Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of cases and ethical dilemmas
• List of figures and tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Why study business ethics?
  • What the book is about
  • Who the book is for
  • What the book will enable readers to do
  • The approach to learning
  • Background to the book
• Part One Business ethics - principles
  • 1 Business ethics affect everyone
    • Ethical issues arise throughout the business world
    • Ethics are imbedded in and reflect cultures
    • The relationship between law and ethics
    • Philosophical theories provide a context
    • Business ethics involve choices
    • A stakeholder view of business ethics
    • Corporate governance and risk management involve ethics
    • Why do people behave the way they do?
    • The importance of trust in business
  • 2 The evolution of business ethics
    • Business has always needed sound ethics
    • Business ethics of ancient traders
    • Business ethics in the 19th century
    • Scandals and collapses in the 20th century
    • Ethical failures and the response of business
  • 3 On corporate social responsibility
    • Do companies have social responsibilities?
    • Balancing responsibilities between shareholders and stakeholders
    • Pros and cons of corporate social responsibility
    • Approaches to corporate social responsibility
    • The practice of corporate social responsibility
    • On sustainable development, the United Nations Global Compact and GRI
    • Corporate vision, mission and values
  • 4 Business ethics and corporate governance
    • What is corporate governance?
    • Board structures
    • Board functions
    • The regulation of corporate governance
    • Some theoretical insights - agency, stewardship and stakeholder ideas
    • The roles of the board chairman and chief executive officer
    • The role of the auditors, regulators and company secretary
    • Changing expectations in the governance of organizations
    • Appendix to Chapter 4
    • Additional information on corporate regulation
  • 5 Business ethics and enterprise risk
    • A new emphasis on corporate risk
    • Levels of risk - strategic, managerial and operational
    • The concept of ethical risk
    • The significance of strategic ethical risk
    • Moral hazard in business ethics
    • The concept of enterprise risk management
    • Managing risk throughout the organization
    • Risk recognition
    • Risk assessment
    • Risk evaluation
    • Determining risk strategy and policies
    • Risk monitoring and reporting
    • Developments in ERM
• Part Two Business ethics - practice
  • 6 Creating a sound ethics culture
    • Different approaches to ethics management
    • What makes a business decision ethical?
    • What makes people act the way they do?
    • Establishing an ethics culture
    • Ethics and stakeholder relations
    • Ethical codes for different organizations
    • Drafting an ethics code
    • The management of business ethics
    • On whistle-blowing and whistle-blowers
  • 7 Uniting business ethics, governance and risk
    • The 21st century's emphasis on business ethics, governance and risk
    • Uniting business ethics, corporate governance and risk management
    • Creating a corporate vision and mission
    • Building core corporate values
    • Codes of business ethics
    • Preventing bribery and corruption
  • 8 Business ethics in finance
    • What is involved in business finance
    • Ethics in financial strategy
    • Ethical relationships with investors in public companies
    • Insider dealing and trading
    • Ethical investment and ethical funds
    • Money laundering, combating global crime and terrorism
    • Ethical relationships with shareholders in non-listed companies
    • Ethical relationships with non-equity sources of finance
    • Ethical challenges for independent outside auditors
    • Ethical relationships with regulators
    • Ethics and credit-rating agencies
    • Ethics in financial management
    • Ethics in financial operations
  • 9 Ethics in business operations
    • Ethical issues in procurement
    • Ethical aspects of business operations and information technology
    • Ethical issues in marketing and market research
    • Competitors as stakeholders
    • Ethical challenges of the global market
    • On bribery and corruption around the world
  • 10 Business ethics and employees
    • Employees as stakeholders
    • Employers' relations with employees
    • Employees' relations with employers
    • Employment and human rights
  • 11 Business ethics, society and the state
    • What we mean by society
    • Societal organizations as stakeholders in business
    • Ethical issues in relations between business and society
    • The state as a business stakeholder
    • Ethical issues in government-business relations
    • Globalization and business-government relations
  • 12 The future of business ethics
    • The essence of business ethics
    • Why business ethics have become so important
    • The power of business oligarchies
    • Frontier issues in business ethics
    • Some final thoughts
• Answers to self-examination questions
• Index

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