The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics

by Bowie, Norman E.

• ISBN13: 9780631221234
• ISBN10: 0631221239
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics, written by international experts in the field, acquaints the reader with theoretical and pedagogical issues, ethical issues in the practice of business and exciting new directions in the field.

Author Biography

Norman E. Bowie is Elmer L. Anderson Chair in Corporate Responsibility at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of fourteen books and numerous articles on business ethics and political philosophy. He was a recent fellow in the Program in Ethics and Professions at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Introduction	1	(16)
Norman E. Bowie
Part I Theoretical and Pedagogical Issues	17	(126)
Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art	19	(19)
Thomas M. Jones
Andrew C. Wicks
R. Edward Freeman
Ethics and Corporate Governance: Justifying the Role of Shareholder	38	(23)
John R. Boatright
Untangling the Corruption Knot: Global Bribery Viewed through the Lens of Integrative Social Contract Theory	61	(16)
Thomas W. Dunfee
Thomas J. Donaldson
The Regulatory Context for Environmental and Workplace Health Protections: Recent Developments	77	(25)
Carl Cranor
Moral Reasoning	102	(15)
Manuel Velasquez
Teaching and Learning Ethics by the Case Method	117	(26)
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Part II Ethical Issues in the Practice of Business	143	(122)
Ethical Issues in Accounting	145	(20)
Mary Beth Armstrong
Marketing Ethics at the Millennium: Review, Reflections, and Recommendations	165	(21)
Patrick E. Murphy
Ethical Issues in Selling and Advertising	186	(20)
Thomas L. Carson
Ethical Issues in Financial Services	206	(19)
Ronald F. Duska
James J. Clarke
Ethical Issues in Human Resources	225	(19)
Daryl Koehn
Environmental Responsibility	244	(21)
Joseph R. DesJardins
Part III New Directions	265	(87)
Ethical Issues in Information Technology	267	(22)
Richard T. DeGeorge
Business Ethics, Organization Ethics, and Systems Ethics for Health Care	289	(24)
Patricia H. Werbane
The Ethical Dilemmas of the Biotechnology Industry	313	(21)
Lisa H. Newton
Trust and the Future of Leadership	334	(18)
Joanne B. Ciulla
Index	352