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<p>List of Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xiii</p> <p><b>PART I BUSINESS ETHICS AND NORMATIVE THEORIES 1</b></p> <p>1 A Kantian approach to business ethics 3<br /><i>Norman E. Bowie</i></p> <p>2 Utilitarianism and business ethics 17<br /><i>Milton Snoeyenbos and James Humber</i></p> <p>3 Business ethics and virtue 30<br /><i>Robert C. Solomon</i></p> <p>4 Social contract approaches to business ethics: bridging the “is–ought” gap 38<br /><i>Thomas W. Dunfee and Thomas Donaldson</i></p> <p>5 Business ethics and the pragmatic attitude 56<br /><i>Douglas R. Anderson</i></p> <p>6 An outline of ethical relativism and ethical absolutism 65<br /><i>Robert E. Frederick</i></p> <p>7 Feminist theory and business ethics 81<br /><i>Robbin Derry</i></p> <p>8 Business ethics in a free society 88<br /><i>Tibor R. Machan</i></p> <p>9 Nature and business ethics 100<br /><i>William C. Frederick</i></p> <p>10 Toward new directions in business ethics: some pragmatic pathways 112<br /><i>Sandra B. Rosenthal and Rogene A. Buchholz</i></p> <p>11 Business ethics: pragmatism and postmodernism 128<br /><i>R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips</i></p> <p><b>PART II BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE BUSINESS DISCIPLINES 139</b></p> <p>12 Ethics in management 141<br /><i>Archie B. Carroll</i></p> <p>13 Finance ethics 153<br /><i>John R. Boatright</i></p> <p>14 Ethics in the public accounting profession 164<br /><i>Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi and Mark R. Nixon</i></p> <p>15 Marketing ethics 178<br /><i>George G. Brenkert</i></p> <p>16 Law, ethics, and managerial judgment 194<br /><i>Lynn S. Paine</i></p> <p>17 Business ethics and economics 207<br /><i>Diane L. Swanson</i></p> <p>18 Business ethics and the social sciences 218<br /><i>Linda Klebe Treviño</i></p> <p><b>PART III ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS 231</b></p> <p>19 International business ethics 233<br /><i>Richard T. De George</i></p> <p>20 Corporate moral agency 243<br /><i>John R. Danley</i></p> <p>21 Employee rights 257<br /><i>Ronald Duska</i></p> <p>22 Business ethics and work: questions for the twenty-first century 269<br /><i>Joanne B. Ciulla</i></p> <p>23 Business’s environmental responsibility 280<br /><i>Joseph R. Desjardins</i></p> <p>24 Business ethics and religion 290<br /><i>Ronald M. Green</i></p> <p>25 Social responsibility and business ethics 303<br /><i>Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. Rosenthal</i></p> <p><b>PART IV BUSINESS ETHICS: ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE 323</b></p> <p>26 Business ethics and the origins of contemporary capitalism: economics and ethics in the work of Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer 325<br /><i>Patricia H. Werhane</i></p> <p>27 A brief history of American business ethics 342<br /><i>Thomas F. McMahon</i></p> <p>28 Business ethics in Europe: a tale of two efforts 353<br /><i>Henk Van Luijk</i></p> <p>29 Ethics and the regulatory environment 366<br /><i>Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca S. Walker</i></p> <p>30 A passport for the corporate code: from Borg Warner to the Caux Principles 374<br /><i>Lisa H. Newton</i></p> <p>31 Investigations and due process 386<br /><i>Joan Elise Dubinsky</i></p> <p>32 Ethics and corporate leadership 399<br /><i>Keith Darcy</i></p> <p>Bibliography 409</p> <p>Appendix A: BUSINESS ETHICS: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES 423</p> <p>Appendix B: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS ORGANIZATIONS 425</p> <p>Index 447</p>

"Frederick has orchestrated a marvelous business ethics symphony in this Companion. The articles are original, targeted at essential issues, and written by recognized scholars of the movement. It promises to become one of the field's classic collections." <i>W. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College</i> <!--end--><br /> <p>"The pace of change and the unexpected challenges that managers now confront every day make it all the more important that they have a clear sense of business ethics to guide their decision making. This book provides that handrail and shows how good business and good ethics go hand in hand." <i>John Quelch, London Business School</i><br /> </p> <p>"This is a valuable resource with thoughtful essays by the best minds in business ethics today. The organization of the book by ethical theories, business diciplines, and contemporary ethical issues makes it particularly useful as a reference book for academics and practitioners alike." <i>Brad Brown, University of Virginia</i></p>

<p><b>Robert E. Frederick</b> is chair of the philosophy department at Bentley College, a research scholar at the Center for Business Ethics, and the editor of the journal <i>Business and Society Review</i>, also published by Blackwell. He is the author of <i>The Philosophy of Right and Left</i> and co-editor (with Michael Hoffman) of <i>Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality</i>. Frederick and Hoffman are also editors of the new series <i>Foundations of Business Ethics</i>.</p>

In a series of articles specifically commissioned for this volume, some of today's most distinguished business ethicists survey the main areas of interest and concern in the field of business ethics.<br /> <p>Sections of the book cover topics such as the often uneasy relationship between business ethics and capitalism, the link between business ethics and ethical theory, how ethics applies to specific problems in the business world, the connection between business ethics and related academic disciplines, and the practice of business ethics in modern corporations.<br /> </p> <p>The book can be used as a comprehensive text for introductory or advanced courses in business ethics, as a reference for teachers and writers in the field, or as a guide for other academic or business persons who wish to become familiar with the central issues in the field. To enhance its usefulness, the volume includes bibliographies of the relevant literature and a list of internet sources for material on business ethics, and an extensive index.</p>

"Frederick has orchestrated a marvelous business ethics symphony in this Companion. The articles are original, targeted at essential issues, and written by recognized scholars of the movement. It promises to become one of the field's classic collections." <i>W. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College</i> <!--end--><br /> <p>"The pace of change and the unexpected challenges that managers now confront every day make it all the more important that they have a clear sense of business ethics to guide their decision making. This book provides that handrail and shows how good business and good ethics go hand in hand." <i>John Quelch, London Business School</i><br /> </p> <p>"This is a valuable resource with thoughtful essays by the best minds in business ethics today. The organization of the book by ethical theories, business diciplines, and contemporary ethical issues makes it particularly useful as a reference book for academics and practitioners alike." <i>Brad Brown, University of Virginia</i></p>

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