{"product_id":"a-companion-to-business-ethics-isbn-9780631201304","title":"A Companion to Business Ethics","description":"In a series of articles specifically commissioned for this volume, some of today's most distinguished business ethicists survey the main areas of interest and concern in the field of business ethics.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Sections of the book cover topics such as the often easy relation between business ethics and capitalism, the link between business ethics and ethical theory, how ethics applies to specific problems in the business world, the connection between business ethics and related academic disciplines, and the practice of business ethics in modern corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive, accessible discussion of all of the main areas of interest and debate in business ethics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures all original contributions by distinguished authors in business ethics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an annotated table of contents, bibliographies of the relevant literature and a list of internet sources of material on business ethics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePerfect, comprehensive book for use in business ethics courses \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I BUSINESS ETHICS AND NORMATIVE THEORIES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Kantian approach to business ethics 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman E. Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Utilitarianism and business ethics 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilton Snoeyenbos and James Humber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Business ethics and virtue 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert C. Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Social contract approaches to business ethics: bridging the “is–ought” gap 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas W. Dunfee and Thomas Donaldson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Business ethics and the pragmatic attitude 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas R. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 An outline of ethical relativism and ethical absolutism 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert E. Frederick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Feminist theory and business ethics 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobbin Derry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Business ethics in a free society 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTibor R. Machan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Nature and business ethics 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam C. Frederick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Toward new directions in business ethics: some pragmatic pathways 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra B. Rosenthal and Rogene A. Buchholz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Business ethics: pragmatism and postmodernism 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE BUSINESS DISCIPLINES 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Ethics in management 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchie B. Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Finance ethics 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Boatright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Ethics in the public accounting profession 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohammad J. Abdolmohammadi and Mark R. Nixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Marketing ethics 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge G. Brenkert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Law, ethics, and managerial judgment 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynn S. Paine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Business ethics and economics 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane L. Swanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Business ethics and the social sciences 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Klebe Treviño\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 International business ethics 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard T. De George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Corporate moral agency 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Danley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Employee rights 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Duska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Business ethics and work: questions for the twenty-first century 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanne B. Ciulla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Business’s environmental responsibility 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Desjardins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Business ethics and religion 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald M. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Social responsibility and business ethics 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. Rosenthal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV BUSINESS ETHICS: ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Business ethics and the origins of contemporary capitalism: economics and ethics in the work of Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia H. Werhane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 A brief history of American business ethics 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas F. McMahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Business ethics in Europe: a tale of two efforts 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenk Van Luijk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Ethics and the regulatory environment 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca S. Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 A passport for the corporate code: from Borg Warner to the Caux Principles 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa H. Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Investigations and due process 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoan Elise Dubinsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Ethics and corporate leadership 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Darcy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: BUSINESS ETHICS: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS ORGANIZATIONS 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 447\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Frederick has orchestrated a marvelous business ethics symphony in this Companion. The articles are original, targeted at essential issues, and written by recognized scholars of the movement. It promises to become one of the field's classic collections.\" \u003ci\u003eW. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The pace of change and the unexpected challenges that managers now confront every day make it all the more important that they have a clear sense of business ethics to guide their decision making. This book provides that handrail and shows how good business and good ethics go hand in hand.\" \u003ci\u003eJohn Quelch, London Business School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a valuable resource with thoughtful essays by the best minds in business ethics today. The organization of the book by ethical theories, business diciplines, and contemporary ethical issues makes it particularly useful as a reference book for academics and practitioners alike.\" \u003ci\u003eBrad Brown, University of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert E. Frederick\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of the philosophy department at Bentley College, a research scholar at the Center for Business Ethics, and the editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eBusiness and Society Review\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Blackwell. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Right and Left\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor (with Michael Hoffman) of \u003ci\u003eBusiness Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality\u003c\/i\u003e. Frederick and Hoffman are also editors of the new series \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Business Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  In a series of articles specifically commissioned for this volume, some of today's most distinguished business ethicists survey the main areas of interest and concern in the field of business ethics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSections of the book cover topics such as the often uneasy relationship between business ethics and capitalism, the link between business ethics and ethical theory, how ethics applies to specific problems in the business world, the connection between business ethics and related academic disciplines, and the practice of business ethics in modern corporations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book can be used as a comprehensive text for introductory or advanced courses in business ethics, as a reference for teachers and writers in the field, or as a guide for other academic or business persons who wish to become familiar with the central issues in the field. To enhance its usefulness, the volume includes bibliographies of the relevant literature and a list of internet sources for material on business ethics, and an extensive index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602863845,"sku":"NP9780631201304","price":213.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631201304.jpg?v=1761780932","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-business-ethics-isbn-9780631201304","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}