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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Summary |
In recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. In The Moral Background, Gabriel Abend develops just such a framework and uses it to investigate the history of business ethics in the United States from the 1850s to the 1930s. According to Abend, morality consists of three levels: moral and immoral behavior, or the behavioral level; moral understandings and norms, or the normative level; and the moral background, which includes what moral concepts exist in a society, what moral metho. |
| Contents |
The moral background -- Ethics as a business proposition -- Christian motives -- The good of American business -- The good of American society -- Standards of practice -- The Christian merchant. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Business ethics -- History.
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Business ethics. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Abend, Gabriel. Moral background. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014] 9780691159447 (DLC) 2013035034 (OCoLC)857863394 |
| ISBN |
9781400850341 (electronic book) |
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1400850347 (electronic book) |
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1306452430 (electronic book) |
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9781306452434 (electronic book) |
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9780691159447 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0691159440 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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