Business Ethics at Work / Edition 1

by Elizabeth Vallance

Overview

A clear and accessible introduction to business ethics for students of business and management, this book is a practical guide to a subject directly relevant to business conduct today. It offers a decision model to help in the making of ethical choices, and bases its ethical framework firmly on the nature of business itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521405683
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/20/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. The Ethical Framework: 1. The ethics of business; 2. The nature and aim of business; 3. The ethical decision model; Part II. The Ethical Questions: 4. Human resources; 5. Finance; 6. Advertising and banking; 7. The environment; 8. Corporate governance; Part III. The Ethical Organisation: 9. The ethical audit; 10. The shape of things to come; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

"...an impressive and insightful introductory text, contemporary and concise, offering practical guidelines, philosophically grounded, well reasoned, and very readable." Leo V. Ryan, DePaul University

"I found not a single misprint in this beautifully produced and carefully edited book." Ethics

"...the book does provide an insightful and new direction for business ethics." Ed Teall, Philosophy in Review

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