Is restructuring an underhanded way to make the rich richer and the poor poorer? Or is it necessary, although bitter, medicine for an ailing economy?
In The Ethics of the New Economy: Restructuring and Beyond, professionals from the fields of philosophy, ethics, management, as well as those representing the groups affected by restructuring, tackle thorny ethical issues. Referring to concrete case studies, these timely essays discuss a variety of topics, including justified and unjustified restructuring; employers’ obligations during the restructuring process; equity issues; the rise of part-time employment; the effects of restructuring on communities; the internal risks faced by restructuring corporations; deprofessionalization in health care; the consequences of restructuring in the developing world; philanthropy and cause-related marketing; corporate “judo” and restructuring; and responsible and irresponsible restructuring.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Part I: Introduction 12
- 1. Editor's Introduction 14
- 2. What Are the University's Obligations in the New Economy? 20
- 3. The Ethics of Restructuring 36
- Part ll: The Case Against Restructuring 52
- 4. Restructuring the Welfare State: Leaner, Meaner, and Inequitable 54
- Part III: Responsible and Irresponsible Restructuring 70
- 5. Responsible Restructuring in the Private Sector 72
- 6. Corporate Judo 86
- Part IV: Methods of Restructuring 104
- 7. Cause-Related Marketing: A Restructuring Alternative? 106
- 8. Realism, Restructuring, and Amalgamation: What Can We Learn from the Mega-mess in Toronto? 122
- 9. Ethics and Regional Health Boards 136
- 10. Downsizing, Change, and Ownership 154
- Part V: The Process of Restructuring 166
- 11. What Restructuring Can Learn from EBDM 168
- 12. Discharging Employer Responsibilities to Employees during Major Organizational Change 178
- 13. Fair Change: Employment Equity and Restructuring 190
- Part VI: Pitfalls of Restructuring 198
- 14. Managing Risks in the Restructured Corporation: The Case of Dow Corning and Silicone Breast Implants 200
- 15. De-Professionalization in Health Care: Flattening the Hierarchy 214
- Part VlI: The Restructuring Economy 222
- 16. Underemployment and the New Economy 224
- 17. Losing Community 242
- 18. Restructuring beyond the First World 250
- Part VIII: Case Studies 256
- 19. Rebuilding the Province of New Brunswick 258
- 20. Community Health at the Willett Hospital 266
- 21. Alberta Education: Retooling through Deschooling 272
- 22. Bell Canada—from the Bottom Up: An Employee's Perspective 284
- 23. The Banking Sector: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Restructuring 290
- Part IX: Overview 296
- 24. Ethics and Restructuring: Obstacles, Challenges, and Opportunities 298
- List of Contributors 312
- Notes 314
- Bibliography 320
- Index 340
- A 340
- B 340
- C 340
- D 340
- E 341
- F 341
- G 341
- H 341
- I 341
- J 341
- K 341
- L 341
- M 341
- N 342
- O 342
- P 342
- Q 342
- R 342
- S 342
- T 342
- U 342
- V 343
- W 343
- X 343
