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This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. With its unique person-centred approach and student-centred pedagogy, this book will help students to discover and frame ethical issues in business, allowing them to gain an understanding of the role of ethical values and moral character in leadership, reason about ethical dilemmas, and reflect on how to improve business and organizational conditions from an ethical perspective. With international and up-to-date case studies drawn from a wide range of business contexts, this book helps students to apply the foundations and principles of business ethics to real world situations.
With a strong theoretical unpinning that supports positive practical action, this is an ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level.
List of contents
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS.- 1. Introducing Business Ethics.- 2. A Person-Centred Business Ethics.- 3. Personal Moral Responsibility within the Organization.- 4. Moral Judgment in Decision Making.- PART II: INDIVIDUAL AND MANAGERIAL BUSINESS ETHICS.- 5. Frequent Misbehaviours and Irregular Payments.- 6.- The business Framework and the Purpose of the Firm.- 7. The Right Use of Power in the Organization.- 8. Leadership and Moral Character.- PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS.- 9. Organizational Ethics.- 10. Organizing Work Ethically.- 11. Organizing Sales Ethically.- PART IV: SOCIETAL BUSINESS ETHICS.- 12. Social Responsibility and Societal Relationships of Business.- 13. Sustainability and Responsible Company in a Global World.
About the author
Domènec Melé is Emeritus Professor and Chair of Business Ethics at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain.
Summary
This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. With its unique person-centred approach and student-centred pedagogy, this book will help students to discover and frame ethical issues in business, allowing them to gain an understanding of the role of ethical values and moral character in leadership, reason about ethical dilemmas, and reflect on how to improve business and organizational conditions from an ethical perspective. With international and up-to-date case studies drawn from a wide range of business contexts, this book helps students to apply the foundations and principles of business ethics to real world situations.
With a strong theoretical unpinning that supports positive practical action, this is an ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level.
New to this Edition:
- Thoroughly updated throughout
- All new case studies
- Increased coverage of: immigration; climate change; social networking; organizational culture; transnational corporations; ecological issues; environmental, social and corporate governance
- Increased international coverage, in particular of Asia, the Middle East and Africa
- A new companion website with instructor and student resources
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/business-ethics-in-action. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Foreword
This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. An ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level.
