Summary: The fourth edition of this book introduces business ethics concepts, tools and theories, then applies them to key stakeholder groups. It takes a global approach in a market dominated by US texts. The accessible style and thorough pedagogy ensure the book is both student- and teacher-friendly.

Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. A Understanding Business Ethics -- 1. Introducing Business Ethics -- What is business ethics? -- Why is business ethics important? -- Business ethics in different organizational contexts -- Globalization: a key context for business ethics? -- Sustainability: a key goal for business ethics? -- Summary -- 2. Framing Business Ethics -- Corporate Responsibility, Stakeholders, And Citizenship -- Towards a framework for business ethics -- What is a corporation? -- Corporate social responsibility -- Stakeholder theory of the firm -- Corporate citizenship -- the firm as a political actor -- Summary -- 3. Evaluating Business Ethics -- Normative Ethical Theories -- Introduction -- The role of ethical theory -- Normative ethical theories: International origins and differences -- Normative ethical theories and religion -- Western modernist ethical theories -- Alternative perspectives on ethical theory -- Summary: towards a pragmatic use of ethical theory.
Note continued: 4. Making Decisions in Business Ethics -- Descriptive Ethical Theories -- Introduction -- What is an ethical decision? -- Models of ethical decision-making -- Individual Influences on ethical decision-making -- Situational influences on decision-making -- Summary -- 5. Managing Business Ethics -- Tools And Techniques Of Business Ethics Management -- Introduction -- What Is business ethics management? -- Setting standards of ethical behaviour: designing and implementing codes of ethics -- Managing stakeholder relations -- Assessing ethical performance -- Organizing for business ethics management -- Summary -- pt. B Contextualizing Business Ethics -- The Corporate Citizen and its Stakeholders -- 6. Shareholders and Business Ethics -- Introduction: reassessing the importance of shareholders as stakeholders -- Shareholders as stakeholders: understanding corporate governance -- Ethical Issues in corporate governance -- Shareholders and globalization.
Note continued: Shareholders as citizens of the corporation -- Shareholding for sustainability -- Summary -- 7. Employees and Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Employees as stakeholders -- Ethical issues In the firm-employee relation -- Employing people worldwide: the ethical challenges of globalization -- The corporate citizen and employee relations -- Towards sustainable employment -- Summary -- 8. Consumers and Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Consumers as stakeholders -- Ethical issues, marketing, and the consumer -- Globalization and consumers: the ethical challenges of the global marketplace -- Consumers and corporate citizenship: consumer sovereignty and the politics of purchasing -- Sustainable consumption -- Summary -- 9. Suppliers, Competitors, and Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Suppliers and competitors as stakeholders -- Ethical issues and suppliers -- Ethical issues and competitors.
Note continued: Globalization, suppliers, and competitors: the ethical challenges of global business networks -- The corporate citizen in business-to-business relationships: ethical sourcing and fair trade -- Sustainability and business relationships: towards industrial ecosystems? -- Summary -- 10. Civil Society and Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Civil society organizations as stakeholders -- Ethical issues and CSOs -- Globalization and civil society organizations -- Corporate citizenship and civil society: charity, collaboration, enterprise, or regulation? -- Civil society, business, and sustainability -- Summary -- 11. Government, Regulation, and Business Ethics -- Introduction -- Government as a stakeholder -- Ethical issues in the relationship between business and government -- Globalization and business-government relations -- Corporate citizenship and regulation: business as key player in the regulatory game -- Governments, business, and sustainability.
Note continued: Summary -- 12. Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- Introduction -- The nature and scope of business ethics -- Globalization as a context for business ethics -- Sustainability as a goal for business ethics -- Corporate citizenship and business ethics -- The contribution of normative ethical theories to business ethics -- Influences on ethical decision-making -- The role of management tools in business ethics -- The role of different stakeholder constituencies in business ethics -- Trade-offs and conflicts between different stakeholder groups -- Summary.