Business Ethics

Rating:
Summary: The best one out there...
Review: I am an ethics consultant and have a masters degree in ethics - and I have read a LOT of ethics books. In the three years since I came upon this text, I have found nothing to equal it. The 24 page introduction (which contains a brilliant explication of moral relativism) is worth the price. This book contains foundational articles that everyone should read, a solid collection of integrated cases, and touches on a wide and useful range of business ethics issues. It is a straightforward book, but it is not designed to be simple. It challenges the reader to think, something that many ethics books do not do. If you only own one book specific to business ethics, this should be it.

For those who are searching for a broader book on ethics in the professions (including non-business professions), I consider "Ethical Issues in Professional Life", by Joan C. Callahan to be the standard by which all others are measured.

Rating:
Summary: The best one out there...
Review: I am an ethics consultant and have a masters degree in ethics - and I have read a LOT of ethics books. In the three years since I came upon this text, I have found nothing to equal it. The 24 page introduction (which contains a brilliant explication of moral relativism) is worth the price. This book contains foundational articles that everyone should read, a solid collection of integrated cases, and touches on a wide and useful range of business ethics issues. It is a straightforward book, but it is not designed to be simple. It challenges the reader to think, something that many ethics books do not do. If you only own one book specific to business ethics, this should be it.

For those who are searching for a broader book on ethics in the professions (including non-business professions), I consider "Ethical Issues in Professional Life", by Joan C. Callahan to be the standard by which all others are measured.

Rating:
Summary: Objective
Review: This book is the most objective book on business ethics. It presents several ethical theories along with their strengths and weaknesses as an intro, and then it presents case studies relating to a plethora of business topics. These topics include accounting and many others left untouched by other authors, and the topics are current and are often taken from real-world cases. After each case study, a series of questions are posed--you are supposed to apply the theories here. This book does not tell you what is ethical, it presents different view points and allows the reader to decide for himself/herself.

Rating:
Summary: Objective
Review: This book is the most objective book on business ethics. It presents several ethical theories along with their strengths and weaknesses as an intro, and then it presents case studies relating to a plethora of business topics. These topics include accounting and many others left untouched by other authors, and the topics are current and are often taken from real-world cases. After each case study, a series of questions are posed--you are supposed to apply the theories here. This book does not tell you what is ethical, it presents different view points and allows the reader to decide for himself/herself.