Ethics and Business: An Introduction

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ethics and Business: An Introduction
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kevin Gibson
SeriesCambridge Applied Ethics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:298
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
Business ethics
ISBN/Barcode 9781009096898
ClassificationsDewey:174.4
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 5 January 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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, autonomy, justice, equality, rights, and beneficence are central to the ways in which business is and should be conducted. He provides numerous examples and discusses cases including VW, Wells Fargo, the Boeing 737 Max, and the exploitation of rare earth minerals, and he pays special attention to recent and emerging issues such as the gig economy, internet commerce, racial and gender justice, and concerns about the impact of business on global climate change. His lively and comprehensive book will give readers the tools to identify and understand a range of problematic ethical issues that affect us all.

Author Biography

Kevin Gibson is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Business Administration at Marquette University. He is the author of Business Ethics: People, Profit and the Planet (2005) and An Introduction to Ethics, (2012), and co-author of Sustaining Living Cultures (2012).