Christian Business Values in an Intercultural Environment
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Rueschhoff, N., Schaum, K. (Eds.) (1989). Christian Business Values in an Intercultural Environment. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-46792-1
Rueschhoff, Norlin and Schaum, Konrad. Christian Business Values in an Intercultural Environment. Duncker & Humblot, 1989. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-46792-1
Rueschhoff, N, Schaum, K (eds.) (1989): Christian Business Values in an Intercultural Environment, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-46792-1
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Christian Business Values in an Intercultural Environment
Editors: Rueschhoff, Norlin | Schaum, Konrad
Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften, Vol. 393
(1989)
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN BUSINESS VALUES IN AN INTERCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT | V | ||
| PART A. INTRODUCTION | 1 | ||
| Chapter I. Clemens-August Andreae and Roger Skurski: Global Values, Institutions and Policies: A Conceptual Framework | 1 | ||
| Prologue | 1 | ||
| Conceptual Framework for the Research | 2 | ||
| Chapter II. Norlin G. Rueschhoff: Intercultural Business Values: A European-American Dialogue | 4 | ||
| The Intercultural Environment | 4 | ||
| Christian Business Values | 5 | ||
| Institutional Cultures and Structures | 6 | ||
| Religiocultural Values In Institutional Policy-Making | 7 | ||
| Reflections And Projections | 7 | ||
| PART Β. THE INTERCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT | 9 | ||
| Chapter IIΙ. Clemens-August Andreae and Reinhard Β. Koester: Values and Policies in the Global Economy: A European-American Institutional Challenge | 9 | ||
| Introduction | 9 | ||
| A Religious Perspective | 10 | ||
| Family Values | 13 | ||
| Economic Stagnation, Values and Capitalistic Institutions | 16 | ||
| Institutional Policies | 18 | ||
| Conclusion | 20 | ||
| Chapter IV. André Goddu: "Eurosclerosis" and the Political Integration of Western Europe--a Historical Perspective | 21 | ||
| Introduction: " Eurosclerosis" | 21 | ||
| The Effects of Recent Efforts Towards European Integration | 22 | ||
| Historical Perspectives on The European Dilemma | 26 | ||
| The Modern Dilemmas of European Identity | 29 | ||
| Responses to The Dilemmas of European Identity | 30 | ||
| The Inherent Causes of "Europessimism" | 35 | ||
| Summary and Conclusions | 37 | ||
| Chapter V. Klaus Lanzinger: Europe, Our Old Home: An American Cultural Experience | 40 | ||
| The Old Home Theme | 40 | ||
| Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Sense of Homecoming | 41 | ||
| Henry James: Romantic Illusions | 45 | ||
| Thomas Wolfe: The Search for the Father | 49 | ||
| Our Old Home: Of a Wider Significance | 52 | ||
| Exhibit I | 53 | ||
| PART C. BUSINESS VALUE PERSPECTIVES | 57 | ||
| Chapter VI. Thomas Werge: Corporate Kingdoms and the Kingdom of God in America | 57 | ||
| Introduction | 57 | ||
| Individualism and Populism | 59 | ||
| Corporate Anonymity and the Absent Person | 61 | ||
| Abstract Kingdoms | 64 | ||
| The Kingdom of God in America | 69 | ||
| Chapter VII. Gerhard Prosi: The Economic Significance of Ethics | 77 | ||
| The Golden Rule | 77 | ||
| The Need for Ethics in Economics | 78 | ||
| The Application of Ethics in Economics | 79 | ||
| Problems in Applying Ethics | 79 | ||
| Performance Norms vs. Process Norms | 80 | ||
| Internalization of Performance Norms | 80 | ||
| Development of Process Norms | 81 | ||
| Individual Ethics vs. Legal Standards | 82 | ||
| The Politicization of Economic Ethics | 84 | ||
| Approaches to Ethical Policy Analysis | 86 | ||
| PART D. INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES | 88 | ||
| Chapter VIII. Jose Antonio Fernandez-Arena: Mexican Operative and Administrative Culture | 88 | ||
| Social Science in Mexico | 88 | ||
| Institutional Objectives | 90 | ||
| Formal Structure | 92 | ||
| Human Aspects | 100 | ||
| Conclusion | 105 | ||
| Chapter IX. Werner Mussner and Norlin Rueschhoff: Institutional Infrastructures as an Element of Intercultural Value Analysis | 106 | ||
| The Institutional Actors | 106 | ||
| Labor Unions | 107 | ||
| Business Firms and Associations | 110 | ||
| Government | 113 | ||
| Non-business Institutions | 115 | ||
| Non-profit Associations | 117 | ||
| Summary and Conclusion | 121 | ||
| Chapter Χ. Wilfried Vyslozil and Hans Mühlbacher: Making Corporate Strategies Work: The Role of Values, Norms, and Attitudes | 123 | ||
| Corporate Strategy and Change | 123 | ||
| Previous Research | 124 | ||
| A General Framework for the Analysis of Organizational Change Required By a New Corporate Policy | 127 | ||
| A Field Application of the General Framework | 132 | ||
| Results of the Study | 134 | ||
| Conclusions | 141 | ||
| PART Ε. ANALYZING RELIGIOCULTURAL VALUES | 143 | ||
| Chapter XI. Scott R. Safranski and Ik-Whan Kwon: Religiocultural Values in Management: Isolating Specific Relationships | 143 | ||
| Isolating Value Relationships | 143 | ||
| Religion, Culture, and Management Values | 144 | ||
| Approaches to Measuring Values | 146 | ||
| Religion-Value Relationships in a Student Sample | 147 | ||
| Conclusions and Further Possibilities for Study | 152 | ||
| Chapter XII. Michael J. Radzicki: Incorporating Christian Values into Business Simulations: An Institutional Dynamics Approach | 157 | ||
| Introduction | 157 | ||
| The Fundamentals of the Institutional Dynamics Approach | 158 | ||
| An Illustration | 160 | ||
| Simulating the Model | 164 | ||
| Summary and Conclusions | 172 | ||
| PART F. REFLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS | 173 | ||
| Chapter XIII. Msgr. Joseph Gremillion: The Church as Transnational Source and Carrier of Values Affecting Economic and Business Institutions and Policies | 173 | ||
| The Reflections | 173 | ||
| Reflection 1: The Economy and Business: What are They? | 173 | ||
| Reflection 2: Values, Personal and Societal | 174 | ||
| Reflection 3: Economic Values in Christian History | 175 | ||
| Reflection 4: Catholic Social Teaching Since Leo XIII | 176 | ||
| Reflection 5: The Christian Source of Values for the Economy | 178 | ||
| Reflection 6: Interpreters and Communicators of Economic Values: The Role of Universities, Conferences, Publications | 179 | ||
| Chapter XIV. Norlin Rueschhoff and Konrad Schaum: Perspectives for Further Research | 182 | ||
| The Conceptual Framework and Research Objective | 182 | ||
| Social and Moral Values in the European-American Tradition | 183 | ||
| Social and Moral Values in European-American Business | 184 | ||
| Institutional and Administrative Structures | 185 | ||
| Effects of Values in Individual and Collective Conduct in Business | 185 | ||
| A Model for Socioeconomic Performance Evaluation | 186 | ||
| Concluding Comments on Future Research | 187 |