Why Business Ethics Matters: Answers from a New Game Theory Model

by Wayne Nordness Eastman

Overview

This book links game theory to business ethics by applying the classic Four Temperaments approach to a wide range of moral emotions, and offers academics and students of game theory a perspective that covers social preferences in a nontraditional way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349580613
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/23/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	203
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wayne Nordness Eastman is Associate Professor and Department Vice Chair in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School, New Jersey, USA. In addition to his theoretical research program focusing on business ethics and game theory, he has an active applied research program that focuses on supply chain management and public policy, education, and public-private partnerships. He is the President of the South Orange-Maplewoood Board of Education and has published widely in journals on business ethics, management, and law.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Four Temperaments and the Four Games.- 2. We're Better Than We Think.- 3. The Harmony Games.- 4. Opening the Door to the Sanguine.- 5. Bringing Telos Back.- 6. Critical Business Ethics.- 7. Why Business Ethics Matters.- 8. Conclusion.