Ethics has become big business but have businesses become ethical? This is a
central question for today s managers.
Managing ethics is critical in an era characterized by unprecedented corporate
power and a myriad of competing ethical traditions. Giving new insights into the
understanding of ethics for today s organization practice and managerial
behaviour, this timely volume, edited by well-respected industry authorities,
provides an overview and critique of ethics as they relate to contemporary
challenges and issues (such as globalization, sustainability, consumerism,
neo-liberalism, corporate collapses, leadership and corporate regulation).
This book, an essential read for postgraduate students of business and ethics,
is organized around the core question: