SAGE Brief Guide to Business Ethics

This guide to business ethics provides key terms and concepts related to business ethics in a short, easy-to-use format. It provides objective coverage of theories, corporate social responsibility, human resources issues, consumer protection, and ethical issues in marketing and advertising. It is an ideal supplement for business ethics courses or as a reference for students and practitioners who would like to learn more about the basics of business ethics.

Part I: What is Business Ethics?Business EthicsPart II: Ethics and the IndividualHuman NatureHuman RightsTrustIntegrityEthical Decision MakingPart III: Theories of EthicsTheories of Ethics: OverviewVirtue EthicsRationalityUtilitarianismCommunitarianismSocial EthicsNormative EthicsPluralismReciprocityEthics of CarePart IV: Ethics of Management and BusinessEthics of ManagementInternational Business EthicsStrategy and EthicsCorporate GovernanceStakeholder TheoryEthics of FinancePricing, Ethical Issues inCorporate CitizenshipSustainabilityCorporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Performance (CSP)Part V: Employee and Human Resources IssuesEmployee Protection and Workplace Safety LegislationEmployee Rights MovementEqual OpportunityAffirmative ActionPart VI: Consumer IssuesConsumer Rights (to safety, to be informed, to be heard)Consumer Protection LegislationConsumer ActivismConsumer FraudPart VII: Ethics of Advertising, Marketing, and PREthics of MarketingAdvertising EthicsPublic Relations EthicsAppendix A: Problematic PracticesAppendix B: Business Ethics OrganizationsAppendix C: Business Ethics Periodicals