Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Using a clear, straightforward writing style and an abundance of examples, detailed real-life cases, and current data and statistics, this texts aims to 1) introduces students to the ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business, 2) help them develop the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions, 3) identify the moral issues involved in the management of specific problem areas in business, and 4) examine the social and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise.* NEW - Reflects the significant changes that have occurred in both the business world and in moral philosophy. * NEW - Adds "care ethics" to the ethics framework - a new approach to ethics pioneered by feminist moral thinkers. * NEW - Discusses virtue theory as an alternative to a principles-based approach. * NEW - Features new/revised sections throughout, e.g.: * "Ethics." * "Business Ethics." * "Do the Same Moral Standards Apply to Multinationals Everywhere?" * "The Case for Ethics in Business." * "The Ethics of Care." * "Integrating Utility, Rights, Justice, and Caring." * "Social Ecology, Ecofeminism, and the Demands of Caring." * "Ecological Ethics." * "The Due Care Theory." * "Job Discrimination: Its Nature." * "Discrimination: Its Extent." * "The Caring Organization." * NEW - Updates factual data and statistical information throughout and lists World Wide Web sites where current data and statistics can be accessed. * NEW - Integrates discussion of actual cases into the narrative. * NEW - Provides nearly all new end-of-chapter cases. *Emphasizes the strategic importance of ethics to securing a competitive advantage in business. *Divides each applications chapter into two sections: *First presents the conceptual materials needed to understand some particular moral issue and the empirical information that the decision-maker must have if he or she is to apply morality to reality. *Then offers discussion cases that describe real business situations in which the moral issues are raised.

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