Business Ethics

by Grace, Damian; Cohen, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780195519549
• ISBN10: 019551954X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Business Ethics examines the ethics of business through issues related to common business situations. The fifth edition discusses theories of ethics connected with business and explores the complexities of business sustainability-the difficulties of operating profitably while upholding society's increasing demands for ethical and social responsibility.

Through contemporary Australian and global case studies, the authors explore important ethical issues and problems including ethical reasoning in business, whistleblowing, equal opportunity and the environment.

Business Ethics provides students with the conceptual tools required for systematically considering and resolving ethical dilemmas with integrity, through a balanced approach combining theory and principles with practical examples and clear learning features.

Author Biography

Damian Grace, Honorary Associate, University of Sydney,Stephen Cohen, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales


Damian Grace is an Honorary Associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.

Stephen Cohen is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University of New South Wales and Director of The Ethics Centre at Compliance Australia.

Table of Contents

List of Cases
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ethical reasoning in business
2. Dirty hands
3. Stakeholders
4. Ethics in the marketplace: generosity, competition and fairness
5. Advertising ethics
6. Equal opportunity, discrimination and affirmative action
7. Professional ethics
8. The environment
9. Whistleblowing
10. Codes of ethics and institutional ethics
11. International business ethics
Appendix 1: Ethical Decision-making Models
Appendix 2: Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Advertiser Code of Ethics
Appendix 3: The Caux Round Table Principles for Responsible Business
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index