Corporate Retirement Security: Social and Ethical Issues (Leeds School Series on Business and Society) [Hardcover]

Robert Kolb (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1405150483 | ISBN-13: 978-1405150484 | Edition: 1

This volume collects the contributions of a number of diverse and distinguished scholars to reflect upon the topic of corporate retirement security in the United States.

• Contributes to the public policy debate concerning the securing of sufficient retirement funds
  
• Reflects the present discussions and disagreements about the most fundamental aspects of the employment relationship
  
• Organized into three sections, this volume focuses on ethical issues in pension plan structure, pension plan changes, and investing in pension plan funds
  
• Includes a thorough and orienting introduction to the subject

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a thought-provoking examination of issues related to retirement plan sponsorship.... The views expressed by the authors are quite divergent, with the result being that readers will find some positions with which they strongly agree, others with which they disagree, and still others which they have never before considered." (Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, April 2009)

From the Back Cover

How are workers in the United States to secure sufficient funds to make possible a retirement income that is in some essential way consistent with their expectations and their lifetime of achievements? Public policy debate over the topic of corporate retirement – a complex and hotly contested aspect of the larger U.S. retirement income system – continues to illustrate U.S. society’s widespread disagreement over the most fundamental facets of employment in general.

Contributors to this timely volume, edited by renowned business ethicist Robert W. Kolb, embrace a wide range of backgrounds: from business scholars and ethicists, philosophers, attorneys, and business consultants to corporations struggling with the problems of managing their retirement programs in an era of rapid change. The articles, all of which were written for this volume, offer diverse perspectives at the core of the very real issues involved in the employer–employee relationship, central to the social organization of work and the enjoyment of a comfortable and meaningful retirement.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405150483
• ISBN-13: 978-1405150484
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,720,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)