Business in Ethical Focus ─ An Anthology

Business in Ethical Focus is a comprehensive compilation of classical and contemporary essays and case studies in business ethics. Readers will become acquainted with seminal ideas on corporate social responsibility and the place of business in a just society. Other topics include diversity in the workplace, sexual harassment, workplace rights, environmental responsibility and sustainability, global business, intellectual property, bribery, and ethical issues in advertising and marketing. This second edition adds a dozen original case studies, as well as new sections on global perspectives (with articles on Islamic, Confucian, and Buddhist business ethics) and entrepreneurship in the non-profit sector. Background material on ethical theory and the nature of business ethics is included to orient readers new to this field.

Fritz Allhoff is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. Alexander Sager is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University. Anand J. Vaidya is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy at San Jose State University.