Business Ethics fifth edition

FEATURES OF THE BOOK

Clear and understandable presentations. Principles, concepts, and examples are written to minimize jargon and maximize meaning. Although intended primarily for the dedicated course in business ethics, this text may also serve as a useful adjunct in other course areas, namely, introduction to business, business law, business and society, and business policy.

Additional contemporary cases. Business Ethics retains and updates many of its longer cases, adding fifteen new, shorter cases to the mix. The cases are grouped at the end of appropriate chapters. Global scope. Ethics, advantageously integrated into the world economy, forms the core of Chapter 8, “Business Ethics, Stakeholder Management, and Multinational Corporations in the Global Environment.”

Contemporary approach. Revised sections on globalization, international ethics, stakeholder management and negotiation methods for assessing organizations, and ways business ethics has been affected since the corporate scandals, including the subprime lending crisis and the advance of the new emerging economies in the global economy. Contemporary individual and professional ethical dilemmas in business are presented throughout the text.

Cross-disciplinary reach. Topics relating to philosophy, law, ethics, business and society, and management increase understanding.