Organizational Ethics and Moral Integrity in Secular Societies: The Ethics of Bureaucracies

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Expanding the Horizon of Post-modern Ethics: Ethical Questions in Education and Health Care -- Part I: The Ethical Terrain for Organizations in the Post-modern World -- Chapter 2: Organizations and Moral Failure -- 2.1 Examples of Organizations and Moral Failure -- 2.2 Organizations and Morality in Contemporary Secular Society -- 2.2.1 Civil Society -- 2.3 From the Personal to Organizations and the Bureaucratic -- 2.3.1 A Theory of Bureaucratic Organizations -- 2.3.1.1 Mission -- 2.3.1.2 Moral Responsibility -- 2.3.1.3 Trust -- 2.3.1.4 Dealing with Vulnerable Populations -- 2.3.1.5 Structures for Ethics: Accountability -- 2.4 Health Care and Education as Moral Concepts for Organizations -- 2.5 Organizations and Vulnerable Populations -- 2.6 Organizations and Social Sins -- 2.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Ethics in Postmodern Secular Societies: The Context for Ethics and Organizations -- 3.1 Morality and Ethics: A Distinction for Clarity in Analysis and Argument -- 3.2 Understanding a "Secular" Society: The Context for Moral Pluralism -- 3.3 Ethical Appeals in a Multicultural Secular Society -- 3.3.1 Secularization and Moral Pluralism -- 3.3.2 Philosophical Appeals -- 3.3.2.1 Consequentialism and Utilitarianism -- 3.3.2.2 Deontological Approaches -- 3.3.2.3 Contract Theory -- 3.3.2.4 Virtue Theory -- 3.3.2.5 Casuistry -- 3.3.2.6 Summary Observations -- 3.4 Ethical Challenges for Organizations in Education and Health Care in Postmodern Society -- 3.5 Structural Biases in Organizations and Society -- 3.6 Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Organizations in Postmodern Society -- 4.1 From the Personal to Organizations and the Bureaucratic -- 4.1.1 A Theoretical Understanding of Bureaucratic Organizations.