A Companion to Business Ethics: (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

In a series of articles specifically commissioned for this volume, some of today's most distinguished business ethicists survey the main areas of interest and concern in the field of business ethics. Sections of the book cover topics such as the often easy relation between business ethics and capitalism, the link between business ethics and ethical theory, how ethics applies to specific problems in the business world, the connection between business ethics and related academic disciplines, and the practice of business ethics in modern corporations. Includes extensive, accessible discussion of all of the main areas of interest and debate in business ethics Features all original contributions by distinguished authors in business ethics Includes an annotated table of contents, bibliographies of the relevant literature and a list of internet sources of material on business ethics Perfect, comprehensive book for use in business ethics courses

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors ix Preface xiii PART I BUSINESS ETHICS AND NORMATIVE THEORIES 1 1 A Kantian approach to business ethics 3 Norman E. Bowie 2 Utilitarianism and business ethics 17 Milton Snoeyenbos and James Humber 3 Business ethics and virtue 30 Robert C. Solomon 4 Social contract approaches to business ethics: bridging the “is–ought” gap 38 Thomas W. Dunfee and Thomas Donaldson 5 Business ethics and the pragmatic attitude 56 Douglas R. Anderson 6 An outline of ethical relativism and ethical absolutism 65 Robert E. Frederick 7 Feminist theory and business ethics 81 Robbin Derry 8 Business ethics in a free society 88 Tibor R. Machan 9 Nature and business ethics 100 William C. Frederick 10 Toward new directions in business ethics: some pragmatic pathways 112 Sandra B. Rosenthal and Rogene A. Buchholz 11 Business ethics: pragmatism and postmodernism 128 R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips PART II BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE BUSINESS DISCIPLINES 139 12 Ethics in management 141 Archie B. Carroll 13 Finance ethics 153 John R. Boatright 14 Ethics in the public accounting profession 164 Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi and Mark R. Nixon 15 Marketing ethics 178 George G. Brenkert 16 Law, ethics, and managerial judgment 194 Lynn S. Paine 17 Business ethics and economics 207 Diane L. Swanson 18 Business ethics and the social sciences 218 Linda Klebe Treviño PART III ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS 231 19 International business ethics 233 Richard T. De George 20 Corporate moral agency 243 John R. Danley 21 Employee rights 257 Ronald Duska 22 Business ethics and work: questions for the twenty-first century 269 Joanne B. Ciulla 23 Business’s environmental responsibility 280 Joseph R. Desjardins 24 Business ethics and religion 290 Ronald M. Green 25 Social responsibility and business ethics 303 Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. Rosenthal PART IV BUSINESS ETHICS: ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE 323 26 Business ethics and the origins of contemporary capitalism: economics and ethics in the work of Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer 325 Patricia H. Werhane 27 A brief history of American business ethics 342 Thomas F. McMahon 28 Business ethics in Europe: a tale of two efforts 353 Henk Van Luijk 29 Ethics and the regulatory environment 366 Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca S. Walker 30 A passport for the corporate code: from Borg Warner to the Caux Principles 374 Lisa H. Newton 31 Investigations and due process 386 Joan Elise Dubinsky 32 Ethics and corporate leadership 399 Keith Darcy Bibliography 409 Appendix A: BUSINESS ETHICS: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES 423 Appendix B: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS ORGANIZATIONS 425 Index 447

About the Author :
Robert E. Frederick is chair of the philosophy department at Bentley College, a research scholar at the Center for Business Ethics, and the editor of the journal Business and Society Review, also published by Blackwell. He is the author of The Philosophy of Right and Left and co-editor (with Michael Hoffman) of Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality. Frederick and Hoffman are also editors of the new series Foundations of Business Ethics.

Review :
"Frederick has orchestrated a marvelous business ethics symphony in this Companion. The articles are original, targeted at essential issues, and written by recognized scholars of the movement. It promises to become one of the field's classic collections." W. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College "The pace of change and the unexpected challenges that managers now confront every day make it all the more important that they have a clear sense of business ethics to guide their decision making. This book provides that handrail and shows how good business and good ethics go hand in hand." John Quelch, London Business School "This is a valuable resource with thoughtful essays by the best minds in business ethics today. The organization of the book by ethical theories, business diciplines, and contemporary ethical issues makes it particularly useful as a reference book for academics and practitioners alike." Brad Brown, University of Virginia