The Business of Consumption [Paperback]

Patricia H. Werhane (Editor), Laura Westra (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998 | ISBN-10: 0847686698 | ISBN-13: 978-0847686698

In this important book, a host of noted environmentalists and business ethicists examine ethical issues in consumption from the points of view of environmental sustainability, economic development, and free enterprise. These issues are at the forefront of international concerns about global legislation and regulation. The contributors challenge the reader to think carefully about how environmental sustainability, global economic development, and free enterprise might or might not be compatible values for ourselves and future generations. It is an essential book for students and scholars of business ethics, environmental ethics, public policy, and economic development.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A valuable contribution to the discussion of consumption and its effect on the environment. (John McCall )

This collection offers a truly interdisciplinary approach. . . (M.A. Michael Choice, January 1999 Vol. 36 No. 5 )

About the Author

Laura Westra is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of Windsor and the author or editor of numerous books, including An Environmental Proposal for Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994), Faces of Environmental Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Perspectives on Ecological Integrity (Kluwer), The Greeks and the Environment (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) and Technology and Values (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). Bill Lawson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University. Patricia H. Werhane is Ruffin Professor of Business Ethics at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. She is the coeditor of Ethical Issues in Business (Prentice-Hall), Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics (Blackwell), and Philosophical Issues in Human Rights (Random House), and the author of Persons, Rights, and Corporations (Prentice-Hall) and Adam Smith and his Legacy for Modern Capitalism (Oxford).

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847686698
• ISBN-13: 978-0847686698
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,263,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)