Provides readers with the background knowledge and guidelines that wil enable them to test their own ethical positions in business situations. KEY TOPICS: Topics included are: it outlines two appro…
"When everybody thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong." The ten words quoted above are, according to Humphrey B. Neill, a potent factor behind the economic booms and busts that blight our c…
An in-depth study of ethics and professional responsibility as they relate to accountants -- i.e., the auditor, the management consultant, the tax practitioner, and the internal professional.
Why does society oscillate between intense interest in public issues and almost total concentration on private goals? In this classic work, Albert O. Hirschman offers a stimulating social, politica…
This is a study of the labor movement in modern Japan, from its origins in the late 19th century through the 1930s.
Robert F Kennedy challenged us to dream of things that never were and say, Why not? This book presents a primer for fresh business thinking, and for problem solving with a purpose. It also offers s…
The second edition of Consumer Culture explores the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. Celia Lury's up-to-date revision of this successful classic establishes the importance of new…
Surveys in detail the most significant problems now facing Indonesia, raises vital issues for further investigation, and analyzes the results of the 1999 election.
Economic Interests and Institutions offers a comprehensive treatment of the public policy problem, the role of economic institutions in the design of new policy initiatives, and the way in which ec…
A stimulating appraisal of a crucial contemporary theme, this comprehensive analysis of globalizaton offers a distinctively cultural perspective on the social theory of the contemporary world. This…