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Managing Business Ethics
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Managing Business Ethics
And Your Career

Second Edition
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January 2025 | 480 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Formerly published by Chicago Business Press, now published by Sage

Using an applied and practical approach, Managing Business Ethics: And Your Career, Second Edition focuses on the implications of business ethics on students' careers and the organizations where they will work. Author Mel Fugate's conversational tone makes his coverage of concise philosophical and historical foundations of ethics, influential research, and real-world examples approachable for classroom discussion.
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Part I: Overview of Business Ethics
 
Chapter 1: Understanding Business Ethics
Importance of Ethics to Business

 
The Future of Work and Business Ethics

 
The Importance of Ethics for Your Career

 
Common Ethical Decision-Making Perspectives

 
Using the 3-Dimensional Problem Solving for Ethics to Improve Your Performance

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 2: Laying a Foundation: Morals, Social Responsibility, Governance, Stakeholders, and Sustainability
What Are Morals, Values, and Norms, and How Do They Relate to Business Ethics?

 
What Does It Mean to be a Socially Responsible Organization and Individual?

 
How Do Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Activism Influence Business Ethics?

 
What Does It Mean to be Sustainable?

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Part II: Ethics and the Individual
 
Chapter 3: Why Good People Do Bad Things
Personal Factors That Influence Your Ethical Decision Making

 
How Moral Intensity Affects Perceptions of Ethically Challenging Situations

 
The Frequency and Dangers of Moral Disengagement

 
Identifying Ethical Blind Spots and How to Remedy Them

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 4: Individual Factors That Influence Your Ethical Behavior
Key Personal Characteristics That Influence Your Sense of What Is Right and Wrong

 
Integrity and Courage, a Test of Your Morals

 
Understand and Manage Your Biases

 
Ensure Your Conduct Is Ethical

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 5: Common Ethical Challenges and How to Handle Them
Managing Common Ethical Issues at Work

 
Employee Monitoring

 
The Line Between Personal and Professional Lives

 
Whistleblowing

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 6: The Double-Edged Sword of Leadership and Business Ethics
What Is the Role of Leadership in Business Ethics?

 
What Do Unethical Leaders Look Like?

 
What Does It Mean to Lead With Ethical Liability Versus Legal Liability, Character, and Empathy?

 
Why Aren’t All Leaders Ethical, and What Can Be Done About Those That Aren’t?

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Part III: Organizational Influences on Business Ethics
 
Chapter 7: Common Organization Level Business Ethics Challenges
Navigating Ethical Issues When Hiring Employees

 
How to Use AI Ethically

 
Challenges Related to Monitoring Remote Workers and Employee Privacy

 
What You Can and Cannot Say at Work

 
Ethics and Meeting Your Most Basic Expectations

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 8: Organizational Culture and Business Ethics
What Is Organizational Culture and How Does It Affect Business Ethics?

 
How Does Incivility Reflect and Reinforce an Unethical Organizational Culture?

 
Performance Appraisals, Rewards, Punishment, and Business Ethics

 
How to Create and Foster Ethical Organizational Cultures?

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 9: The Role of Laws, Codes, and Training in Business Ethics
Explain How Laws and Regulations Influence Business Ethics

 
The Functions and Benefits of Codes of Ethics and Conduct

 
Creating a Relevant and Effective Code of Ethics

 
How to Create an Effective Ethics Program

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 10: Doing Well By Doing Good
The Environmental, Social, and Governance Approach to Business

 
Conscious Capitalism and How to Build a Conscious Organization

 
The Caux Principles

 
What are B-Corps and Why Would a Company Choose to be One?

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Part IV: Ethics = the Individual + Organization + Society
 
Chapter 11: A Global Perspective of Business Ethics
Business Ethics Challenges When Crossing National Borders

 
Political Risk

 
Leveling the Ethics Playing Field

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 12: Environmental Sustainability Issues at Home and Abroad
Environmental Externalities—The Environment’s Archenemy

 
Energy, Water, and Air—Can’t Live With(out) Them

 
Regulations are Essential but Not Sufficient

 
What Does it Mean to Be Environmentally Sustainable?

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 13: The Role of Business in Social Justice And Change
Changing Expectations for Business

 
Business as an Agent for Social Justice and Change

 
How to Solve Income Inequality

 
Potential Remedies for Health Inequalities

 
Reconciling Racial Inequality

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
 
Case Study: Flying High and Flying Low With Boeing

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NEW TO THIS EDITION:
  • The new edition is available in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
    • Flashcards and note-taking tools help students better prepare for class.
    • NEW! Audiobook Player allows students to listen to text content, boosting comprehension and retention. It offers flexible, on-the-go access, engaging both reluctant readers and auditory learners, improving the overall reading experience.
    • The Offline Reading option in the Student Dashboard offers greater accessibility to Vantage’s reading content, regardless of where students are or how strong their internet connection may be.
  • Updated with current events, companies, and individuals in every chapter to prompt students to think critically about given situations.
  • Includes new material related to the ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as rationing of resources and care in healthcare, fair pricing and profits during supply chain disruptions, and freedom of expression issues during the Israel-Hamas war.
  • Explores the increased trend of employee activism and the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  • Addresses the escalating global crises related to the environment and inequality, and their ethical challenges.
KEY FEATURES:
  • Written in a conversational style, making content engaging and easy to digest.
  • Provides a unique problem-solving framework for ethics, the Three-Dimensional Problem-Solving for Ethics (3D PSE), which students can apply to various ethical challenges.
  • What's Your Position? features at the beginning of each chapter introduce students to the chapter content and can be used to open class discussions and set the stage for subsequent learning and assignments.
  • Ethics in Action features in each chapter provide real-world illustrations of ethical and unethical behaviors and practices and ask students questions intended to bring course material to life, motivate discussion, or put them in the position of a decision maker.
  • Includes problem-solving case studies at the end of each chapter to illustrate the content and facilitate discussion.
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