Business Ethics fulfills the need for a practical, applied text at the core of the ethics course or used as a supplement in other undergraduate and graduate courses. This accessible, up-to-date text covers the complex environment in which managers confront ethical decision making. Through this managerial framework, the authors cover the overall concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics programs--helping students to see how ethics can be integrated into key strategic business decisions. Pedagogical tools help students to prepare for real-world ethical dilemmas instead of focusing on intellectual reasoning or a philosophical discussion of ideas.
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Dr. O. C. Ferrell is Professor of Marketing and Creative Enterprise Scholar at the Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico. He recently served as the Bill Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Wyoming and served as chair of the Colorado State University marketing department. Dr. Ferrell has previously taught at the University of Memphis, Texas A&M University, and Illinois State University. He received his Ph.D. in marketing from Louisiana State University. His academic research focuses on ethical decision making, stakeholder relationships, and social responsibility.
Dr. John Fraedrich teaches at the University of Wyoming, where he holds the Bill Daniels chair. He is a former assistant professor of marketing at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Dr. Fraedrich has conducted extensive research in the areas of marketing and ethics and has published articles in the JOURNAL OF MACRO MARKETING and the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, among other journals. He also has taught on special assignments at universities abroad.
Dr. Linda Ferrell teaches at the University of New Mexico. In addition to this text, Dr. Ferrell has coauthored BUSINESS & SOCIETY with O. C. Ferrell and Debbie M. Thorne. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Memphis. She won the best paper award twice at the American Marketing Association's National Summer Educators Meeting and has published articles in the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS and the CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL.
Dr. John Fraedrich teaches at the University of Wyoming, where he holds the Bill Daniels chair. He is a former assistant professor of marketing at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Dr. Fraedrich has conducted extensive research in the areas of marketing and ethics and has published articles in the JOURNAL OF MACRO MARKETING and the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, among other journals. He also has taught on special assignments at universities abroad.
Dr. Linda Ferrell teaches at the University of New Mexico. In addition to this text, Dr. Ferrell has coauthored BUSINESS & SOCIETY with O. C. Ferrell and Debbie M. Thorne. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Memphis. She won the best paper award twice at the American Marketing Association's National Summer Educators Meeting and has published articles in the JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS and the CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A handy handbook for ethical decision making,
This review is from: Business Ethics, Fourth Edition (Paperback)
Excellent. A practical book written by academics. Many books on ethics are hard to read because of the intellectual gymnastics required. Those written by consultants and journalists are often of the cookbook type and artificial. This book is therefore not only usefulfor students but also for businessmen and consultants. This book focuses on decision making within a clearly defined framework with good definitions of the concepts used. It also includes a very good description of relevant laws in the USA. I did not realise that laws regulate so many ethical business issues. For example " The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organisations" provide a very good framework to any company that wants to act ethically. Business ethics as defined in the book does not include obeying the law, which I think is correct. Each chapter starts with a practical but imagined case. Many of the cases deal with breaking the law or not. For example "analyse the ethical implication of a woman having to decide whether to go to bed with her boss as that is the condition be puts on her being promoted". Or " what are the ethical implications of dumping toxic substances in the river if you can get away with it by bribing the inspector". One of the principles of the book is that it does not prescribe any solutions. I think that this is pushed too far in many of these cases. I see no point in analysing the ethical implications of breaking the law. My recommendation is to eliminate all of these cases or rewrite them. However, the 15 actual legal cases are useful. They show how difficult it can be to determine what is an ethical and what is a legal issue. The subject of moral philosophies is covered in 16 pages. The authors correctly state that it is impossible to deal with this subject in any depth. The risk with this chapter is that the simplifications made are so extreme that the reader may think he has understood the essence of this topic. That is however very far from reality. These criticisms should however not discourage potential buyers of the book. Overall it is very good.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent graduate level textbook,
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This review is from: Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases (Paperback)
I have used this text twice in the past as a text for a graduate level course in business ethics at a university in Southern California. I will be using it again this fall and winter. I find that it has a good discussion of theory salted with good real life examples. The long cases are a little dated now, three years after publication, but still are very illustrative. (Some still have "action" occurring even now in the real world.) Within each chapter are an "Ethical Dilemma" (short case) and "A Real-Life Situation" (two-to-three page case) that help to stimulate discussion and to employ principles learned so far in the text. My students have indicated that they like this text. Obviously I do as well!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Overview of Business Ethics,
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This review is from: Ferrell Business Ethics with Webcard 6th Edition (Paperback)
As a business ethics consultant, I read many books on the subject. This is one of the few books that I recommend clients and their human resources professionals read. It is well written and contains excellent information. The hypothetical ethics scenarios are very well thought out. What I like most about this book is that it is organized in such a smart, logical manner - one concept logically follows another. It starts with the basic concepts of what are ethics, business ethics and social responsibility, provides some history on the development of business ethics, and takes off from there. I highly recommend this book for anyone with an interest (or who should have an interest!) in business ethics.
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