Ethics [electronic resource

Ethics: In Business Now brings to first-level students, as well as to others preparing for business studies courses, a comprehensive and readily understandable explanation of the place and role of values in business life. This short book catches the tide of interest in the acceptable face of business. It gives an account of positive values involved in the process of creating wealth. It deals with ethical dilemmas of a personal nature, as well as with those of management and corporations. Fraud, money and green issues are discussed. Front Matter....Pages i-vii What Business Ethics is about....Pages 1-7 A Fair Deal....Pages 8-13 Markets, Freedom and Responsibility....Pages 14-19 Does a Business have a Conscience?....Pages 20-24 Managers and Leadership....Pages 25-31 Ethics and the Consumer....Pages 32-38 Employers and Employees....Pages 39-45 Business as a Friend of the Universe....Pages 46-52 The World of Money....Pages 53-62 Fraud, Regulation and Business Ethics....Pages 63-69 Credit and Debt....Pages 70-76 Using Ethical Reasoning....Pages 77-83 Back Matter....Pages 84-85 An explanation of the place and role of values in public, political and business life. The book examines the interest in the acceptable face of business and gives an account of positive values involved in the process of creating wealth.