Companion to Business Ethics

Robert E. Frederick is chair of the philosophy department at Bentley College, a research scholar at the Center for Business Ethics, and the editor of the journal Business and Society Review, also published by Blackwell. He is the author of The Philosophy of Right and Left and co-editor (with Michael Hoffman) of Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality. Frederick and Hoffman are also editors of the new series Foundations of Business Ethics.

• List of Contributors ixPreface xiiiPART I BUSINESS ETHICS AND NORMATIVE THEORIES 11 A Kantian approach to business ethics 3Norman E. Bowie2 Utilitarianism and business ethics 17Milton Snoeyenbos and James Humber3 Business ethics and virtue 30Robert C. Solomon4 Social contract approaches to business ethics: bridging the “is–ought” gap 38Thomas W. Dunfee and Thomas Donaldson5 Business ethics and the pragmatic attitude 56Douglas R. Anderson6 An outline of ethical relativism and ethical absolutism 65Robert E. Frederick7 Feminist theory and business ethics 81Robbin Derry8 Business ethics in a free society 88Tibor R. Machan9 Nature and business ethics 100William C. Frederick10 Toward new directions in business ethics: some pragmatic pathways 112Sandra B. Rosenthal and Rogene A. Buchholz11 Business ethics: pragmatism and postmodernism 128R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. PhillipsPART II BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE BUSINESS DISCIPLINES 13912 Ethics in management 141Archie B. Carroll13 Finance ethics 153John R. Boatright14 Ethics in the public accounting profession 164Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi and Mark R. Nixon15 Marketing ethics 178George G. Brenkert16 Law, ethics, and managerial judgment 194Lynn S. Paine17 Business ethics and economics 207Diane L. Swanson18 Business ethics and the social sciences 218Linda Klebe TreviñoPART III ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS 23119 International business ethics 233Richard T. De George20 Corporate moral agency 243John R. Danley21 Employee rights 257Ronald Duska22 Business ethics and work: questions for the twenty-first century 269Joanne B. Ciulla23 Business’s environmental responsibility 280Joseph R. Desjardins24 Business ethics and religion 290Ronald M. Green25 Social responsibility and business ethics 303Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra B. RosenthalPART IV BUSINESS ETHICS: ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE 32326 Business ethics and the origins of contemporary capitalism: economics and ethics in the work of Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer 325Patricia H. Werhane27 A brief history of American business ethics 342Thomas F. McMahon28 Business ethics in Europe: a tale of two efforts 353Henk Van Luijk29 Ethics and the regulatory environment 366Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca S. Walker30 A passport for the corporate code: from Borg Warner to the Caux Principles 374Lisa H. Newton31 Investigations and due process 386Joan Elise Dubinsky32 Ethics and corporate leadership 399Keith DarcyBibliography 409Appendix A: BUSINESS ETHICS: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES 423Appendix B: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS ORGANIZATIONS 425Index 447

"Frederick has orchestrated a marvelous business ethics symphony in this Companion. The articles are original, targeted at essential issues, and written by recognized scholars of the movement. It promises to become one of the field's classic collections." W. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College "The pace of change and the unexpected challenges that managers now confront every day make it all the more important that they have a clear sense of business ethics to guide their decision making. This book provides that handrail and shows how good business and good ethics go hand in hand." John Quelch, London Business School "This is a valuable resource with thoughtful essays by the best minds in business ethics today. The organization of the book by ethical theories, business diciplines, and contemporary ethical issues makes it particularly useful as a reference book for academics and practitioners alike." Brad Brown, University of Virginia