Ethics and Business: A Global Introduction (Routledge-Noordhoff International Editions) - Softcover

Wernaart, Bart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9001865186 ISBN 13: 9789001865184

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Ethics in business is not a new topic and has been intensely discussed since the emergence of the so-called limited companies. However, privatization, technological and digital innovation, changes in moral perception, economic and financial crises and globalization stir a more recent debate on how companies should behave in our societies.

This book starts from the position that ethics in business should imply an open debate on norms and values, using a sound methodology to get there. Ethics should cross borders: not only the borders of a country, but also the borders of someone’s moral imagination. Ethics should not only be about harmony but also about conflict (and how to deal with that). Ethics should be realistic and well substantiated by academic research. Ethics should be used to understand the complexity of the world, and the challenges companies struggle with on various levels.

Therefore, this book is composed of three parts in which ethics is discussed at different levels. In part one we discuss ethics at the level of the individual. In part two we discuss ethics and business. In the third part, ethics is discussed in the context of a globalized world.

In each chapter, we discuss the ethical complications of each topic from various – and preferably opposing – perspectives. Each perspective is methodologically and academically substantiated. Each chapter ends with an extensive literature list in which the original sources are listed for further reading. Furthermore, at the end of each chapter, a summary is written in which the most important definitions and viewpoints are highlighted. The frequent use of colorful and bold examples make this an accessible read for bachelor and master students at business schools and professionals in international business.

About this title

About the Author

Bart Wernaart is Lecturer in International Business and Management at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.

From the Back Cover

- Written from an international perspective;
- discusses ethics on multiple levels and includes many examples;
- offers students methods to critically assess ethical dilemmas.

Ethics and Business is an introduction to ethics in the context of international business. The book stimulates an open debate on norms and values. Ethics should cross not only the borders of a country, but also the borders of one’s mind. It emphasizes that ethics is not only about harmony, but also about dealing with conflict. In this book, ethics is used to develop an understanding of the complexity of the world and the challenges businesses struggle with on various levels.

Ethics and Business is composed of three parts in which ethics is discussed at different levels. The first part discusses ethics at the level of the individual. The second focusses on ethics and business. In the third part, ethics is viewed in the context of a globalized world.

The accompanying website includes additional essay and multiple-choice questions to help students to test themselves on what they have learned. Lecturers have access to additional diagrams, as well as blogs and videos from the author.

Ethics and Business is especially suitable for the following bachelor’s degree programmes:

International Business
International Business and Management
International Business and Languages
This book is also available as an e-book via the platform Bookshelf.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9001865186
• ISBN 13: 9789001865184
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350