One of the most popular business ethics texts available, MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, International Edition, guides students in thinking deeply about important moral issues that frequently arise in business situations and helps them develop the reasoning and analytical skills to resolve those issues. Combining insightful and accessible textbook chapters by the authors, cases that highlight the real-world importance of key ethical concepts, and reading selections from the most influential voices in contemporary ethical debates, this book provides a comprehensive, flexible, and pedagogically proven course of study exploring the intersections of commerce and ethics. William H. Shaw and Vincent Barry offer a uniquely thorough and practical guide to the nature of morality, individual integrity and responsibility, economic justice, concepts of capitalism, and the role of corporations in our society (including their responsibilities to consumers and to the environment), and the real-life moral issues that arise in the workplace.
Part 1 Moral Philosophy and Business
- The Nature of Morality
- Normative Theories of Ethics
- Justice and Economic Distribution
Part 2 American Business and Its Basis
- The Nature of Capitalism
- Corporations
Part 3 Business and Society
- Consumers
- The Environment
Part 4 The Organization and the People in ti
- The Workplace (1): Basic Issues
- The Workplace (2): Today's Challenges
- Moral Choices Facing Employees
- Job Discrimination