Ethics Theory and Business Practice

Mick Fryer has lectured in business ethics at Aberystwyth, Cardiff and Loughborough universities. He’s also worked as a consultant author for the Open University, contributing to modules for the OU Business School and the OU Philosophy Department.

• Chapter 1: Rights Theory: Considering Business Ethics in Terms of Stakeholder RightsChapter 2: Utilitarianism: Maximizing the Good Consequences of BusinessChapter 3: Kantian Theory: Reason-based Duty and BusinessChapter 4: Social Contract Theory: Business Obligations, Corporate Wrongdoing, and Just DistributionChapter 5: Virtue Theory: Virtue, Purpose, and Flourishing in BusinessChapter 6: Ethical Relativism: Business Ethics and Personal ConvictionChapter 7: Discourse Ethics: Democratizing BusinessChapter 8: Feminine Ethics: Offering a Different Ethical Perspective on BusinessChapter 9: Environmental Ethics: Business, People, and NatureChapter 10: The Responsibilities of Business Executives: Just Looking after Shareholders’ Interests or Taking all Stakeholders into Account?

The old joke that business ethics is a contradiction in terms has some truth in it, but in this book Mick Fryer carefully shows us why such confusion is the beginning of wisdom. After all, if ethics was easy, it wouldn′t be worth worrying about. So if you want an elegant book about some tough questions, this is the one for you.