{"product_id":"business-ethics-9781292022840","title":"Business Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard T. De George\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and he has been a research fellow at Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, and the Hoover Institution. He was the Charles J. Dirksen Professor of Business Ethics at Santa Clara University in 1986, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is the author of over 200 articles and the author or editor of twenty books, including\u003cem\u003e The Ethics of Information Technology and Business (2003); Business Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e (also available in Japanese, Russian, Serbian and Chinese); and \u003cem\u003eCompeting With Integrity in International Business\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), also translated into Chinese. He has been the President of several academic organizations, including the American Philosophi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Ethics and Business 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Horatio Alger and Stock Options 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Myth of Amoral Business 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Relation of Business and Morality 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Business Ethics and Ethics 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Case of the Collapsed Mine 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 20\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoral Reasoning In Business\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Conventional Morality and Ethical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Relativism 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Purchasing Abroad: A Case Study 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Levels of Moral Development 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Subjective and Objective Morality 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Descriptive Relativism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Normative Ethical Relativism 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Moral Absolutism 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Moral Pluralism 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Pluralism and American Business 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Pluralism and International Business 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Pluralism, Business, and the Law 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Business and Religious Ethics 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Approaches to Ethical Theory 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 41\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Utility and Utilitarianism 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  An Airplane Manufacturing Case 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Utilitarianism 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Act and Rule Utilitarianism 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Objections to Utilitarianism 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Utilitarianism and Justice 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Applying Utilitarianism 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Utilitarianism and Bribery 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 60\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Johnson Controls Case 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Deontological Approaches to Ethics 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Reason, Duty, and the Moral Law 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Application of the Moral Law 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Imperfect Duties, Special Obligations, and Moral Ideals 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Rights and Justice 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 81\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Virtue Ethics and Moral Reasoning 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Case of Dora and Joe 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Virtue 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Applying Moral Reasoning 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 97\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Moral Responsibility: Individual and Corporate 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Love Canal Case 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Moral Responsibility 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Excusing Conditions 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Liability and Accountability 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Agent and Role Moral Responsibility 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Moral Status of Corporations and Formal   Organizations 108 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 112\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoral Issues in Business\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Justice and Economic Systems 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Case of the Two Slaveholders 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Moral Evaluation of Economic Systems 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Moral Evaluation of Contemporary Systems 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Economic Models and Games 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  A Capitalist Model 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Capitalism and Government 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  A Socialist Model 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Comparison of Models and Systems 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Economic Systems and Justice 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 133\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: American Capitalism: Moral or Immoral? 134\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Case of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The American Economic System 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Relation of the American Government to the American   Economic System 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Marxist Critique 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Non-Marxist Moral Critiques of American Capitalism 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Moral Defense of the American Free-Enterprise System 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Non-Socialist Alternatives to Contemporary American\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapitalism 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Philanthropy 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStudy Questions 157\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: The International Business System, Globalization, and Multinational Corporations 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The WTO and Agriculture: A Case Study 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  Justice and the International Economic System 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  The Globalization of Business 164\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019577426263,"sku":"9781292022840","price":63.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781292022840.jpg?v=1750780681","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/business-ethics-9781292022840","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}