For business ethics / Campbell Jones, Martin Parker and Rene ten Bos.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-202) and index.

Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction : Against business ethics -- This strange book -- Against business ethics -- First problem : foreclosing philosophy -- Second problem : foreclosing philosophy -- third problem : foreclosing 'the ethical' -- Fourth problem : foreclosing the meaning of 'ethics' -- Fifth problem : foreclosing politics -- Sixth problem : foreclosing the goal of ethics -- For or against business ethics? -- 2. Common sense business ethics -- Introduction -- What is business? -- What is ethics? -- What is business ethics? -- What is common sense? -- What is philosophy? -- Conclusion -- 3. 'Business ethics' 1 : consequences -- Introduction -- Utilitarianism -- Refining utilitarianism -- The utility of utilitarianism -- Weighing the good -- Political arithmetic -- The problem of information -- Conclusion -- 4. Business ethics 2 : intentions -- Introduction -- Bowie's version of Kant -- Duty, certainty and moral conflict -- Freedom -- The experience of limitation -- Conclusion -- 5. 'Business ethics' 3 : virtues -- Introduction -- Virtue and business? -- Virtue and community -- Business communities? -- 6. The meaning of ethics -- Introduction : the charm of business ethics -- Meaning -- The meaning of ethics -- Others and the other -- The other and critique.

7. Denying ethics 1 : bureaucracy -- Introduction -- The banality of evil -- McEthics -- Intentions and consequences -- In praise of bureaucracy? -- Moral distance -- Modern business -- 8. Denying ethics 2 : global capital -- WTO kills farmers -- The social responsibility of business -- The social responsibility of business -- Neoliberalism -- Striking back -- Capitalism, commodities and ethics -- Challenging commodity fetishism -- Can wrong life be lived rightly? -- 9. Business ethics today -- Introduction : fashion and utopia in business ethics -- Community -- Trust -- Whistleblowing -- Responsibility -- Cynicism -- Business ethics, the very idea -- 10. Conclusion : For business ethics -- Introduction -- Ethics and thought -- For business ethics -- Business ethics and reality -- Glossary -- Further reading -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.

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"For Business Ethics is a daring adventure into the world of business ethics. It offers a clear and accessible introduction to business ethics and also expands business ethics beyond its current narrow confines. It is ground-breaking in the sense that it invites a distinctively critical approach to business ethics, an approach that the authors argue is part and parcel of ethics. With a thought-provoking glossary and recommendations for further readings, For Business Ethics is an essential purchase for students and practitioners alike. It is at once an introduction to business ethics and a challenge to anyone who wishes to take part in or change contemporary organised society."--Back cover

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