Overview

This work addresses the major theoretical questions involved in doing empirical research about normative issues. It addresses the boundaries - methodological, conceptual, and institutional - that too easily separate philosophical and social scientific approaches to business ethics, and reviews various ways in which those approaches can be brought close together to benefit research and practice. The text also describes the increasing institutionalisation of formal systems designed to manage ethics in organizations. It reviews the initiatives to foster ethical business conduct and also looks at the relative roles of executives and external policies in creating meaningful ethical initiatives. Also it covers individual ethical behaviour and how organizations influence it, describing in detail some of the outcomes of organizational ethics initiatives.

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Well focused, engaging, and complete in its coverage, this outstanding book gives us a new understanding (a social science compendium) of an old field (applied ethics) that is emerging in prominence (business ethics and compliance). I can see it as being required reading for any advanced students interested in the field. -James Weber,Duquesne University

Well focused, engaging, and complete in its coverage, this outstanding book gives us a new understanding (a social science compendium) of an old field (applied ethics) that is emerging in prominence (business ethics and compliance). I can see it as being required reading for any advanced students interested in the field.

Author Information

Linda Klebe Treviño is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Pennsylvania State University. She is the co-author (with Katherine Nelson) of Managing Business Ethics (1995, 1999). Gary R. Weaver is Associate Professor of Management at the University of Delaware.

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