Business Ethics from Antiquity to the 19th Century

David George Surdam is Professor of Economics at the University of Northern Iowa, USA.

• 1. You Can’t Live (Well) Without Business Ethics.- 2. Overview of Business Ethics.- 3. Primitive Trade.- 4. Ancient Trade in the Near East.- 5. Greek Society.- 6. Roman Society.- 7. Jewish and Christian Attitudes.- 8. Islam and Business Ethics.- 9. Medieval Business Ethics.- 10. Medieval Ethics and Markets.- 11. Early-Modern Europe and Resurging Trade.- 12. Birth of a Consumer Society in Eighteenth-Century England.- 13. Quakers and Business Ethics.- 14. Labor Relations Through the Ages.- 15. Slavery Throughout History.- 16. Conclusion.