Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Manuel G. Velasquez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0130938211 | ISBN-13: 978-0130938213 | Edition: 5

This book provides readers with a clear, straightforward writing style, an abundance of examples, detailed real-life cases, and current data and statistics. It aims to 1) introduce ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business, 2) develop the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions, 3) identify the moral issues involved in the management of specific problem areas in business, and 4) examine the social and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise. Chapter topics cover ethics and business, ethical principles in business, the business system, ethics in the marketplace, ethics and the environment, the ethics of consumer production and marketing, the ethics of job discrimination, and the individual in the organization. For anyone in business.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This book is an outstanding, clearly written, economics-oriented ethics textbook that will fulfill most of your pedagogical needs in any undergraduate business ethics course.”   —Marc Orlitzky, University of Redlands

 

 

“The On the Edge feature boxes have been very useful in the classroom.”  —Barbara Fechner, South East Community College

 

 

“Velasquez has been a standard in Business Ethics for several years. The book is well written and has a number of good cases”   —Rodney Stevenson, University of Wisconsin – Madison

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Presents a discussion of the concepts of various aspects of business ethics, followed by concrete examples using actual cases of business ethics. This allows students to use and apply the concepts introduced. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (June 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130938211
• ISBN-13: 978-0130938213
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Up to Date Ethical Situations, November 1, 2000

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"mommysally" (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (Paperback)

This book is very up to date on the ethics surounding business today. It thougholy explains the different theories and concepts of business ethics. I rate this book high on content, but low on context. This is a good book but is long and dry, this author repeats himself and does not always get to the point directly.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, November 25, 2008

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This review is from: Business Ethics: Concepts & Cases (Paperback)

Every purchaser is looking for exactly what they ordered in the condition it was listed. That is exactly what I received. I would order from this seller every time based on my experience.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There can be ethics in business, June 1, 2005

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Quaker Annie "reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases (5th Edition) (Paperback)

This was our text book for Antioch McGregor's Business program (not MBA).

The book is good - a bit dry - but under the direction of a really good professor (which we had) it can be a great tool.

I went into the class doubting the existence of true ethics in the corporate world -- and exited realizing it is there, but there can be a price to pay to use it.

If would suggest Parker Palmer's A Hidden Wholeness to read with this -- wish I'd had both of these while I was in the corporate world.