Business Ethics in Action (eBook)

This comprehensive textbook, packed with international cases, places individual human action at the heart of ethical business, arguing that business ethics guides human excellence in businesses. With its unique person-centred approach and student-centred pedagogy, this book will help students to discover and frame ethical issues in business, allowing them to gain an understanding of the role of ethical values and moral character in leadership, reason about ethical dilemmas, and reflect on how to improve business and organizational conditions from an ethical perspective. With international and up-to-date case studies drawn from a wide range of business contexts, this book helps students to apply the foundations and principles of business ethics to real world situations. With a strong theoretical unpinning that supports positive practical action, this is an ideal textbook for Business Ethics students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level. New to this Edition:- Thoroughly updated throughout- All new case studies- Increased coverage of: immigration; climate change; social networking; organizational culture; transnational corporations; ecological issues; environmental, social and corporate governance- Increased international coverage, in particular of Asia, the Middle East and Africa- A new companion website with instructor and student resources