Sharing, giving and friendship - The forgotten factors of business relationships

Journal of Human Values

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Kimber, David ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33846309167     PISSN: 09716858     EISSN: 09730737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097168589700300105     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Quoted in W.H. Agor, Intuitive Management (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1984).
2. There is a strong argument put forward by 'conomic rationalists' that such activities lead to a more equitable distribution of resources. While this can be justified in the short term, I would argue that, without a sound framework of personal human values, the long-term outcomes may lead to greater disparities and a potential 'Easter Island' world for our descendants! For some aspects of this debate, see Peter Singer, How are We to Live (Melbourne: Text Publishers, 1993).
3. M. Visser, The Rituals of Dinner (New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991), 53.
4. See R. Solomon, Ethics and Excellence - Co-operation and Integrity in Business (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 101-105.
5. R. Trivers, 'The Evolution of Reciprocal Relationships', in P. Singer, ed., Ethics (London: Oxford University Press, 1994).
6. The large salary increases for the chief executive of a British energy corporation even while the organization was 'downsizing' and reporting poor returns was given considerable press coverage in late 1995. See The Corporate Director, October 1995.
7. G. Krishna, Corporate Social Responsibility in India (New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1992).
8. Prof Chakraborty reviews this theme in far greater detail in Management by Values: Towards Cultural Congruence (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991).
9. See J.A. Fairbank, A Brief History of China (Boston: Harvard Press, 1994).
10. See A. Bullock, The Humanist Tradition in the West (London: Thames and Hudson, 1985).
11. May's discussion of the role of professions in society today and the need to reinvigorate earlier principles is worthwhile additional reading on this theme. See W. May, 'Ethics and the Professions', Applied Ethics Centre Working Paper, St. John's College, University of Queensland, 1995.
12. M. Naughton, H. Alford and B. Brady, 'The Common Good and the Purpose of the Firm: A Critique of Shareholder-Stakeholder Models from Catholic Tradition', Journal for Human Values, 1995, 1(2), 221-38.
13. See Chakraborty, Management by Values (n. 14 above).
14. D. Clark, L. Ross and J. Shackleton, Organisational Framework (London: ACCA Textbooks, 1995), chs. 1 and 2.