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Modern Business Ethics


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Business Ethics

March 2026 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Modern Business Ethics offers a contemporary insight into the most pressing issues facing businesses today. Subjects such as gender wage disparity, “reasonable” working conditions, and environmental business practice are no longer side issues but central concerns of businesses. Companies now want their employees to understand key issues such as data ethics, discrimination, and sexual harassment and know how to navigate them. Through its four-part structure, the book examines moral frameworks, how these can be applied to ethical workplaces, how business intersects with society, politics and the environment, and emerging moral concerns. 

Dedicated chapters examining cutting-edge issues include: 
• Data Ethics
• Equality and Diversity 
• Mental Health at Work 
• Technology in the Workplace 

Featuring mini case studies and end-of-chapter questions, this accessible textbook simplifies complex theories and engages students. It is an essential resource for fostering ethical decision-making and promoting integrity in the business world.

This textbook is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of business ethics, as well as those studying business and society, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and responsible management.

Dr. Thomas Corbin is a lecturer in Business Ethics at Macquarie University, Australia. 
 

 
Part 1: On Ethics and Responsibilities
 
Chapter 1: Introducing Business Ethics
 
Chapter 2: Moral Reasoning and Ethical Frameworks
 
Chapter 3: Stockholders & Stakeholders
 
Part 2: Ethical Workplaces
 
Chapter 4: Ethical Leadership and Management
 
Chapter 5: Equality and Diversity
 
Chapter 6: Mental Health at Work
 
Part 3: Ethical Businesses in a World Context
 
Chapter 7: Business Ethics and the Environment
 
Chapter 8: International Concerns
 
Chapter 9: Business Ethics meets Politics
 
Part 4: Ethics for Tomorrow’s Businesses, Today
 
Chapter 10: On Technology
 
Chapter 11: Ethical Issues in Marketing and Advertising
 
Chapter 12: Data Ethics
Key features
  • It’s fun! Packed with engaging case studies and cutting-edge chapters on fascinating topics like data ethics, technology and how roboticization, automation and artificial intelligence are affecting business. 
  • It’s accessible! At just over 250 pages, it is considerably shorter than competitors with short, digestible chapters and easy-to-understand explanations of moral frameworks and theories. 
  • It’s topical! Case studies look at recent examples of business ethics issues and controversies, including the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare policy in the US, plastic bottle pollution, algorithmic bias and the ethics of using individual’s data without informed consent, transparency and accountability. 
  • It’s international! Case studies cover topics from across the globe, including China, India, Kenya and Ghana. 
  • It’s engaging! Case studies include thought-provoking questions, while key thinker and key concept features make abstract theory easy to understand.

Pedagogy:

  • Real-world and hypothetical examples, show the relevance of business ethics to everyday life. 
  • Case studies and questions encourage students to apply what they have learnt to real-life situations. 
  • End of chapter questions provide succinct revision aids.
  • Key Thinker and Key concept learning features provide succinct and accessible overviews of important figures and ideas in business ethics. 

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