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Business Ethics Summaries

Do good deeds and communicate your benevolent behavior. That’s easier said than done. But it’s crucial because ethically correct behavior benefits both your conscience and – in the long term – your business.

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Authentic Leadership
 

Bill George

Jossey-Bass, 2003

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Crisis Communication
 

Peter F. Anthonissen

Kogan Page, 2008

(8)

Derailed
 

Tim Irwin

Nelson Publishers, 2009

(8)

Equality and Efficiency
 

Arthur M. Okun

Brookings Institution Press, 1975

(8)

Ethics in Public Relations
 

Patricia J. Parsons

Kogan Page, 2004

(6)

Extraordinary Circumstances
 

Cynthia Cooper

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008

(8)

Good for Business
 

Andrew Benett et al.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

(6)

Good Value
 

Stephen Green

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010

(7)

How
How
 

Dov Seidman

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007

(8)

How They Blew It
 

Jamie Oliver and Tony Goodwin

Kogan Page, 2010

(6)

How to Smell a Rat
 

Ken Fisher and Lara Hoffmans

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009

(9)

In Defense of Globalization
 

Jagdish Bhagwati

Oxford UP, 2007

(7)

Investing in Corporate Social Responsibility
 

John Hancock

Kogan Page, 2005

(8)

Justice
 

Michael J. Sandel

FSG, 2010

(8)

Managing for Stakeholders
 

R. Edward Freeman et al.

Yale UP, 2007

(7)

Merchants of Doubt
 

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Bloomsbury Press, 2010

(9)

Moral Intelligence
 

Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel

Wharton School Publishing, 2005

(7)

No One Would Listen
 

Harry Markopolos

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(9)

Redesigning Leadership
 

John Maeda and Becky Bermont

MIT Press, 2011

(8)

Small Change
 

Michael Edwards

Berrett-Koehler, 2010

(8)

The Allure of Toxic Leaders
 

Jean Lipman-Blumen

Oxford UP, 2004

(8)

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Business Ethics

“Do the right thing” is often easier said than done – particularly when it applies to the ethical behavior of business executives and the corporate entities they oversee. Just the mere mention of Bernie Madoff, Enron or WorldCom conjures up images of diabolical financial mismanagement and criminal betrayal of the public trust.

In the wake of countless corporate scandals over the last decade or so, businesses, large and small, have made it a priority to establish a set of formal guidelines governing moral conduct and monetary responsibility. Companies are insisting that employees act with integrity in their dealings with customers and with each other.

Setting a Good Example

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