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Basic Ethics
Basic Ethics presents for a wide range of students and other interested readers the questions raised in thinking about ethical problems, the answers offered by moral philosophy, and the means to better integrate into both the reader’s world and personal life. It takes up what the author calls a "worldview theory," which shows readers how to begin with the values and understanding of the world that they already possess in order to transition from there to new levels of increasing ethical awareness. Updates to the third edition include the more thorough integration of feminist ethics into the principal theoretical traditions, a new chapter on the ethical responsibility to be well informed of...
Business Ethics and the Natural Environment
Business Ethics and the Natural Environment examines the present status of relations between corporate enterprise and the natural environment in the world today. •Discusses such questions as: What obligations does a corporation have toward the environment? To respect entities unprotected by law? To care about future generations? •Argues that environmentally-friendly business practices yield dividends exceeding expectations, and that the competitive firm of the 21st century will follow “green” standards •Provides a background in ethics, a survey of business ethics, an account of environmental philosophy, an overview of environmental legal issues, and an account of the problems associated with globalization
Watersheds 2
This environmental casebook presents cases with the detail required for students to experience serious and complex issues
Ethics and Sustainability
This straightforward book is the only one of its kind to join the literature of environmental ethics to the literature of applied ethics--to describe a life lived in harmony with itself, with society, and with the natural world. KEY TOPICS: Its three chapters focus on morality, technology, and stewardship while encouraging readers to explore a single virtue that will encompass all the requirements of the ethical life and save the environment at the same time. MARKET: For humans who want to live good and fulfilling lives without compromising the ability of the other species on the planet to do the same.
Ethical Decision Making: Introduction to Cases and Concepts in Ethics
This short introduction to the discipline of Ethics in its practical and professional applications teaches, in simplest form, the discipline's vocabulary and forms of reasoning. It includes illustrative cases, clear explanations of philosophical terminology, and presents decision procedures appropriate to a hierarchy of cases. It is meant to be a foundation for elementary work in Ethics.
Wake-up Calls
"The text presents cases based on widely observed business ethics blunders that have had a profound impact in the field. By exploring and discussing where businesses have failed, students get a greater insight into the importance of practicing eethical behaviour. Recognizable events: Includes a colleciton of pivotal cases that clearly show situations of business no longer being conducted "as usual". The Full Story: Each chapter begins with a description of the event or development thta sent the "wake-up call," then tracks the business practices that led to it and the resulting implications. The body of each the chapter analyzes the significance of these implications. Balanced Analysis: The analysis of these events illustrates the complexity of the key issues and presents a balance of perspectives, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions. Application Questions: Each chapter inclludes questions to keep in mind and questions for reflection which provide effective exam or term paper topics" -- Back cover.
The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics
The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics is a comprehensive treatment of the field of business ethics as seen from a philosophical approach. The volume consists of 24 essays that survey the field of business ethics in a broad and accessible manner, covering all major topics about the relationship between ethical theory and business ethics.
The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics
The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics, written by international experts in the field, acquaints the reader with theoretical and pedagogical issues, ethical issues in the practice of business and exciting new directions in the field.
The Newton Papers
"When Isaac Newton died at 85 without a will on March 20, 1727, he left a mass of disorganized papers--upwards of 8 million words--that presented an immediate challenge to his heirs. Most of these writings, on subjects ranging from secret alchemical formulas to impassioned rejections of the Holy Trinity to notes and calculations on his core discoveries in calculus, universal gravitation, and optics, were summarily dismissed by his heirs as "not fit to be printed." Rabidly heretical, alchemically obsessed, and possibly even mad, the Newton presented in these papers threatened to undermine not just his personal reputation but the status of science itself. As a result, the private papers of the...
Alleviating Poverty Through Profitable Partnerships
Approaches poverty alleviation from an atypical perspective. This title demonstrates that a mindset embracing initiatives developed by global corporations in response to the poverty challenge is significantly more effective that traditional approaches to the alleviation of poverty
