Product Description

One of the most popular business ethics books available, MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, Eleventh Edition, guides readers in thinking deeply about important moral issues that frequently arise in business situations and helps them develop the reasoning and analytical skills to resolve those issues. Combining insightful and accessible textbook chapters by the authors, cases that highlight the real-world importance of key ethical concepts, and reading selections from the most influential voices in contemporary ethical debates, this book provides a comprehensive, flexible, and pedagogically proven course of study exploring the intersections of commerce and ethics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98587 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 686 pages

About the Author
The author and editor of numerous books in the areas of ethics and social and political philosophy, William H. Shaw obtained a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the London School of Economics and teaches philosophy at San Jose State University, where he served as chair of the department for eleven years. He spent two years in Zimbabwe, directing the California State University study abroad program in Harare, and was selected as the 1998-1999 President's Scholar, San Jose State's highest academic award. He has two other books with Wadsworth, BUSINESS ETHICS and SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ETHICS.

Vincent Barry is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Bakersfield College, having taught there for thirty four years. In addition to co-authoring MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, he is the co-author of three other widely read Wadsworth publications: APPLYING ETHICS, INVITATION TO CRITICAL THINKING, and THINKING PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT DEATH AND DYING.

Customer Reviews

As a response to comments by "ssaber"
Well, I happen to disagree with previous comment. Not only did I like the course, I also liked the book. It wasn't an easy reading, I got to tell you. Sometimes it took more than one reading and several minutes or reflecting to figure out what the authors were talking about. But in the end it all made sense. And as a bonus the book went into great detail on philosophy, psychology, political science, and economics which I found quite helpful, since as a business major I didn't have a chance to take courses in first three subjects mentioned. The best thing, however, was, that almost a year later in packed Helsinki bar, I was able for about 15 minutes to talk about greatest German and French philosophers - all about them I learned from this book.

Medicore review of reviews

4 stars= some good arguments to consider, and issues it provokes. Being a philisopher student, some of these arguments are strong.

Nuntius said: "Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman" were skipped in discussion. I know that Friedman was well included, in the case studies and in some chapters. Look at 4.3 for a real focus.

He also said that "Like ssaber, I was disappointed to find a three page "defense" of capitalism and a ten page attack of it in Chapter 4, "The Nature of Capitalism.""

I noticed a sentence stating that we can't dismiss a capitalist society because of the fact of where it brought us, where as the other systems didn't do so well. Therefore, I wouldn't really consider this a dismiss on capitalism.
For example, in page 158, they say "The debate over capitalism is a large and important one; the presentation that follows should be viewed as a stimulus to further discussion and not as the last word on th pros and cons of capitalism." Furthermore, "complete coverage of capitalism's features has filled many books" (154). This clearly states what the authors intend, as a mere stimulus. In fact, having a whole chapter seems to be sufficient to their intent.


Maybe they can expand the subject to add more back and forth criticisms, but we know that debate can be long. As long as they made that statement of it merely being a stimulus, I'm ok with it.

After all, capitalism is a very new concept with the foundation of the industrial revolution. Of course debate should ensue. But I guess they should end the chapter stating the "nonetheless, a capitalist framework has got us great heights."

God Bless.
-NVS

Would buy from this merchant again!
The book was in great condition as stated in the website. Much better than expected for a used book.