Ethics and Business

Introduction

Part 1

Ethics and the individual

1 What is ethics?

1.1 Ethical behaviour?

1.2 Ethics as an academic discipline

1.3 Morality

1.4 The structural analysis

1.5 The structural evaluation

1.6 Ethics and related disciplines

Summary

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2 Responsibility

2.1 The meaning of responsibility

2.2 The ability to take responsibility

2.3 Situational factors that influence responsibility

Summary

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3 Normative ethics

3.1 Directions in normative ethics

3.2 Ethics for people

3.3 Ethics from people

3.4 Directions in ethics applied

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4 A model for ethical

decision-making

4.1 An ethical dilemma

4.2 Step 1: moral questions

4.3 Step 2: moral stakeholders

4.4 Step 3: alternatives

4.5 Step 4: an informed choice

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Part 2

Business and ethics

5 A short history of ethics in business

5.1 The industrial revolution

5.2 Current trends in society

5.3 The triple bottom line

Summary

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6 Social values

6.1 The industrial revolution and social values of workers

6.2 Rights of workers in developed countries

6.3 Challenges in developed countries

6.4 Challenges in developing countries

6.5 Corruption

6.6 Social values of consumers

Summary

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7 Ecological values

7.1 The tragedy of the commons

7.2 Towards a circular economy

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8 Economic values

8.1 Economic values

8.2 Profit

Summary

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9 Accountability

9.1 Transparency and compliance

9.2 The business of business is business

9.3 Voluntary accountability

9.4 Mandatory accountability

9.5 Collective industry self-regulation

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Part 3

Ethics in a globalized world

10 Cultural diversity

10.1 Culture

10.2 Cultural differences on various levels

10.3 Cultural differences and business

10.4 Cultural differences between countries

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11 Globalization: does the system work?

11.1 Why globalization is a good thing

11.2 Why globalization is a bad thing

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Literature

Index

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