Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This concise and engaging Advanced Introduction provides the conceptual tools necessary to make ethical decisions in today’s business world. John Hooker provides an objective and closely-reasoned analysis of ethical issues based on a unified conceptual framework that distils the best of ethical thought into three clearly articulated principles: the generalization, utilitarian, and autonomy principles. Key features include: examples and case studies that illustrate ethical reasoning in complex business dilemmas exploration of business ethics in relation to environmental, social, and financial sustainability factors coverage of cross-cultural business ethics, technological unemployment, and the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. This Advanced Introduction will be a valuable resource for academics and advanced students of business ethics and trust, business leadership, and corporate social responsibility. It will also be beneficial for business managers who wish to build an ethical organization, as well as technical personnel who incorporate ethics into automated systems.
| ISBN: | 9781800378551 |
| Publication date: | 10th August 2021 |
| Author: | John Hooker |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Elgar Advanced Introductions series |
| Genres: |
Business ethics and social responsibility Corporate governance: role and responsibilities of boards and directors |