Business Ethics, Seventh Edition A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach

This fully updated edition of a pragmatic, hands-on guide to determining right and wrong in the workplace is rich with case studies and combines a stakeholder perspective with an issues-oriented approach.

With a unique, highly practical approach to teaching business ethics, this text goes beyond the impact of ethical lapses on share price and profit and focuses on the relationships among various stakeholders, including individuals, groups, corporations, and governments. The book includes an easy, step-by-step guide to implementing stakeholder analysis, tips to help students apply ethical principles in their personal and professional lives, and comprehensive coverage of employee workplace issues. It addresses highly relevant topics such as risk management, preferential hiring, sexual harassment, corporate legitimacy, and moral accountability. The text also explores today's increasingly interconnected global business environment with coverage of multinational corporations and important issues such as the digital divide, bribery, corruption, human rights, and the environment.

The new seventh edition incorporates the latest research; updated cases dealing with recent scandals, including Wells Fargo, Facebook, Uber, and Equifax; and a full complement of online support for students and instructors, including teaching notes, PowerPoint slides, and sample tests.

Joseph W. Weiss is professor of management at Bentley University, where he has received an Innovation in Teaching award. He is on the honor roll of the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society and is a Fulbright Program Specialist, past chair of the Academy of Management's Management Consulting division, and current cochair of the IT/Project Management track for the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. He is the author of five books and many journal articles and has consulted with Fortune 500 firms, government agencies, and start-up companies.