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The work demands and rewards the reader's attention, both in reflecting on the structure of [Werhane's] argument and in highlighting why moral imagination must be a priority for management educators. . .an important contribution to the literature of business ethics. --Academy of ManagementReview The purpose of the book is to trace the origin of business decisions which have been bad consequences in order to show that the failure to be imaginative is a major cause of poor decisions. . .Werhane's goal in this book is worthwhile and her approach is welcome. If we understand the thinking of decision makers in cases such as the Challenger explosion, we may be able to consider approaches to minimize such decisions in the future. In the course of the volume Werhane does a good job of telling a number of stories from the business world and she cites examples from philosophical literature. --Ethics

The work demands and rewards the reader's attention, both in reflecting on the structure of [Werhane's] argument and in highlighting why moral imagination must be a priority for management educators. . .an important contribution to the literature of business ethics.--Academy of Management Review The purpose of the book is to trace the origin of business decisions which have been bad consequences in order to show that the failure to be imaginative is a major cause of poor decisions. . .Werhane's goal in this book is worthwhile and her approach is welcome. If we understand the thinking of decision makers in cases such as the Challenger explosion, we may be able to consider approaches to minimize such decisions in the future. In the course of the volume Werhane does a good job of telling a number of stories from the business world and she cites examples from philosophical literature.--Ethics

"""The work demands and rewards the reader's attention, both in reflecting on the structure of [Werhane's] argument and in highlighting why moral imagination must be a priority for management educators. . .an important contribution to the literature of business ethics.""--Academy of Management Review ""The purpose of the book is to trace the origin of business decisions which have been bad consequences in order to show that the failure to be imaginative is a major cause of poor decisions. . .Werhane's goal in this book is worthwhile and her approach is welcome. If we understand the thinking of decision makers in cases such as the Challenger explosion, we may be able to consider approaches to minimize such decisions in the future. In the course of the volume Werhane does a good job of telling a number of stories from the business world and she cites examples from philosophical literature.""--Ethics"

The work demands and rewards the reader's attention, both in reflecting on the structure of [Werhane's] argument and in highlighting why moral imagination must be a priority for management educators. . .an important contribution to the literature of business ethics. --Academy of Management Review<br> The purpose of the book is to trace the origin of business decisions which have been bad consequences in order to show that the failure to be imaginative is a major cause of poor decisions. . .Werhane's goal in this book is worthwhile and her approach is welcome. If we understand the thinking of decision makers in cases such as the Challenger explosion, we may be able to consider approaches to minimize such decisions in the future. In the course of the volume Werhane does a good job of telling a number of stories from the business world and she cites examples from philosophical literature. --Ethics<br>

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Patricia Werhane is Peter and Adele Ruffin Professor of Business Ethics at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and Senior Fellow at the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics. She is the editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, the leading journal in the field, and the author of many books, including Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach (now in its sixth edition) and Adam Smith and His Legacy For Modern Capitalism (Oxford, 1991).

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