The Routledge Companion to Business Ethics
by Eugene Heath (Editor), Byron Kaldis (Editor), Alexei Marcoux  (Editor)

About the Author
Eugene Heath is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, New Paltz. He has published on eighteenth-century moral philosophers (Bernard Mandeville, Adam Ferguson, and Adam Smith), and on business ethics.
Byron Kaldis is Professor of Philosophy at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He works in the philosophy of science and the social sciences, political philosophy, ethics, and ontology.
Alexei Marcoux is Professor of Business Ethics and Society and Institute for Economic Inquiry Senior Scholar in Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, Nebraska. His academic research focuses on the moral foundations of commercial transactions and methodological issues in business ethics.

About this book
The field of business ethics continues to expand intellectually and geographically. During the past five decades, scholars have developed and deepened their inquiries into the ethics of commercial and corporate conduct.
This Companion provides a novel overview of the discipline of business ethics, covering the major areas of the field as well as new and emerging topics. The eight thematic units range over an extraordinary set of subjects and include chapters on the history and pedagogy of business ethics, moral philosophy, the nature of business, responsibilities within the firm, economic institutions, the 2008 financial crisis, globalization, and business ethics in different regions of the world. Led by a well-respected editorial team, this unique volume gathers an international array of experts whose various critical approaches yield insights from areas such as public policy, economics, law, and history, in addition to business and philosophy.
With its fresh analyses, wide scope, and clarity of approach, this volume will be an essential addition to library collections in business, management, and applied ethics.

Brief contents
Introduction 1
PART I The discipline of business ethics 5
1 The history of business ethics 7
2 Theorists and philosophers on business ethics 23
3 Theory and method in business ethics 38
4 Teaching business ethics: current practice and future directions 60
PART II Moral philosophy and business: foundational theories 77
5 Consequentialism and non-consequentialism 79
6 Social contract theories 96
7 Can profit seekers be virtuous? 113
8 Feminist ethics and business ethics: redefining landscapes of learning 131
9 Business ethics and religious belief 148
PART III Business ethics theories 165
10 Social responsibility 167
11 Stakeholder thinking 184
12 Integrative Economic Ethics: concept and critique 204
PART IV Conceptual considerations 221
13 What is business? 223
14 The corporation: genesis, identity, agency 239
15 Alternative business organizations and social enterprise 257
16 The ethics of entrepreneurship 275
17 The contribution of economics to business ethics 290
PART V Economic institutions: operations and effects 307
18 Property and business 309
19 Creativity, innovation, and the production of wealth 326
20 Money and finance: ethical considerations 343
21 Regulation, rent seeking, and business ethics 359
22 Business, nature, and environmental sustainability 376
23 The economic crisis: causes and considerations 393
PART VI Roles and responsibilities within the firm 411
24 Corporate governance 415
25 Leadership and business ethics: are leaders wolves for business ethics? 430
26 Theoretical issues in management ethics 447
27 The ethics of managers and employees 459
28 Employee ethics and rights 474
29 Exploitation and labor 490
30 Ethical issues in marketing, advertising, and sales 506
31 The accounting profession, the public interest, and human rights 523
PART VII Multinational corporations and globalization 541
32 The globalization of business ethics 543
33 Cross-cultural management ethics in multinational commerce 556
34 Corruption, bribery, and moral norms across national boundaries 573
PART VIII Business ethics across the globe 591
35 Business ethics in China 593
36 Business ethics in South Asia: Gandhian trusteeship and its relevance for the twenty-first century 606
37 Business ethics in Africa 624
38 Business ethics in Latin America 641
39 Business ethics in transition: communism to commerce in Central Europe and Russia 657
Index 674

Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting
Length: 722 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (February 26, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1138789569
ISBN-13: 978-1138789562