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Oswald A. J. Mascarenhas (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, India)
Munish Thakur (XLRI – Xavier School of Management, India)
Payal Kumar (Indian School of Hospitality, India)

A Primer on Critical Thinking and Business Ethics

ISBN: 978-1-83753-309-1, eISBN: 978-1-83753-308-4

Publication date: 27 July 2023

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Mascarenhas, O.A.J., Thakur, M. and Kumar, P. (2023), "Index", A Primer on Critical Thinking and Business Ethics, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-308-420231010

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INDEX

Accidental adversaries
, 176

Actor network theory (ANT)
, 34–35, 38–39

Ad hominem argument
, 201

Adaptation process
, 33

Aesthetics
, 91–92

American Philosophical Association (APA)
, 2, 13–14

Delphi report
, 6

Analysis
, 55–56

Andy Fastow’s Critical Thinking
, 83–84

Animal welfare
, 29–30

laws
, 29

Anthropocene
, 29

Archetypes of systems thinking
, 167–185

accidental adversaries
, 176

balancing process with delay
, 179–181

beware of symptomatic solution
, 170–172

eroding goals
, 184–185

escalation
, 182–184

fixes
, 172–174

growth and underinvestment
, 181–182

limits to growth
, 168–170

shifting burden
, 170–172

success
, 177–179

tragedy of commons
, 174–176

Argyris, Chris on problems organizational learning
, 87–88

Arthur Anderson (company)
, 3

Artificial Intelligence
, 139–140

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
, 5

Assumption
, 20

Assurance of learning
, 26–27

ATP products
, 89

Background knowledge
, 24

Baconian empirical method
, 10

Baconian Empirical Probing Method
, 51

Baconian method of critical analysis
, 49–50

Balancing feedback loop
, 150

Balancing mechanisms
, 151

Bandwagon appeal
, 201

Behavior
, 211–213

systems
, 10–11

Behaviorism
, 143–144

Beliefs
, 126, 211, 213

critical thinking model
, 134–137

critical thinking systematically questions our presumed thinking and
, 134–145

fallibility of
, 211

negative beliefs
, 126

neutral beliefs
, 126

OSA and assumptions of cosmic space explorations
, 139

positive beliefs
, 126

sustainability development and related ethical concerns of OSA
, 139–140

systems
, 120

Bias
, 20

Black Swan events
, 152

knowledge amid
, 195–197

Bloom’s higher-order critical thinking skills
, 24

Bloom’s taxonomy of critical thinking
, 21

“Boiled frog” syndrome
, 178

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
, 46

Break vicious zero-sum game cycle
, 177–179

Brundtland Report, The
, 139–140

Budget Omnibus Act (1993)
, 184–185

Business
, 5, 211, 213

belief systems in
, 128–129

beliefs at Zingerman’s Delicatessen
, 126–127

critical thinking and business ethics
, 28, 77, 79

industry organizations
, 56

knowledge
, 15

structure of belief systems in
, 119–120

Careful goal-directed thinking
, 69

Cartesian doubting method
, 10

Cartesian dualism and critical thinking
, 193

Cartesian methodic doubt
, 47–48

applying
, 50

Cartesian philosophy of doubt
, 47–48

Cartesian systematic doubt as critical thinking
, 51–52

Cartesian theory

on fallibility of human knowledge
, 189–192

of methodical doubt
, 187–188

Cartesianism
, 189, 192

Cash flow from operations (CFO)
, 46

Center for Critical Thinking
, 1

Certificate of deposit (CD)
, 150

Chaos theory
, 31–34, 148

Circular reasoning
, 201

Citigroup (company)
, 3

Civilization
, 184

Classical dilemmas
, 163

Climate change
, 28

Cognitive cultures, known problems and unknown problems of our
, 209

Cognitive mechanisms, known challenges and unknown challenges of our
, 208

Cognitive skills
, 55–56

Cognitive theorists
, 144

Cognitive unconscious
, 36

Common resource
, 174–176

Company’s strategy
, 104

Compensating feedback mechanisms
, 156

Complex adapting system (CAS)
, 37

Complex consciousness, critical thinking as
, 33–37

Complexity
, 34

as resource for critical thinking, exploring
, 30–39

theory
, 148

Consciousness
, 34–35

Contemporary cognitive science
, 35

Contemporary philosophy
, 188–189

Copernican Revolution
, 189

Corporate capitalism
, 131–132

Corporate ethics
, 117–118

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 63

Cosmic space explorations, OSA and assumptions of
, 139

Counteract belief systems, ecofeminist mandates to
, 133–134

Countrywide (company)
, 161

COVID-19 pandemic
, 29

Cray Supercomputer Company
, 162–163

Creativity
, 70–71

creative-thinking skills
, 70

expertise
, 70

motivation
, 70

Credit default swaps (CDS)
, 161

Credit Suisse (company)
, 3

Critical analysis, Baconian method of
, 49–50

Critical constants
, 15

Critical theory
, 16

Critical thinkers
, 14, 24–25

skills of good
, 22

Critical thinking
, 1–2, 4–6, 8, 10, 14, 16–17, 20, 34, 55, 188

advanced principles of critical thinking
, 25

as aesthetically rational design thinking
, 91–92

agenda for critical thinking investigation
, 19

to analyze belief systems
, 134

animal welfare and environmental ethics
, 29–30

applied to HRM
, 140

applying critical thinking concerns of Habermas and others to global efficiency, stability, and justice
, 61–62

applying definitions of critical thinking to organizational inputs, processes, and outcomes
, 57–60

applying definitions of Edward Glaser
, 64–68

approaches to teaching
, 7–8

behavioral component
, 14

beliefs, behavior, business
, 211–213

brief history of
, 41

building strengths and ignoring weaknesses
, 99–103

and business ethics
, 28

in business ethics
, 77–79

Cartesian dualism and
, 193

Cartesian systematic doubt as
, 51–52

Cartesian theory on fallibility of human knowledge
, 189–192

challenge of
, 17–18

changing way
, 103–106

characteristics and process of
, 52–56

as complex consciousness, self-organization, and emergence
, 33–37

core of
, 69

corporate fraudulent thinking
, 2–3

countering structured layers of our thinking and reasoning
, 21

critical need for
, 2

critical thinking–based education
, 108

current problems in management education
, 26–27

defensive routines as lack of
, 89–91

designing models of critical thinking based on history
, 43–44

designing models of critical thinking based on history from renaissance period to current times
, 48

desirable principles of
, 25

difference between thinking and
, 189

domain of
, 21–22

as ecofeminism to counter male dominance
, 29

in education
, 75–76

epistemological assumptions of thinking and reasoning
, 137

epistemological incapacities for understanding and taming market uncertainties
, 200–201

examining structured layers of thinking and reasoning
, 18–30

excessive focus
, 204, 206–207

exploring complexity theory as resource for critical thinking
, 30–39

fallibility and falsifiability of our known ignorance and unknown ignorance
, 207

fallibility and falsifiability of our known knowledge and unknown knowledge
, 206

fallibility of beliefs
, 210–211, 213

foundations for thinking and
, 79–80

fourfold typology of critical thinking domains
, 113–115

good set of working principles for
, 17

Habermas and
, 56–60

higher-order cognitive skills, creativity, and
, 70–71

as higher-order thinking
, 22–24

history and categorization as vulnerability
, 203

immutable and frozen conceptualizations
, 12

input, process, and output skills
, 63

intellectual component
, 14

Kahneman and Tversky on fallibility of human knowledge
, 199

Karl Popper’s theory of fallibility and falsifiability of Knowledge
, 194–195

knowledge amid black swan events
, 195–197

known challenges and unknown challenges of cognitive mechanisms
, 208

known problems and unknown problems of cognitive cultures
, 209

lack of critical thinking in transportation management
, 81–82

major laws of systems thinking
, 152–167

managerial implications
, 37–39

market turbulence, luck, and serendipity
, 202

method
, 42, 93, 109, 134, 137

models
, 10

moral relativism
, 82

norms for
, 63–70

organizational assumptions of our thinking and reasoning
, 138

positive and normative science
, 95

power of structured belief systems
, 126–134

predicts high critical thinking
, 76–77

principles of
, 24–25

problem of critical thinking and global unsustainability
, 27–28

process of critical thinking
, 137–138

questioning and challenging status quo
, 94–95

randomness
, 197

rationale
, 8–9

reflective thinking
, 93–94

representative management thinkers and
, 84–92

rules vs. principle
, 83–84

scope of critical thinking as problem solving
, 26

sense of world
, 93

skills
, 18, 25, 75

skills of good critical thinker
, 22

spiritual intelligence
, 95–99

structure
, 9–12

structure of belief systems in business
, 119–120

students not trained
, 6–7

synthesizing approaches to
, 109–115

systematically questions
, 134–145

theory
, 56

toward working definition of
, 16–17

types of critique and critical thinking prescriptions
, 71–74

valuing knowledge resources hierarchically
, 106–109

viewed etymologically
, 14–16

Criticism
, 191

Critique and critical thinking prescriptions, types of
, 71–74

Critique of authority
, 71–74

Critique of knowledge
, 71–74

Critique of rhetoric
, 71–74

Critique of tradition
, 71–74

Cultural capital
, 178

Deceiving Demon
, 50

Defensive reasoning
, 88

Defensive routines as lack of critical thinking
, 89–91

Defensive Routines theory
, 88

Deming, William Edwards (guru of business management)
, 84–87

Descartes’s laws of motion
, 192

Design thinking
, 92

Designing models of critical thinking based on history
, 43–44

applying Cartesian methodic doubt
, 50

Baconian empirical probing method
, 51

Baconian method of critical analysis
, 49–50

Cartesian methodic doubt
, 47–48

from renaissance period to current times
, 48

socratic questioning technique
, 43

Deterministic psychology theorists
, 144

Dissipative structures
, 32–33

Dividend payments via Debt
, 46–47

Dividend payout
, 46

“Double-loop” learning
, 87–88

Ecofeminism to counter male dominance, critical thinking as
, 29

Ecofeminist mandates to counteract belief systems
, 133–134

Education
, 109–113

critical thinking in
, 75–76

Educators
, 8

Electronic products
, 92

Emancipatory cognitive interest (ECI)
, 61–62

Emergence, critical thinking as
, 33–37

Emotional intelligence (EQ)
, 95–98

Environmental ethics
, 29–30

Epistemic rationality
, 69

Epistemological incapacities for understanding and taming market uncertainties
, 200–201

Equivocation
, 201

Ernst & Young (company)
, 3

Evaluation
, 55–56

Everyday low price (EDLP)
, 176

Evolution process
, 33

Fallibilism
, 187–188

Fallibility

of belief systems
, 210–211, 213

Cartesian theory on fallibility of human knowledge
, 189–192

Kahneman and Tversky on fallibility of human knowledge
, 199

Karl Popper’s Theory of fallibility of knowledge
, 194–195

of known ignorance and unknown ignorance
, 207

of known knowledge and unknown knowledge
, 206

False analogies
, 201

False either/or argument
, 201

Falsifiability

Karl Popper’s Theory of falsifiability of knowledge
, 194–195

of known ignorance and unknown ignorance
, 207

of known knowledge and unknown knowledge
, 206

Fannie May (company)
, 161

Faulty cause and effect
, 201

Feedback loop
, 129

Feedback process
, 149

reinforcing and balancing
, 149–151

Financial byproducts
, 161

Financial institutions
, 46–47

Financial numbers game
, 3

Financial shenanigans
, 3

First Boston (company)
, 3

First-order thinking
, 94

Fixes
, 172–174

continuing series of fixes to stubborn problem
, 172–174

Foundation for Critical Thinking, The
, 1

Fourfold typology of critical thinking domains
, 113–115

Freddie Mac (company)
, 161

Free enterprise capitalist system (FECS)
, 148

applying systems laws to explain
, 166–167

Free-market ideology
, 131–132

General Motors
, 82

Genetic Manipulation methods
, 139–140

Global unsustainability, problem of critical thinking and
, 27–28

Gödel’s theorem
, 194, 197

Growth
, 181–182

Growth, limits to
, 168–170

Habermas

and Critical Thinking
, 56–60

others to global efficiency, stability, and justice, applying critical thinking concerns of
, 61–62

Hasty generalization
, 201

Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory
, 141

Higher-order cognitive skill
, 56, 70

Higher-order thinking, critical thinking as
, 22–24

History
, 197

Homo Sapiens Foundation
, 139

Homophobia
, 29

Human beliefs
, 128

Human consciousness
, 34

Human dignity

potential for realizing human dignity within
, 144–145

in search of human dignity development
, 1190

Human knowledge

Cartesian theory on fallibility of
, 189–192

Kahneman and Tversky on fallibility of
, 199

Human Resource Management (HRM)

critical thinking applied to
, 140

current HRM aspirations and developments
, 140–143

potential for realizing human dignity within us
, 144–145

in search of human dignity development
, 143–144

Human resource planning
, 141

Humanistic person-centered psychology
, 143–144

Humanistic projective psychology
, 143–144

Humans
, 26, 213

IBM
, 82

Industrial Age
, 81

Information processing for critical thinking
, 23

Information technology (IT)
, 101

Infusion approach
, 8

Integrity
, 78–7940

Interpretation
, 55–56

Interrelationships
, 148

JP Morgan (company)
, 3

Just-in-time (JIT)
, 169

Karl Popper’s theory of fallibility and falsifiability of Knowledge
, 194–195

Knowledge
, 32, 56, 101–102, 188–189

knowledge-generating process
, 63

resources
, 106–109

Known challenges of our cognitive mechanisms
, 208

Known knowledge, fallibility and falsifiability of our
, 206

Known problems of our cognitive cultures
, 209

KPMG (company)
, 3

Learning

assurance of
, 26–27

process
, 75

Life
, 2

Limitless production, distribution, and consumption (LPDC)
, 19

Logic
, 22

Lucifer effect
, 82

Male dominance, critical thinking as ecofeminism to counter
, 29

Management education, current problems in
, 26–27

Management theory
, 78

Market turbulence
, 202

Market uncertainties, epistemological incapacities for understanding and taming
, 200–201

Mars Society, The
, 139

Marsh & McLennan (company)
, 3

Masculine speech
, 178

Mathematics
, 22

Mental intelligence
, 95–98

Merrill Lynch (company)
, 3

Mixed approach
, 8–9

Modern management systems
, 212

Modern philosophy
, 188–189

Moral relativism
, 82

Morgan Stanley (company)
, 3

Multibillionaire entrepreneurs
, 139

Mutatis mutandis
, 8–9, 166–167

Mutually exclusive nor collectively exhaustive (MECE)
, 71, 136

Nature
, 37–38

Net nonperforming assets (NPAs)
, 46–47

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
, 3, 179

Nonlinear dynamics
, 32

Normative science
, 95

Objective truth
, 213

Organizational assumptions of our thinking and reasoning
, 138

Organizational learning, Chris Argyris on Problems
, 87–88

Outer-Space Adventures (OSA)

and assumptions of cosmic space explorations
, 139

sustainability development and related ethical concerns of
, 139–140

Para-normal phenomena
, 6

Partner’s needs
, 176

Physical intelligence (PQ)
, 95–98

Positive science
, 95

Postmodernist revolution
, 211

Power of our structured belief systems
, 126–134

Prejudice
, 20

Presumed market-related belief systems
, 130–133

Presumption
, 20

Presupposition
, 20

Prevailing system of management
, 15

Problem solving
, 23

scope of critical thinking as
, 26

Problematic “dilemmas”
, 163

Psychology
, 143

Pygmalion effect
, 151

Racism
, 29

Rational design thinking, critical thinking as aesthetically
, 91–92

Reasoning, examining structured layers of thinking and
, 18–30

Reductive reasoning
, 201

Reflective thinking
, 93–94

Reinforcing feedback

loop
, 149–150

processes
, 151

Reinforcing loops
, 150

Renaissance period to current times, designing models of critical thinking based on history from
, 48

Representative management thinkers and critical thinking
, 84–92

Chris Argyris on problems organizational learning
, 87–88

critical thinking as aesthetically rational design thinking
, 91–92

defensive routines as lack of critical thinking
, 89–91

William Edwards Deming
, 84–87

Return on equity (ROE)
, 173

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
, 173

Return on investment (ROI)
, 173

Return on sales (ROS)
, 173

Salomon Smith Barney (company)
, 3

Science books
, 7

Second-order thinking
, 94

Self-organization, critical thinking as
, 33–37

Serendipity
, 202

Short-term gains
, 184–185

Single-loop learning
, 87–88

Skills
, 102

Sluggish system
, 179–181

Socratic method
, 42

to questioning
, 42

Socratic questioning method
, 10, 42, 43–44

applying socratic questioning methods
, 46–47

strategies for using socratic questioning
, 42–43

Speciesism
, 29

Specific, measurable, ambitious, realistic, and time-bound goal (SMART goal)
, 77

Spiritual intelligence (SQ)
, 95, 98–99

Strength
, 102

Structured belief systems

belief systems in business
, 128–129

beliefs
, 127

business beliefs at Zingerman’s Delicatessen
, 126–127

ecofeminist mandates to counteract belief systems
, 133–134

power of
, 126–134

presumed market-related belief systems
, 130–133

symbolic interactionism
, 129

Subjects, objects, properties, and events (SOPE)
, 148

Supposition
, 20

Sustainability development (SD)
, 139

and related ethical concerns of OSA
, 139–140

Symbolic interactionism
, 129

Symbolism
, 198

Symptomatic solution, beware of
, 170–172

Synergism
, 32

Systems
, 33

Systems laws to explain FECS, applying
, 166–167

Systems thinking (see also Critical thinking)
, 11, 14, 148–149, 153, 155

applying systems laws
, 166–167

archetypes of
, 167–185

behavior
, 155

business functions
, 164–166

cause and effect
, 160–161

classical dilemmas
, 163

compensating feedback mechanism
, 159

feedback mechanism
, 157–158

laws
, 152

major laws
, 152–167

problems from yesterday’s solutions
, 152

reinforcing and balancing feedback processes
, 149–151

short-term strategies
, 156–157

small changes
, 162–163

Talents
, 101

Technology
, 115

Thinking, difference between critical thinking and
, 189

Thinking–belief–behavior–impact loops
, 118

Thinking–reasoning–belief systems
, 120

Tim’s locked-in strategy
, 89–90

Total quality management (TQM)
, 15, 84

Tragedy of commons
, 174–176

Transformations
, 104, 143

Transnational corporations (TNCs)
, 128

Transportation management, lack of critical thinking in
, 81–82

United Auto Workers (UAW)
, 179

United States
, 1

healthcare industry
, 179

United States–Al-Qaeda confrontation
, 183

University of New Mexico (UNM)
, 83

Unknown challenges of our cognitive mechanisms
, 208

Unknown knowledge, fallibility and falsifiability of our
, 206

Unknown problems of our cognitive cultures
, 209

Validity testing of critical thinking
, 78

Volitional psychology theorists
, 144

Vulnerability, history and categorization as
, 203

Western business
, 213

Zero-sum game cycle
, 177–179