Business takes place in an increasingly global environment, crossing political and cultural boundaries that challenge corporate values. This book focuses on how to make and explain 'best choice' judgments when confronting ethical dilemmas in international business situations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The value foundation for a global society -- Ethics and international business -- Human rights concepts and principles -- Political involvements by business -- Labor and production standards -- Product and export controls -- Marketing motives and methods -- Culture and the human environment -- Nature and the physical environment -- Business guidance and control mechanisms -- Deciding ethical dilemmas.

"Professor Kline has admirably succeeded in creating a cohesive treatment of a subject that encompasses highly diverse topics, academic disciplines, cultures, and regions. This book brings to life the vastly important, but poorly understood, nature of ethics, morality, and stewardship of private economic organizations. As a textbook, it would challenge both educators and students and enhance their understanding of globalization as to what it is, and how it ought to be."-S. Prakash Sethi, University Distinguished Professor of Management, Zicklin School of Business --
"John Kline has not only touched all the important ethical bases in the international business playing field, he uses applied ethical reasoning to insightfully put forth appropriate values for successfully navigating these difficult global business issues. His new book is a testament to and a roadmap for the position that value-based business decision-making is mandatory for the solution to international business problems."-W. Michael Hoffman, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Business Ethics, and Hieken Professor of Business and Professional Ethics, Bentley University --
"Ethics for International Business provides a valuable introduction to the ethical problems of doing business in an increasingly globalized world where the line between business and politics is often blurred. John Kline's political-economy approach manages to deal with the full complexity of the political, economic, and cultural environment faced by international managers in a structured, systematic, and very accessible manner. Highly recommended."-Stephen J. Kobrin, William Wurster Professor of Multinational Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania --
The newly-updated version of this groundbreaking textbook continues to provide a topical and relevant analysis of the ethical dimensions of conducting business in a global political economy. From a starting point of applied ethics, the book introduces a common set of normative terms and analytical fools for examining and discussing real case scenarios. --Book Jacket.