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Author / Creator:Byars, Stephen M., author.
Imprint:Houston, Texas : OpenStax College, Rice University, 2018-
Description:1 online resource (367 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Journal
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11792245
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Other authors / contributors:Stanberry, Kurt, author.
OpenStax College, issuing body.
Frequency:Updated irregularly.
ISBN:1947172573
9781947172579
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
PDF, revision BE-2018-000(09/18)-LC (viewed 13 November 2018).
Summary:Business Ethics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester business ethics course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including case studies, application scenarios, and links to video interviews with executives, all of which help instill in students a sense of ethical awareness and responsibility.
Table of Contents:
  • Why ethics matter
  • Ethics from antiquity to the present
  • Defining and prioritizing stakeholders
  • Three special stakeholders: society, the environment, and government
  • The impact of culture and time on business ethics
  • What employers owe employees
  • What employees owe employers
  • Recognizing and respecting the rights of all
  • Professions under the microscope
  • Changing work environments and future trends
  • Epilogue: why ethics still matter
  • The lives of ethical philosophers
  • Profiles in business ethics: contemporary thought leaders
  • A succinct theory of business ethics
  • Index.