An Introduction to Business and Management Ethics
Mike Harrison
Palgrave Macmillan
1403900167, 9781403900166, 9780230802254
This text provides an introduction to some of the major challenges facing anyone concerned with standards of behaviour in organizations. It starts from a consideration of the resources provided by philosophical ethics and moves on to consider the challenges inherent in working in a competitive business environment.
Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Preface viii
Organisation of the book xi
Part I What is business ethics? 1
1 An introduction to business ethics 3
2 Concepts and models in business ethics 18
3 Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility 32
4 Descriptive ethics 44
Part II Ethical theories in an organisational setting 61
5 Egoism 63
6 Utilitarianism 78
7 Human rights and Kantian ethics 93
8 Social contract theories 107
9 Virtue ethics and the moral community 119
10 Reputation, integrity and politics 137
Part III Topics and cases in business ethics 153
11 A guide to ethical case analysis and organisational research 161
12 Language and context 178
13 Discrimination and diversity 190
14 Moral muteness and whistleblowing 203
15 Perspectives from other cultures 218
16 Managing risk 233
Part IV Functional perspectives and cases 251
17 The management of people 257
18 An introduction to marketing ethics 275
19 Moral distance – the selling of financial products 291
20 Ethics and Operations Management 309
21 Environmental management and Intellectual Property Claims 328
22 Ethics, accountancy and Corporate Governance 343
Annotated bibliography 357
Index 362