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Business ethics : an interactive introduction / Andrew Kernohan

Author
Kernohan, Andrew
Published
Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
Ethical Decisions in Business -- The Nature of Ethical Reasoning -- Self-Interest and the Dilemmas of Cooperation -- Calculating Consequences and Utilitarian Reasoning -- Motivations, Duties, and Rights -- Fairness and Distributive Justice -- Virtue Ethics and Community Membership -- Feminism, Equality, and Care Ethics -- Moral Accountability -- Respecting Autonomy and Privacy -- Free Enterprise and Global Justice -- Sustainability and the Environment.
Summary
"Though the importance of business ethics is self-evident, academic discussions of the topic often occur at some remove from the people whose day-to-day decision-making they are meant to inform. With this book, Andrew Kernohan aims to connect the academic to the practical, extracting the basic elements of rigorous philosophical ethics into a format that can be understood and applied in the business world. Concepts such as utility, duty, and sustainability are given practical value and connected to examples and methods familiar to business people. Classical ethical theories are surveyed, as are modern perspectives on justice, equality, and the environment. Where possible, quantitative examples and methods are used to show that ethics need not be subjective or vague. Kernohan provides an overview of the basic tools of ethical decision-making and shows how each can be used to resolve moral problems in business environments. Readers are then invited to apply those tools by completing a series of online exercises, receiving immediate objective feedback on their success. The book and its accompanying exercises thus work in concert, offering a unique opportunity for interactive self-directed learning."--
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9781554811502 (paperback)
1554811503 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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