For one-semester/quarter courses in Business Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Business and Society. This book is a comprehensive anthology of readings, legal perspectives, and cases in ethics in business. Ethical Theory and Business provides students with a strong understanding of ethics in business and the tools needed to address ethical situations in business.
New to this Edition
Is it important to you to have current issues, articles and cases in your text?
NEW- chapter on Ethical Issues Regarding the Natural Environment covers issues concerning global climate change, genetically modified organisms, and sustainability
NEW- chapter on Ethics in Finance and Accounting addresses a variety of topics including:
The downfall of Enron and Arthur Anderson as well as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Insider trading and the Martha Stewart/ImClone case
NEW- expanded coverage of international issues:
Including global justice, human rights, bribery, sweatshops, and other subjects
NEW- coverage of the pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical marketing
Patent protection
Obligations regarding the sick and dying in the developing world
NEW- Cutting edge cases on Wal-Mart, British Petroleum, Shell, Merck, Unilever, Monsanto and other companies
Chapter 1 Ethical Theory And Business Practice
Chapter 2 The Purpose Of The Corporation
Chapter 3 Ethical Treatment Of Employees
Chapter 4 Diversity, Discrimination And Harassment In The Workplace
Chapter 5 Marketing And The Discalosure Of Information
Chapter 6 Ethical Issues In Finance And Accouting
Chapter 7 Ethical Issues Regarding Emergin Technologies
Chapter 8 Ethical Issues Regarding The Natural Enviroment
Chapter 9 Ethical Issues In International Business
Chapter 10 Social And Economic Justice