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In the middle of a global economic crisis of unprecedented proportions and growing mistrust and skepticism about business, challenges associated with the search for new foundations for a more egalitarian and sustainable capitalist system are immense. Rescue measures taken by governments and businesses to date seem to be transient at best, failing to address the root causes of the deep and continuing economic turbulences and the demoralized capital markets. Rather than dealing with the underpinning triggers of the crisis, policymakers seem oriented toward mitigating the results and outcomes of the problem. However, as long as the root causes of the recent global economic meltdown are not identified and addressed, there is definite risk of regression to similar economic collapses in the future. Many scholars and analysts attribute the global financial crisis to a relentless profit-maximization mantra among managers and business practitioners, coupled with overly competitive and self-interested behavior (Holland, 2009; Jacobs, 2009). Business managers seem to be completely oblivious to the moral dimensions of decision making, with success in the business world continuing to be sadly defined in terms of money and power, brushing aside broader moral questions of meaning and purpose and values of integrity and responsibility (Hedges, 2009).
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Jamali, D., Dirani, A.M.E. (2013). CSR and HRM for Workplace Integrity: Advancing the Business Ethics Agenda. In: Amann, W., Stachowicz-Stanusch, A. (eds) Integrity in Organizations. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280350_23
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