Contemporary Reflections on Business Ethics

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction.BUSINESS ETHICS. 1. What is Ethics? 2. The Why's of Business Revisited. 3. Business Ethics: Oxymoron or Good Business? 4. Aristotle: A Pre-Modern Post-modern? Implications For Business Ethics. 5. The Religious Roots of Business Ethics. 6. Life Boat Ethics: A problem in Economic Justice. 7. What's the Point of a Business Ethics Course? ETHICAL ISSUES IN EMPLOYMENT LOYALTY AND AGENCY. 8. Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty. 9. Employee Rights. 10. Why be a Loyal Agent? A Systemic Ethical Analysis. ETHICAL ISSUES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES. 11. Ethical Issues in Financial Services. 12. The Corruption of Financial Markets: Systemic Inevitability or Aberration? 13. Should Mutual Fund Managers Be Banned From Personal Trading? 14. The Ethical Responsibilities of Accountants. 15. The Ethics of Financial Planning in the New Century. Epilogue: What's Literature to Ethics or Ethics to Literature?