Moral Issues in Business Author: William H. Shaw | Language: English | ISBN:
1111837422 | Format: PDF
Moral Issues in Business Description
MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS is one of the most widely adopted business ethics texts in the field The prose guides readers in thinking deeply about important moral issues that frequently arise in business situations and helps them develop the reasoning and analytical skills to resolve those issues. Combining insightful and accessible textbook chapters by the authors, cases that highlight the real-world importance of key ethical concepts, and reading selections from the most influential voices in contemporary ethical debates, this book provides a comprehensive, flexible, and pedagogically proven course of study exploring the intersections of commerce and ethics. William H. Shaw and Vincent Barry offer a uniquely thorough and practical guide to the nature of morality, individual integrity and responsibility, economic justice, concepts of capitalism, and the role of corporations in our society (including their responsibilities to consumers and to the environment), and the real-life moral issues that arise in the workplace.
- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 12 edition (January 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1111837422
- ISBN-13: 978-1111837426
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This was the required textbook for my Business Ethics class.
This textbook is great! Very informative with lots of depth/research into general ethics. It then applies these theories to business with examples.
It starts each chapter with a real-life recent case study story and has several case studies and real-life examples at the end of each chapter for further discussion.
Overall, an excellent book to learn from. All the real-life ethical issues will keep you interested and wanting to read more.
By John
"Moral Issues in Business," by William Shaw and Vincent Barry, has much to recommend it in that it nicely combines analysis by the authors, several case studies related to each issue, as well as two or more primary-source readings for each issue.
The first part of the book is primarily devoted to ethical theory. In it, Shaw and Barry discuss moral reasoning, moral relativism, utilitarianism, deontological ethics, and the nature of justice. The second part deals with the nature of capitalism and the corporation. The third part, which is the longest section of the book, looks at various issues that arise in the workplace, moral choices facing employees, and job discrimination. The final section investigates issues that affect consumers as well as the impact of business on the environment.
One thing that could have improved this book would have been a greater tie-in between the first section and the rest of the book. It would have been helpful to see how each of the theories discussed in part one would deal with the issues considered in the "practical" sections of the book.
Although this is not a quibble with the book itself, it is important to point out that this book is on the high end in terms of its price. But, given that the number of good texts dealing primarily with business ethics is limited, it is unlikely that one is going to find an equally comprehensive book at a lower price.
By Doug Erlandson
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