Introduction
Part 1
Ethics and the individual
1 What is ethics?
1.1 Ethical behaviour?
1.2 Ethics as an academic discipline
1.3 Morality
1.4 The structural analysis
1.5 The structural evaluation
1.6 Ethics and related disciplines
Summary
Literature
2 Responsibility
2.1 The meaning of responsibility
2.2 The ability to take responsibility
2.3 Situational factors that influence responsibility
Summary
Literature
3 Normative ethics
3.1 Directions in normative ethics
3.2 Ethics for people
3.3 Ethics from people
3.4 Directions in ethics applied
Summary
Literature
4 A model for ethical
decision-making
4.1 An ethical dilemma
4.2 Step 1: moral questions
4.3 Step 2: moral stakeholders
4.4 Step 3: alternatives
4.5 Step 4: an informed choice
Summary
Literature
Part 2
Business and ethics
5 A short history of ethics in business
5.1 The industrial revolution
5.2 Current trends in society
5.3 The triple bottom line
Summary
Literature
6 Social values
6.1 The industrial revolution and social values of workers
6.2 Rights of workers in developed countries
6.3 Challenges in developed countries
6.4 Challenges in developing countries
6.5 Corruption
6.6 Social values of consumers
Summary
Literature
7 Ecological values
7.1 The tragedy of the commons
7.2 Towards a circular economy
Summary
Literature
8 Economic values
8.1 Economic values
8.2 Profit
Summary
Literature
9 Accountability
9.1 Transparency and compliance
9.2 The business of business is business
9.3 Voluntary accountability
9.4 Mandatory accountability
9.5 Collective industry self-regulation
Summary
Literature
Part 3
Ethics in a globalized world
10 Cultural diversity
10.1 Culture
10.2 Cultural differences on various levels
10.3 Cultural differences and business
10.4 Cultural differences between countries
Summary
Literature
11 Globalization: does the system work?
11.1 Why globalization is a good thing
11.2 Why globalization is a bad thing
Summary
Literature
Index
About the author
Biography
Bart Wernaart is Lecturer in International Business and Management at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.
This text is a distinctive contribution to fostering an ethical approach to business - quite the opposite to the sadly entrenched (largely uncritical) business approach to ethics - ie, merely appropriating but not challenging much of the foundations of business. . . in my view Wernaart's text matches a great deal of the social/public good we are striving for.
Dr Walter P. Jarvis, EdD, Director, Master of Management, UTS Business School, Australia
