Applying Care Ethics to Business

Abstract

Fourteen papers explore the intersection between the growing field of care ethics and business. Papers discuss an ethic of care--a relational ethic for the relational characteristics of organizations; care ethics and markets--a view from feminist economics; the foundations for care ethics in early economic theory; the move toward a caring economy; care ethics and stakeholder theory; moving toward a more caring stakeholder theory--global business ethics in dialogue with the feminist ethics of care; elucidating the role of care in ethical decision making and action; care ethics and unintended consequences; the changing face of ethics in the workplace--care and the impact of immigration enforcement; taking care of business--caring in competitive corporate structures; Bumfights and care ethics--a contemporary case study; care and loyalty in the workplace; care ethics, knowledge management, and the learning organization; and care as a corporate value. Hamington is Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Women's Studies and Services at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Sander-Staudt is Assistant Professor at Arizona State University. Bibliography; index.