The
book, Cases of Unethical Business: A
Malignant Mentality of Mendacity, presents a number of cases of unethical
conduct at American companies in several industries, along with some cases from
other regions of the world for comparative perspective. A variety of industries
are represented so to evince a common denominator lurking beneath specific
instances of unethical conduct in business. The emphasis here is not on ethical
decision-making, for it does not go deep enough. Rather, the underlying
mentality out of which the decisions come is to be unearthed to be examined in
the light of day. The mentality can be characterized as a mendacious narcissism
having little or no regard for other people or institutions; yet even this
characterization is incomplete, for a certain presumptuousness or even
arrogance is can also be discerned in the cases. The mentality can be deemed to
be inherently unethical in itself, regardless of whether any ensuing sordid
conduct ensues.
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