. Líder y Liderazgo son funciones de gestión que son vitals para dirigir una organización a mejorar la eficiencia, alcanzar objetivos y centrar las políticas y procedimientos en la vision de la empresa. Este libro de cómo hacer ayudará al lector menos experimentado en varios aspectos relacionados con los líderes y el liderazgo. El análisis sostenido y la variedad de temas discutidos con respecto a los líderes y las cualidades de liderazgo en el sector empresarial y en los comportamientos militares y éticos, y su parte en la toma de decisiones hace que las obras del libro sean convincentes. Este libro muestra al autor un profundo conocimiento y comprensión de los líderes que se convierten en líderes.

Discussing ethics applied to finance can become a trivial and selfjustifying task if left to the practical men, or a task with no connection to reality, if performed by philosophers. This book, however, turns out to be an exciting piece of work, useful, provocative, full of ideas and suggestions, as experts in ethics discuss specific issues related to the financial institutions and markets, with the men and women that carry out the daily practice in such institutions and markets, as well as with scholars of economics and finance. Thus, the book covers everything from daily subjects to issues of a deeper nature, using a simple and clear language with solid foundations in economics and ethics, from a necessarily plural and open perspective.