This Companion provides a novel overview of the discipline of business ethics, covering the major areas of the field as well as new and emerging topics.

Table of Contents

• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction - Eugene Heath, Byron Kaldis and Alexei Marcoux
• Part I: The discipline of business ethics
• Preface
• 1. The history of business ethics - Bernard Mees
• 2. Theorists and philosophers on business ethics - George Bragues
• 3. Theory and method in business ethics - Nicholas Capaldi
• 4. Teaching business ethics: current practice and future directions - Darin Gates, Bradley R. Agle, and Richard N. Williams
• Part II: Moral philosophy and business: foundational theories
• Preface
• 5. Consequentialism and non-consequentialism - Andrew Gustafson
• 6. Social contract theories - Pedro Francés-Gómez
• 7. Can profit seekers be virtuous? - Michael C. Munger and Daniel C. Russell
• 8. Feminist ethics and business ethics: redefining landscapes of learning - Ming Lim
• 9. Business ethics and religious belief - Kenneth J. Barnes
• Part III: Business ethics theories
• Preface
• 10. Social responsibility - Florian Wettstein
• 11. Stakeholder thinking - Kenneth E. Goodpaster
• 12. Integrative Economic Ethics: concept and critique - Alexander Lorch and Thomas Beschorner
• Part IV: Conceptual considerations
• Preface
• 13. What is business? - William Kline
• 14. The corporation: genesis, identity, agency - Gordon G. Sollars
• 15. Alternative business organizations and social enterprise - Dana Brakman Reiser
• 16. The ethics of entrepreneurship - Christian Lautermann and Kim Oliver Tokarski
• 17. The contribution of economics to business ethics - Joseph Heath
• Part V: Economic institutions: operations and effects
• Preface
• 18. Property and business - Bas van der Vossen
• 19. Creativity, innovation, and the production of wealth - Knut Sogner
• 20. Money and finance: ethical considerations - Antonio Argandoña
• 21. Regulation, rent seeking, and business ethics - Christel Koop and John Meadowcroft
• 22. Business, nature, and environmental sustainability - Joseph DesJardins
• 23. The economic crisis: causes and considerations - Randall G. Holcombe
• Part VI: Roles and responsibilities within the firm
• Preface
• 24. Corporate governance - Ann K. Buchholtz
• 25. Leadership and business ethics: are leaders wolves for business ethics? - Valérie Petit and Sarah E. Saint-Michel
• 26. Theoretical issues in management ethics - Joseph A. Petrick
• 27. The ethics of managers and employees - Linda Klebe Treviño
• 28. Employee ethics and rights - Jeffrey Moriarty
• 29. Exploitation and labor - Benjamin Ferguson
• 30. Ethical issues in marketing, advertising, and sales - Minette Drumwright
• 31. The accounting profession, the public interest, and human rights - Ken McPhail
• Part VII: Multinational corporations and globalization
• Preface
• 32. The globalization of business ethics - Kirk O. Hanson
• 33. Cross-cultural management ethics in multinational commerce - Terence Jackson
• 34. Corruption, bribery, and moral norms across national boundaries - Wesley Cragg
• Part VIII: Business ethics across the globe
• Preface
• 35. Business ethics in China - Yuqiao Xiang
• 36. Business ethics in South Asia: Gandhian trusteeship and its relevance for the twenty-first century - S. Ramakrishna Velamuri
• 37. Business ethics in Africa - Minka Woermann
• 38. Business ethics in Latin America - Álvaro E. Pezoa
• 39. Business ethics in transition: communism to commerce in Central Europe and Russia - Rodica Milena Zaharia