Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics

In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Tackling such wide-ranging subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this text is a valuable addition to business ethics courses.

In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Events in the recent past make clear people in business urgently need to focus on the moral dimension of practices and behaviors. Courses in business ethics are increasingly more prevalent in business schools and in departments of philosophy and religious studies, and yet texts for these courses normally pay scant attention to the much-needed religious perspective on what constitutes ethical practice and behavior. O'Brien and Paeth now fill that need with this new text!

Tackling such wide-ranging subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this text is a valuable addition to any business ethics course.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Using this Book in a Classroom Setting
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 A Brief Introduction to Ethical Theory
Part 7 Part One: Religious Ethics and Normative Theories
Chapter 8 On Monopoly in Business Ethics: Can Philosophy Do it All?
Chapter 9 Manager-Employee Relationships: Guided by Kant's Categorical Imperative or by Dilbert's Business Principle?
Chapter 9 Business Ethics: Oxymoron or Good Business?
Chapter 11 Smith, Friedman, and Self-Interest in Ethical Society
Chapter 12 Conscience and its Counterfeits in Organizational Life: A New Interpretation of the Naturalistic Fallacy
Chapter 12 Victims of Circumstance? A Defense of Virtue Ethics in Business
Chapter 14 Casuistry and the Business Case Method
Part 16 Part Two: Religious Approaches to Economic Life
Chapter 17 The Brave New World of Business Ethics?
Chapter 17 Business Ethics After MacIntyre
Chapter 18 Six Economic Myths Heard From the Pulpit
Chapter 19 Zen in the Workplace: Approaches to Mindful Management
Chapter 20 Confucian Trustworthiness and the Practive of Business in China
Part 21 Part Three: Religion and Questions of Contemporary Business
Chapter 22 The Potential for Building Covenants in Business Organizations
Chapter 23 How Green is Judaism? Exploring Jewish Environmental Ethics
Chapter 24 The Spirit of Place: The Columba River Watershed Letter and the Meaning of Community
Chapter 25 Bridge Discourse on Wage Justice: Roman Catholic and Feminist Perspectives on the Family Living Wage
Chapter 26 Sneakers and Sweatshops: Holding Corporations Accountable
Chapter 27 Global Capitalism: The New Context of Christian Social Ethics