TY - BOOK AU - Shaw,William H. TI - Business ethics SN - 0534551939 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HF5387 .S47 1999 U1 - 174.4 PY - 1999/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth Pub. KW - Business ethics KW - Industries KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Moral Philosophy and Business -- The Nature of Morality -- Ethics -- Business and Organizational Ethics -- Personal and Business Ethics -- Moral Versus Nonmoral Standards -- Morality and Etiquette -- Morality and Law -- Professional Codes -- Where Do Moral Standards Come From? -- Religion and Morality -- Morality Needn't Rest on Religion -- Ethical Relativism -- Relativism and the "Game" of Business -- Having Moral Principles -- Conscience -- The Limits of Conscience -- Moral Principles and Self-Interest -- Morality and Personal Values -- Individual Integrity and Responsibility -- The Individual Inside the Corporation -- Organizational Norms -- Conformity -- Moral Reasoning -- Defensible Moral Judgments -- Patterns of Defense and Challenge -- Requirements for Moral Judgments -- Made in the U.S.A.--Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq -- The A7D Affair -- Normative Theories of Ethics -- Consequentialist and Nonconsequentialist Theories -- Egoism -- Misconceptions about Egoism -- Psychological Egoism -- Problems with Egoism -- Utilitarianism -- Six Points about Utilitarianism -- Utilitarianism in an Organizational Context -- Critical Inquiries of Utilitarianism -- The Interplay Between Self-Interest and Utility -- Kant's Ethics -- Good Will -- The Categorical Imperative -- Kant in an Organizational Context -- Critical Inquiries of Kant's Ethics -- Other Nonconsequentialist Perspectives -- Prima Facie Principles -- Assisting Others -- Moral Rights -- Nonconsequentialism in an Organizational Context; BA N2 - Summary: Introducing students to important philosophical concepts and principles, this text supplies a social, historical, and philosophical background, and encourages students to grapple with issues that they might not otherwise think about UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/business-ethics/oclc/39464955&referer=brief_results ER -