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- Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which business is and should be conducted.
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This updated introduction to business ethics offers a clear and accessible framework for understanding the important and complex ethical issues facing business in the contemporary world. Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility,
- 1 An overview of business ethics
- 3 The capitalist system and its ethical implications
- 5 Responsibility
- 6 Rights
- 8 Beneficence
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
The Bhopal disaster The philosophical contribution Two meanings of business ethics Instrumental or prudential approaches Rule-based approaches Principle-based approaches Ethical relativism Egoism Machiavelli and Hobbes Game theory Nike Morality and strategy Responses to egoism Summary General issues for discussion Case – pornography Some questions ...
The Body Shop Features of capitalism The invisible hand Market morality Market failures Commons Regulation of the market Globalization and its implications Summary General issues for discussion Case – fool’s gold Some questions from the case
The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster Meanings of responsibility Role responsibility Legal liability and moral responsibility Cause Corporations as moral agents Inalienable responsibility Reluctant agency and omission The doctrine of double effect Codes and compliance Moral censure Three dimensions of business responsibility Summary General ...
Le Clemençeau Rights in the workplace Positive and negative rights Rights and privileges Recent initiatives The Niger delta Sweatshops Rights and accountability Communitarian challenges Insights from Asian philosophy Non-human rights Summary General issues for discussion Case – human guinea pigs Some questions from the case
Wal-Mart Degrees of beneficence Corporate beneficence Motivations for beneficence Corporate philanthropy Corporate social intervention overseas Corporate promotion of diversity Summary General issues for discussion Case – tobacco philanthropy Some questions from the case
I am grateful to many people for making this book possible. Foremost, I must thank Hilary Gaskin for her support and guidance throughout. Dale Jamieson has been a friend and mentor for over twenty years. Jennifer Gor-don helped me realize what I wanted to say but had articulated poorly. James South, my department chair, has enthusiastically backed ...
Ethics and Business: An Introduction is an accessible, yet philosophically rigor-ous, book that gives readers the conceptual apparatus necessary to deal with the range of topics that they are likely to encounter. It is aimed at under-graduate students and students new to philosophical language. It reframes the way issues in business ethics are pres...
Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which business is and should be conducted.
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Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which business is and should be conducted.
Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which business is and should be conducted.
Jan 5, 2023 · Kevin Gibson explains ethical concepts in plain language, showing how terms such as responsibility, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which...
In this lively undergraduate textbook, Kevin Gibson explores the relationship between ethics and the world of business, and how we can serve the interests of both. He builds a philosophical groundwork that can be applied to a wide range of issues in ethics and business, and shows readers how to assess dilemmas critically and work to resolve ...
