ABSTRACT

Case Histories in Business Ethics illustrates and extends the role of case histories in the teaching and study of business ethics. Typically, case histories are used to illustrate assertions or arguments, or to stimulate debate about an issue within business ethics. This volume examines that role, illustrating the link between case histories and mo

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Theoretical approaches to business ethics

chapter 1|14 pages

Business dilemmas

Ethical decision-making in business

chapter 2|3 pages

key questions

chapter |4 pages

The nature of virtue

part |2 pages

Part II Topics and case histories

chapter 3|9 pages

Shell, Greenpeace and Brent Spar

The politics of dialogue

chapter |5 pages

Scientific and ethical issues

chapter |10 pages

Conclusions/lessons

chapter |1 pages

Suggestions for further reading

chapter |5 pages

Appendix 3

chapter 4|5 pages

Whistleblowing

The new perspective

chapter |2 pages

The consequences of the current culture

chapter 5|2 pages

The Rick and Bianca case history

chapter 6|1 pages

Challenger Flight 51-L

A case history in whistleblowing

chapter |8 pages

Analysis

chapter |1 pages

Notes

chapter 7|2 pages

Pain and partnership

chapter |6 pages

Choice

chapter 8|2 pages

John Lewis Partnership

A case history

chapter |5 pages

The Partnership

chapter |3 pages

Conclusions and questions

chapter |2 pages

The global debate

chapter |9 pages

The second front

chapter |1 pages

Conclusions

chapter |1 pages

Notes

part |2 pages

Part III The role of case histories in business ethics