PEARSON EDUCATION Ethical Challenges to Business as Usual

Product Description For courses in Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics, and Policy courses. Anthology contains significant body of literature challenging the economic status quo while providing students with the critical readings and perspectives they need to make informed decisions. The text exposes business practices and economic assumptions, bringing contemporary challenges, especially environmental,into the classroom. Review "This book is much more multicultural in its approach to the topics than most business ethics texts, so even when the book deals with traditional topics, it does so in a refreshing manner. Also, the topics of poverty in relation to corporate culture,...and corporate agriculture are important inclusions of topics usually neglected." ― Richard Kyte, Viterbo University "This book is written in a conversational tone, inviting to the reader....I do think the approach of questioning the assumptions within ethical philosophy to be both innovative and sound. I think the material is likely to be well-received, since few other books do this." ― Michelle LeBaron, George Mason University From the Back Cover Shari Collins-Chobanian explores business ethics in this provocative new anthology which explains that within traditional topics and themes in business ethics, there is considerable literature which challenges the economic status quo and which is vital to students' understanding and ability to make informed decisions in business. The textual commentary and the over 55 readings―including both classic and commonly used readings together with new readings never before published in a business ethics anthology―expose business practices and the economic assumptions behind them, bringing contemporary challenges and the world's population's concerns into the classroom. Features Critical selection of topics―Replaces the usual pro/con approach and challenges development, capitalism, market appropriation, human rights violations, and consumption. Topical coverage―i.e., transgenic biotechnology; resistance to development; environmental ethics; and alternative economies. Interdisciplinary readings―Includes both classic and contemporary selections with which faculty are familiar, with the majority drawn from ethics and applied ethics. About the Author Shari Collins-Chobanian is a professor of philosophy at Arizona State University West. Her main areas of research include business ethics and environmental ethics, and she has published articles on environmental rights and environmental labels. She is the coeditor of Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach.