SAGE Brief Guide to Business Ethics

SAGE Publications

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Business Ethics | Corporate Social Responsibility | Organizational Behavior | Organizational Culture

March 2011 | 408 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This guide to business ethics provides key terms and concepts related to business ethics in a short, easy-to-use format. It provides objective coverage of theories, corporate social responsibility, human resources issues, consumer protection, and ethical issues in marketing and advertising. It is an ideal supplement for business ethics courses or as a reference for students and practitioners who would like to learn more about the basics of business ethics.

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Part I: What is Business Ethics?

Business Ethics

Part II: Ethics and the Individual

Human Nature

Human Rights

Trust

Integrity

Ethical Decision Making

Part III: Theories of Ethics

Theories of Ethics: Overview

Virtue Ethics

Rationality

Utilitarianism

Communitarianism

Social Ethics

Normative Ethics

Pluralism

Reciprocity

Ethics of Care

Part IV: Ethics of Management and Business

Ethics of Management

International Business Ethics

Strategy and Ethics

Corporate Governance

Stakeholder Theory

Ethics of Finance

Pricing, Ethical Issues in

Corporate Citizenship

Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Performance (CSP)

Part V: Employee and Human Resources Issues

Employee Protection and Workplace Safety Legislation

Employee Rights Movement

Equal Opportunity

Affirmative Action

Part VI: Consumer Issues

Consumer Rights (to safety, to be informed, to be heard)

Consumer Protection Legislation

Consumer Activism

Consumer Fraud

Part VII: Ethics of Advertising, Marketing, and PR

Ethics of Marketing

Advertising Ethics

Public Relations Ethics

Appendix A: Problematic Practices

Appendix B: Business Ethics Organizations

Appendix C: Business Ethics Periodicals

I decided to go with a purely case-based ethics book, so this book turned out not to be suitable for my course.

Dr Laura Dwyer

School Of Business Admin, University Of Evansville

March 4, 2014

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A reasonably good book, but more suited to undergraduate course rather than my MBA course.

Professor Nathan Tierney

Philosophy Dept, California Lutheran University

February 12, 2014

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Key features

Key Features:

Each keyword entry is a comprehensive essay on critical topics such as corporate governance, consumer rights, and ethical decision making.
The guide includes a list of suggested readings for each entry so that students can find more information on topics of interest.
Three useful appendices provide supplemental material: An appendix of "problematic practices" highlights ethical issues at well-known corporations (including Enron and Merck), a second appendix includes a list of ethics institutes and organizations, and the third appendix provides a list of key periodicals.

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