TY - BOOK AU - Rendtorff,Jacob Dahl ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - French Philosophy and Social Theory: A Perspective for Ethics and Philosophy of Management T2 - Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy, SN - 9789401788458 AV - BJ1-1725 U1 - 170 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer KW - Philosophy (General) KW - Ethics KW - Operations research KW - Philosophy KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory KW - Sociology, general N1 - 1.Introduction: Basic concepts of business ethics -- 2. Early contemporary French philosophy and business ethics -- 3. Phenomenology and existentialism -- 4. The epistemological tradition and organizations -- 5. Structuralism and post-structuralism -- 6. Postmodernism and hyper modernism -- 7. Discussion: What can French philosophy do for business ethics? N2 - This book demonstrates how the conceptual resources of contemporary French philosophy from the early 20thCentury to the present day can be applied to give us new perspectives on business ethics and the ethics of organizations. In providing an overview of possible applications,the book covers a wide range of philosophers, philosophical movements and perspectives, and provides detailed analyses of core materials relevant to business ethics. It explores and analyzes French philosophy, taking into account phenomenology,existentialism, French epistemology, structuralism, post-structuralism,deconstruction and postmodernism as well as recent discussions of philosophy of organizations and management. Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading and educational illustrations of possible applications to the mainstream business ethics and ethics of organization literature UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8845-8 ER -