Business in Ethical Focus: An Anthology by Fritz Allhoff (Editor), Anand J. Vaidya (Editor)

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Business in Ethical Focus is a compilation of classical and contemporary essays on business ethics. Approximately 50 essays are organized into five units: Corporate Social Responsibility; Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers; Justice and Fair Practice; Distributive Justice; and Advertising, Marketing, and the Consumer. Readers will become acquainted with seminal ideas from important thinkers such as Milton Friedman on corporate social responsibility and Amartya Sen on whether business ethics makes economic sense. They will also find classic readings on distributive justice by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Karl Marx, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick. Other topics include drug testing, sexual harassment, environmental responsibility, bribery, and ethical issues in advertising and marketing. The editors provide thoughtful commentary, case studies, and study questions for each unit, enabling readers to clearly understand the growing discipline of business ethics. Read more

Review “This anthology from Fritz Allhoff and Anand J. Vaidya is the most comprehensive I have ever seen in my 30 plus years in the field. Diverse students will relish this replacement for boring textbooks. Moreover, it belongs on the bookshelf of any serious applied ethics scholar.” ― Gregory A. Daneke, Chair in Business Ethics, University of Calgary and Professor, Arizona State University “Business in Ethical Focus could just as easily have been entitled Ethics in Business Focus as the volume provides a truly integrative view of the role that each plays in the other. The anthology contains an insightful collection of historical and contemporary ‘classics,’ examining a broad range of internal and external ethical challenges we all face in today’s complex organizational world. Combined with a series of short cases and thoughtful section introductions by the editors, the volume provides the reader with a solid foundation in business ethics that will facilitate a much needed questioning about the critical role that morality must play within the global business world. It is a wonderful reader that will be very useful in a broad range of courses.” ― Anthony F. Buono, Professor of Management & Sociology, Bentley College and Coordinator, Bentley Alliance for Ethics & Social Responsibility “It is all here in this volume. All the famous names from the ancients like Aristotle and the Buddha to all the important contemporary thinkers. This book gives the student easy access to the key debates between different philosophies as well as to the debates on current hot topics. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in corporate social responsibility or business ethics.” ― Colin Fisher, Professor of Mangaerial Ethics and Values, Nottingham Trent University From the Back Cover Business in Ethical Focus is a compilation of classical and contemporary essays on business ethics. Approximately 50 essays are organized into five units: Corporate Social Responsibility; Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers; Justice and Fair Practice; Distributive Justice; and Advertising, Marketing, and the Consumer. Readers will become acquainted with seminal ideas from important thinkers such as Milton Friedman on corporate social responsibility and Amartya Sen on whether business ethics makes economic sense. They will also find classic readings on distributive justice by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Karl Marx, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick. Other topics include drug testing, sexual harassment, environmental responsibility, bribery, and ethical issues in advertising and marketing. The editors provide thoughtful commentary, case studies, and study questions for each unit, enabling readers to clearly understand the growing discipline of business ethics. About the Author Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University and a Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at The Australian National University. He has edited several volumes in the field of applied ethics. Anand Jayprakash Vaidya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at San José State University. He has edited several volumes on business and professional ethics. Read more