Business Ethics

Why do ethics make business sense? What is the social responsibility of business? What is the role of ethics within corporate governance? How should organisation manage ethics from within? Business Ethics sixth edition answers these and many other questions related to the field of Business Ethics. This textbook is suitable for BCom students following courses in ethics, and can also be used for graduate or postgraduate modules in business management and human resource management. Given the growing emphasis on corporate governance, the book is also of relevance to business ethics practitioners as it addresses key ethical issues affecting corporations in the twenty-first century. Business Ethics tracks global developments in areas such as corporate ethical culture and highlights the relevance thereof within the southern African context.

List of contents

• Part 1 - Definitions and distinctions


• Chapter 1 - Key concepts and distinctions in ethics


• Part 2 - The ethics of business


• Chapter 2 - Macro-ethics


• Chapter 3 - The social responsibility of business


• Chapter 4 - Ethics in organisations


• Part 3 - Theories on ethics and business


• Chapter 5 - The modes of ethics management


• Chapter 6 - Classical ethical theories


• Chapter 7 - Theories of the modern corporation


• Part 4 - Business ethics matters


• Chapter 8 - Ethics in business: Dispelling the myths


• Chapter 9 - Ethics and corporate reputation


• Chapter 10 - Ethics and human potential


• Chapter 11 - Ethics and trust in organisations


• Chapter 12 - Using ethics to prevent fraud


• Part 5 - Ethical decision-making in business


• Chapter 13 - Making ethical business decisions


• Chapter 14 - Ethical business decisions: Executive pay and downsizing


• Chapter 15 - Resolving ethical dilemmas


• Chapter 16 - Employment equity: resolving ethical dilemmas


• Part 6 - Governing ethical performance


• Chapter 17 - Ethics and corporate governance


• Chapter 18 - Leadership commitment


• Chapter 19 - Governance structures


• Chapter 20 - Ethics management structures


• Chapter 21 - Ethics risk and strategy


• Chapter 22 - Codes of ethics


• Chapter 23 - Institutionalising ethics


• Chapter 24 - Reporting and assessing ethics performance


• Chapter 25 - Organisational ethical culture


• Part 7 - Case studies


• Chapter 26 - Business ethics cases

About the author

Deon Rossouw was the founding president of the BusinessEthics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa) and president of theInternational Society for Business Economics and Ethics (ISBEE). He is currently CEO of the Ethics Institute ofSouth Africa (EthicsSA) and extraordinary professor at theUniversity of Stellenbosch.

Leon van Vuuren, aconsultant in ethics management in organisations, isProfessor in the Department of Industrial Psychology andPeople Management at the University of Johannesburg.He is registered as an industrial psychologist with the HPCSA andwas the founding editor of the African Journal of BusinessEthics (AJoBE)

Summary

Why do ethics make business sense? What is the social responsibility of business? What is the role of ethics within corporate governance? How should organisation manage ethics from within? Business Ethics sixth edition answers these and many other questions related to the field of Business Ethics. This textbook is suitable for BCom students following courses in ethics, and can also be used for graduate or postgraduate modules in business management and human resource management. Given the growing emphasis on corporate governance, the book is also of relevance to business ethics practitioners as it addresses key ethical issues affecting corporations in the twenty-first century. Business Ethics tracks global developments in areas such as corporate ethical culture and highlights the relevance thereof within the southern African context.

Product details

• Authors: Deon Rossouw, Deon (Professor Rossouw, Leon van Vuuren, Leon van Vuuren
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Southern Africa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780190721466
• ISBN: 978-0-19-072146-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries