Just business : arguments in business ethics

Sandbu, Martin E. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780205697755 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0205697755 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 206 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Prentice Hall, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : the purpose of this book -- The business of ethics : reasoning about right and wrong -- Two extreme views : managing for shareholders or stakeholders? -- Doing one's job well : the ethics of social roles -- Roles and conventions : confronting cultural conflicts -- Ethics as efficiency : making everyone better off -- Is greed good? Advancing society through selfish action -- Consequentialist complications : sacrificing one for the many -- Self-evident truths? Imaging a world without rights -- The case for rights : justifying right-claims -- Ethics as equal freedom : respecting each person's dignity -- Fair shares : dividing the value added -- Just business : fulfilling social contracts.