Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization

How can you be an ethical corporate citizen in an increasingly complex, multiple-stakeholder world? This is the most pressing question facing businesses today, small and large, local and global. Business Ethics is a thorough yet accessible exploration of the main ethical theories and how these apply to the major stakeholders facing this question.

Written from a truly international perspective and supported by diverse and innovative learning features, this book provides the tools and concepts necessary to understand and effectively manage ethical challenges wherever you are in the world. 'Key Concepts' and 'Think Theory' boxes ensure the essential ideas are straightforward to grasp but don't go unchallenged, while 'Ethics in Action' boxes and Case Studies illustrate these ideas at play in the working world. Step into the shoes of a decision-maker with 'Ethical Dilemma' boxes and hear from them first hand with new 'Practitioner Spotlight' boxes, which feature fascinating insights from real-life practitioners on how they manage ethical decisions and what skills they consider to be crucial to success.

The fifth edition offers a wealth of new cases and examples as well as updates of favourites from previous editions, including features on AirBnB, TOMS, and McDonalds. Bespoke video interviews with the practitioners from the book and new multiple-choice questions enhance the online resources for students, while workshop and flipped classroom activity ideas support lecturers. In addition, content has been thoroughly updated across the book and online to reflect the latest developments and issues surrounding corporate citizenship, globalization, and sustainability.

The book is supported by an extensive range of online resources:

For students:

Practitioner Spotlight videos and web links

Additional Case Study web links

Additional Ethics in Action web links

Addition Ethics on Screen web links

Think Theory responses

Film list

Ethics career guide

Further reading

Multiple-choice questions

For lecturers:

VLE content

PowerPoint slides

Test bank

Case bank

Sample course outline

Teaching notes for Case Studies

Teaching notes for Ethical Dilemmas

Teaching notes for Ethics in Action features

Teaching notes for Ethics on Screen features

Ideas for structured workshops