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Ethics, Law, and Business

• By William A. Wines

• Price: $39.95
• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 432
• Published by: Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
• Publication Date: 21st February 2006
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5496-1

About the Book

This essential business ethics text touches on many themes important to future leaders of business. Broad in its scope, the book presents the business aspects of philosophy, law, politics, government policy, and education. The material is designed to heighten the reader's sensitivity to the moral domain existing in business.

As the culture of American "big business" has clouded the view of society towards business professionals, Ethics, Law, and Business realizes a need to prepare business students for leadership roles in the communities, as well as in business. This text discusses the basics of free speech, violence, affirmative action, and public education.

Filling an important gap, this textbook presents eminently readable information on several business topics. In the past, there was not one or even any combination of books that provided the necessary coverage in a usable format. This book is appropriate for a semester course on business ethics in any graduate or undergraduate program.

This textbook will be accompanied by an Instructor's Manual written by Wines and Nancy L. Bodie, Boise State University. It will feature PowerPoint slides, discussion problems, test items, and teaching suggestions.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Basics of Ethics, Law, and Business. Introduction to Basic Concepts in Ethics, Law, and Business. Law and Jurisprudence. A Primer on Ethics. Psychology of Moral Development. Theories of Distributive Justice. Part II: Social Justice Concerns. Individual Welfare and the Common Good. The Role of Higher Education in a Free Society. Through the Gender Lens. The Ethos of Violence. Part III: Civil Rights. U.S. Civil Rights Years. The Affirmative Action Debate. Media and Free Speech Issues. Current Issues in Freedom of Expression. Part IV: Federal Regulation and Current Workplace Issues. U.S. Business and the Decline of Competition. Rise of Regulation and Corporate Social Responsibility. Workplace Issues I: Employment Versus Personal Dignity. Workplace Issues II: Designing a Better Organization. Part V: The Environment, Wealth, and Success. Environmental Issues. Wealth, Hunger, and Poverty. The Good Life and Its Discontents. Success and the American Dream. Part VI: Appendices. Appendix A1: The Declaration of Independence. Appendix A2: The U.S. Constitution. Appendix A3: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. Appendix A4: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.