Offering a blend of academic theory and concrete issues, this work is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students with or without practical experience in the business world. With chapters reflecting a series of lectures, the book serves as a self-contained course in business ethics, assuming little prior knowledge of business ethics on the part of the student. Crucial to this new book is the way it introduces the student to the complexities and principles of ethical issues through the medium of real-world case examples and simulations. These features aim to stimulate debate and enable the reader to appreciate and understand the relevance and many-sidedness of ethical arguments.
How do corporate social responsibilities, and good or bad corporate practice, impact on business success in a global economy? - Are individuals responsible for the ethical outcomes of companies’ actions, or are companies themselves responsible?
- How do you determine what course of action has the best ethical outcome for any given business situation? Fisher, Lovell and Valero-Silva offer the reader a comprehensive introduction to the ideas and complexities of the subject of ethics in the contemporary business world whilst making it relevant to today’s business students through the inclusion of frequent interesting examples and activities that put the reader in a position where ethical questions must be considered and debated. Viewsonic Display Drivers. This fourth edition has been comprehensively updated and offers more chances for illustration and discussion of ethics in the messy day to day practicalities of modern business through a wide range of case studies, examples and exercises.
Online support material, including new interactive tools and exercises, can be found for this book. Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet Driver Windows 10 64 Bit. Table of Contents PART A Business ethics matters: what is it and why does it matter? Chapter 1 Perspectives on business ethics and values Chapter 2 Ethical issues in business Chapter 3 Ethical theories and how to use them PART B Individuals’ responses to ethical issues Chapter 4 Personal values and heuristics Chapter 5 Individual responses to ethical situations Chapter 6 Whistleblower or witness? PART C Organisational responses to ethical issues Chapter 7 Corporate Governance, an organisation’s external accountability Chapter 8 Compliance and integrity, an organisation’s internal accountability Chapter 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Chapter 10 Sustainability PART D The international context Chapter 11 Global and local values – and international business Chapter 12 Globalisation and international business Chapter 13 Moral agency at work and a modest proposal for affecting ethics in business Chapter 14 Concluding integrative case studies.