Business Ethics: A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

With a unique, highly practical approach to teaching business ethics, this text 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, 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 sixth edition incorporates the latest research, updated cases (such as WikiLeaks), 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 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 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences IT/Project Management track. He is the author of five books and many journal articles and has consulted with Fortune 500 firms, government agencies, and start-up companies.