This collection explores the subject of conflicts of interest. It investigates how to manage conflicts of interest, how they can affect well-meaning professionals, and how they can limit the effectiveness of corporate boards, undermine professional ethics, and corrupt expert opinion. Legal and policy responses are considered, some of which (e.g. disclosure) are shown to backfire and even fail. …
Like it or not, most Americans take it for granted that deception is entrenched in the highest levels of government. Up until now most of the arguments about lying have been moral. But in this groundbreak- ing and closely reasoned book, bestselling political commentator Eric Alterman lays bare the disastrous practical consequences of presidential duplicity since World War II.
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) was created by the International Commission of Jurists in 1978 and is co-located at the ICJ Secretariat în Geneva. Its mandate is to promote world-wide the UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary and the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
Ten years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation through the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, to the Monica Lewinsky affair and Brett Kavanaugh'…
This comprehensive volume examines the workings of the government and politics of Japan. it provides a macro view of the central government. the bicameral parliament and civil service bureaucracy and of how these various instutions work together to create teh laws and policies of the nation
We live in dangerous times, when a new kind of leadership is required. Visionary and ruthlessly strategic, Warrior Politics extracts the best of the wisdom of the ages for modern lead- ers who are faced with the complex life-and-death challenges of today's world-and determined to win. Sun-Tzu urges leaders to "plan and calculate like a hungry man." Machiavelli defines a policy not by its excell…
This book is in a way the final chapter of my D.Phil. thesis on pragmatism and truth, which was submitted at Oxford University over a decade ago. I had intended then to say something about moral judgement, but David Wiggins, who supervised that thesis, showed me just how far I had to go before I got anything close to right enough.
A critical indictment of modern corporate practices argues that today's publicly traded companies enjoy the legal statuses of individuals but are not bound by the same legal and moral responsibilities, in a historical survey that traces the contributions and unethical activities of such companies as Enron, Exxon, and Pfizer.
Through the selection of current articles, the goal of this Annual Editions is to present some different perspectives on understanding basic concepts and concerns of business ethics and to provide ideas on how to incorporate these concepts into the policies and decision-making processes of businesses.
This collection of essays traces the development of a range of social ideas, then addresses questions about society and the international order. With its balanced inclusion of historical and contemporary selections, Social Ideals and Policies is the most comprehensive anthology available in social and political philosophy