Ethics and Business An Introduction 2nd Edition by Kevin Gibson ISBN 9781009103176 1009103172

1 An Overview of Business Ethics

The Bhopal Disaster

The Philosophical Contribution

Two Meanings of Business Ethics

Instrumental and Prudential Approaches

Rule-Based Approaches

Ethics and the Law

Principle-Based Approaches

Ethical Relativism

Egoism

Machiavelli and Hobbes

Game Theory

Morality and Strategy

Responses to Egoism

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: Vaping

Questions from the Case

2 Insights from Ethical Theory

Case: Gleaning at the Grocery

The Value of Theory

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism and the Voice of the Minority

Supererogation

Partiality

Preference Adaptation

Utility Is Not Always Fair

The Value of Life

Complications in the Calculus

Duty-Based Theories

Kantian Principles

Kantian Capitalism and Stakeholders

Virtue Theory

The Virtuous Corporation

Ethics of Care

The Female Voice

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: EpiPens

Questions from the Case

3 Capitalism and Its Ethical Implications

Features of Capitalism

The Invisible Hand

Market Morality

Market Failures

Regulation of the Market

Globalization and Its Implications

Capital

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: Terminator Seeds

Questions from the Case

4 Responsibility

Case: The Volkswagen Diesel

Meanings of Responsibility

Role Responsibility

Legal Liability and Moral Responsibility

Cause

Codes and Compliance

Corporations as Moral Agents

Inalienable Responsibility

Agency, Commission, and Omission

The Doctrine of Double Effect

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: The Boeing 737 MAX

Questions from the Case

5 Autonomy

Case: Herbal Weight Loss

Autonomous Agency

Autonomy Defined

Limits on Autonomy

Let the Buyer Beware

Advertising and Autonomy

Workplace Restrictions on Autonomy

Psychological Testing

Impure Data

Whistleblowing

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: Wells Fargo

Questions from the Case

6 Justice and Equality

Types of Justice

Discrimination

Sex and Gender Discrimination

Discriminatory Biases

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: Insurance Data

Questions from the Case

7 Rights

Case: Shipbreaking

Rights in the Workplace

Positive and Negative Rights

Distinguishing Rights and Privileges

Recent Initiatives

The Niger Delta

Sweatshops

Rights and Accountability

Challenges to Rights Frameworks

Communitarianism

Insights from Non-Western Philosophy

Religious Perspectives

Nonhuman Rights

Summary

Questions for Reflection

Case: Privacy Worries

Questions from the Case

8 Beneficence

Case: Walmart

Corporate Beneficence

Motivations for Beneficence

Corporate Philanthropy

Corporate Social Intervention Overseas

Summary

Questions for Reflection

Case: Sponsoring a Contentious Cause

Questions from the Case

9 Business and the World

Case: Rare Earth Minerals

The Environment and Pascal’s Wager

Sustainability

Perspectives on the World

Environmental Values

Web of Being

Monetizing the Environment

Accounting Techniques

Monetization Applied

Beyond Cost/Benefit

Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line

Summary

Issues for Reflection

Case: Industrial Farming

Questions from the Case

Select Bibliography and Further Reading

Index