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Aristotle’s Economic Ethics

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Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality

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Aristotle has in recent years enjoyed much attention in business and management journals (Collins, 1987; Dyck and Kleysen, 2001; Solomon, 2004; Wijnberg, 2000). Whether in relation to total quality management (Schoengrund, 1996), knowledge management (Demarest, 1997), crisis management (Darling, 1994), networking (Schonsheck, 2000), in psychological literature on well- being (Waterman, 1990), or as a general reference point for business ethics scholars (for example, Fontrodona and Mele, 2002; Gimbel, 2005; Solomon, 1992; Solomon, 2004; Wijnberg, 2000), Aristotle’s philosophy enjoys enthusiastic attention in the business field. In order to understand the significance of this, it is imperative that we do not isolate the tenets of his business ethics from their wider philosophical context but, rather, explain the former by the latter.

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  1. Stonehill College, Boston, USA

    Claus Dierksmeier (Professor, Department of Business Administration) (Professor, Department of Business Administration)

  2. Goethe Business School, University of Frankfurt, Germany

    Wolfgang Amann (Director of Executive Education) (Director of Executive Education)

  3. Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil

    Heiko Spitzeck (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, New York, USA

    Michael Pirson (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Dierksmeier, C., Pirson, M. (2011). Aristotle’s Economic Ethics. In: Dierksmeier, C., Amann, W., von Kimakowitz, E., Spitzeck, H., Pirson, M. (eds) Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230314139_3

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