Business Ethics and Values.

Description

- How do corporate social responsibilities, and good or bad corporate practice, impact on business success in a global economy? - Are individuals responsible for the ethical outcomes of companies' actions, or are companies themselves responsible? - How do you determine what course of action has the best ethical outcome for any given business situation?   Fisher, Lovell and Valero-Silva offer the reader a comprehensive introduction to the ideas and complexities of the subject of ethics in the contemporary business world whilst making it relevant to today's business students through the inc.  Read more... PART A Business ethics matters: what is it and why does it matter?Chapter 1 Perspectives on business ethics and valuesChapter 2 Ethical issues in businessChapter 3 Ethical theories and how to use them PART B Individuals' responses to ethical issuesChapter 4 Personal values and heuristicsChapter 5 Individual responses to ethical situationsChapter 6 Whistleblower or witness? PART C Organisational responses to ethical issuesChapter 7 Corporate Governance, an organisation's external accountabilityChapter 8 Compliance and integrity, an organisation's internal accountabilityChapter 9 Corporate Social ResponsibilityChapter 10 Sustainability PART D The international contextChapter 11 Global and local values - and international businessChapter 12 Globalisation and international businessChapter 13 Moral agency at work and a modest proposal for affecting ethics in businessChapter 14 Concluding integrative case studies