Absolute Essentials of Business Ethics

This shortform textbook explores practical applications of how business ethics impacts working lives, allowing readers to reflect on their own moral compass through the use of ethical dilemmas.

Highlighting the extensive breadth of issues related to business ethics, the authors introduce and analyze ethical and unethical behaviors of firms through numerous real -life examples including Patagonia, Costco, LVMH, Bill Gates, Muhummad Yunus, Enron, WorldCom, Samsung, Purdue Pharma, Vale Mining and the COVID-19 crisis.

Regardless of career path or occupation, Absolute Essentials of Business Ethics is a valuable resource to understand why people make decisions based on their own ethical values and beliefs. Useful at both undergraduate and graduate levels, this unique textbook will serve students of business ethics around the world.

List of contents

Introduction  1. The Foundations of Business Ethics 2. Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility 3. Leadership and Corporate Governance 4. Strategic Planning and Culture 5. Decision Making and Human Resource Issues 6. Ethics and Environmental Sustainability 7. Ethical Issues in the Developing World

Summary

This shortform textbook explores practical applications of how business ethics impacts working lives, allowing readers to reflect on their own moral compass through the use of ethical dilemmas. Valuable at both undergraduate and graduate levels, this unique textbook will serve students of business ethics around the world

Product details

• Authors: Peter Stanwick, Peter Stanwick Stanwick, Sarah Stanwick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367615642
• ISBN: 978-0-367-61564-2
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business ethics and social responsibility