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Since its inception,
An Introduction to Business Ethics by Joseph DesJardins has been a cutting-edge resource for the business ethics course. The book's unique multidisciplinary approach offers critical analysis and integrates the perspective of philosophy with management, law, economics, and public policy, providing a clear, concise, yet reasonably comprehensive introductory survey of the ethical choices available to us in business. Students are encouraged to think critically about issues from the perspectives of employee, customer, and citizen, as well as from the perspectives of business manager or executive. Instructors can customize
An Introduction to Business Ethics (as print or ebook) to include selections from
Discourses, McGraw Hill's collection of more than 450 classical and contemporary philosophy readings, offering convenience in discussing ethical issues with the exemplars they prefer.
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List of contents
CHAPTER 1: Why Study Ethics?
CHAPTER 2: Ethical Theory and Business
CHAPTER 3: Corporate Social Responsibility
CHAPTER 4: Corporate Culture, Governance, and Ethical Leadership
CHAPTER 5: The Meaning and Value of Work
CHAPTER 6: Moral Rights in the Workplace
CHAPTER 7: Employee Responsibilities
CHAPTER 8: Marketing Ethics: Product Safety and Pricing
CHAPTER 9: Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Digital Marketing
CHAPTER 10: Sustainability and the Natural Environment
CHAPTER 11: Workplace Diversity and Discrimination
CHAPTER 12: International Business and Globalization
About the author
Joseph DesJardins is professor emeritus at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Minnesota where he held the Ralph Gross Chair in Business and the Liberal Arts. His other books include An Introduction to Business Ethics; Environmental Ethics: An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy; Environmental Ethics: Concepts, Policy & Theory; Contemporary Issues in Business Ethics (coeditor with John McCall); and Business, Ethics, and the Environment: Imagining a Sustainable Future. He has served as president and executive director of the Society for Business Ethics and has published and lectured extensively in the areas of business ethics, environmental ethics, and sustainability. He received his BA from Southern Connecticut State University and his MA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame.
