Business Ethics: An Interactive Introduction - Softcover

Andrew Kernohan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554811503 ISBN 13: 9781554811502

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2015

Synopsis

Business Ethics: An Interactive Introduction connects the academic to the practical, extracting the basic elements of rigorous philosophical ethics into a format that can be understood and applied in the business world. Concepts such as utility, duty, and sustainability are given practical value and connected to examples and methods familiar to business people. Classical ethical theories are surveyed, as are modern perspectives on justice, equality, and the environment. Where possible, quantitative examples and methods are used to show that ethics need not be subjective or vague.

Kernohan provides an overview of the basic tools of ethical decision-making and shows how each can be used to resolve moral problems in business environments. Readers are then invited to apply those tools by completing a series of online exercises, receiving immediate objective feedback on their success. The book and its accompanying exercises thus work in concert, offering a unique opportunity for interactive self-directed learning.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Kernohan is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, Canada, and author of Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction (Broadview Press, 2012).

From the Back Cover

Business Ethics: An Interactive Introduction connects the academic to the practical, extracting the basic elements of rigorous philosophical ethics into a format that can be understood and applied in the business world. Concepts such as utility, duty, and sustainability are given practical value and connected to examples and methods familiar to business people. Classical ethical theories are surveyed, as are modern perspectives on justice, equality, and the environment. Where possible, quantitative examples and methods are used to show that ethics need not be subjective or vague.

Kernohan provides an overview of the basic tools of ethical decision-making and shows how each can be used to resolve moral problems in business environments. Readers are then invited to apply those tools by completing a series of online exercises, receiving immediate objective feedback on their success. The book and its accompanying exercises thus work in concert, offering a unique opportunity for interactive self-directed learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554811503
• ISBN 13: 9781554811502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264