This book explores what makes actions right or wrong, why people choose to do what is right, and how to apply those ideas to ethical problems encountered at work. Combines foundation in classic and contemporary theory, examples and analysis drawn from the workplace, ethical decision-making models, and a constant focus on self-reflection and moral reasoning.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Welcome to ethics -- Ethical principles -- Personal ethical development -- Shareholder theory and stakeholder theory -- Ethical selling, marketing, and advertising -- Technology, testing, and workplace privacy -- Ethics and discrimination -- Ethics for employees -- Ethical lending and the "great recession" -- Two global issues: the environment and sweatshops -- Critical thinking in ethics

Energize an introductory ethics course with ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE 3e, a text that combines a strong foundation in classic and contemporary theory, examples and analysis drawn from the workplace, ethical decision-making models, and a constant focus on self-reflection and moral reasoning. Learning becomes interactive with this completely revised edition that urges users to examine ethical situations in the workplace through the lens of ethical decision-making models. ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE 3e bridges the gap between theory and reality by focusing on ethics in the workplace and offering real-world examples of ethical situations workers face.

ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE 3e users explore current American values and establish models by which to analyze them as they apply to accounting, finance, marketing, human resource, and management dilemmas. Drawing from news headlines and cases based on well-known people, there's never a shortage of relevant topics and applications. The text is a balanced combination of theory, examples, role plays, class discussion, and self-reflection activities that make studying ethics rewarding, interesting, and effective.