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Informationen zum Autor W. Michael Hoffman is the founding Executive Director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Hoffman is also the Hieken Professor of Business and Professional Ethics at Bentley University and is the author or editor of 16 books.Robert E. Frederick is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is also Research Scholar at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley and editor of the Center's journal Business and Society Review.Mark S. Schwartz is a professor of business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the School of Administrative Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada), and is a Research Fellow for the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University. He has published in a range of journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Business & Society. Klappentext Can corporations have a conscience? What constitutes blowing the whistle ethically? How does a corporation build an ethical culture? Hoffman, Frederick, and Schwartz address many current, intriguing, often complex issues in corporate morality in the fifth edition of Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality. This introductory text contains a thorough introduction to ethical theory, 53 readings, and 30 case studies. Divided into five parts, each with an introduction presenting the major themes of its articles and cases, the text contains an impartial, point-counterpoint presentation of different perspectives on the most important and highly contended issues of business ethics. Chapters end with questions that can be used for student discussion, review, tests or quizzes, or student assignments.The new textbook retains the very best features of previous editions, but is now substantially updated with new leading articles, the latest subject areas from the last decade, and pertinent case studies; also new are mini-cases based on MBA student dilemmas. Publicitgy Grading- B [BOLD - AUTHOR REQUESTS] NORTH AM Business Ethics Quarterly (co-author formally on Editorial Board) Business and Society Business and Society Review Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Teaching Philosophy UK/EMEA Journal of Business Ethics (International Editorial Board - co-author formally on Editorial Board ) Business Ethics: A European Review Philosophy of Management Teaching Business Ethics Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies Zusammenfassung Hoffman, Frederick, and Schwartz address many current, intriguing, often complex issues in corporate morality in the fifth edition of Business Ethics. This introductory text contains a thorough introduction to ethical theory, 53 readings, and 30 case studies to enforce students understanding. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors xiPreface xiiGeneral Introduction: The Nature of Business Ethics 1Part 1 Ethics and Business: From Theory to Practice 37Introduction 371 Theories of Economic Justice 43Justice as Fairness 43John RawlsDistributive Justice 49Robert NozickDistributive Justice and Utilitarianism 55J. J. C. SmartThe "Invisible Hand" 59Jan NarvesonCorporate Ethics in a Devilish System 70Kent GreenfieldQuestions for Discussion 772 Ethics and Business Decision Making 78Teaching Ethical Decision Making and Principled Reasoning 78Michael JosephsonBusiness Ethics and Moral Motivation: A Criminological Perspective 86Joseph HeathEthical Leadership and the Psychology of Decision Making 105David M. Messick and Max H. BazermanCost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique 120Steven KelmanCost-Benefit Analysis Defended 127Herman B. Leonard and Richard J. ZeckhauserQuestions for Discussion 130Cases for Part 1 131Mini-Cases 131MBA Student Mini-Dilemmas 132CasesThe Parable of the Sadhu 133Bowen H. McCoyThe Ford Pinto 139W. Michael Hof...
