Business Ethics
5th Edition
Published on 3. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
626 pages
978-0-13-079772-8 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Business Ethics, Moral Issues in Business, Social Issues in Business, Business and Society, International Business Ethics, Issues in International Business. Comprehensive and systematic, this single-author text provides integrated coverage of the entire field of business ethics. It begins with an overview of today's business scene, then explores the basic tools and techniques of ethical analysis and moral reasoning and shows how they apply to all areas of business.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
763 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-079772-8 (9780130797728)
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Content
Introduction.
1. Ethics and Business.
MORAL REASONING IN BUSINESS.
2. Conventional Morality and Ethical Relativism.
3. Utility and Utilitarianism.
4. Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice.
5. Moral Responsibility, Virtue, and Moral Reasoning.
MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS.
6. Justice and Economic Systems.
7. American Capitalism: Moral or Immoral?
8. Corporations and Morality.
9. Safety, Risk, and Environmental Protection.
10. Whistle Blowing.
11. Marketing, Truth, and Advertising.
12. Protecting Intellectual Property, Corporate Disclosure, and Insider Trading.
13. Information Technology, Ethics, and Business.
14. Workers' Rights: Employment, Wages, and Unions.
15. Workers' Rights and Duties Within a Firm.
16. Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Reverse Discrimination.
17. Accounting, Finance, Corporate Restructuring, and Ethical Investing.
18. Professions in Business and Professions as Business.
MORAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.
19. The International Business System, Multinationals, and Morality.
20. Corrupt Contexts, Cultural Diversity, and International Business.
21. Famine, Natural Resources, and International Obligations.
CONCLUSION.
22. The New Moral Imperative for Business.
Index.
1. Ethics and Business.
MORAL REASONING IN BUSINESS.
2. Conventional Morality and Ethical Relativism.
3. Utility and Utilitarianism.
4. Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice.
5. Moral Responsibility, Virtue, and Moral Reasoning.
MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS.
6. Justice and Economic Systems.
7. American Capitalism: Moral or Immoral?
8. Corporations and Morality.
9. Safety, Risk, and Environmental Protection.
10. Whistle Blowing.
11. Marketing, Truth, and Advertising.
12. Protecting Intellectual Property, Corporate Disclosure, and Insider Trading.
13. Information Technology, Ethics, and Business.
14. Workers' Rights: Employment, Wages, and Unions.
15. Workers' Rights and Duties Within a Firm.
16. Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Reverse Discrimination.
17. Accounting, Finance, Corporate Restructuring, and Ethical Investing.
18. Professions in Business and Professions as Business.
MORAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.
19. The International Business System, Multinationals, and Morality.
20. Corrupt Contexts, Cultural Diversity, and International Business.
21. Famine, Natural Resources, and International Obligations.
CONCLUSION.
22. The New Moral Imperative for Business.
Index.