Author Description

"Business Ethics & Other Paradoxes guides readers through the thicket of ethical issues in modern business. The authors, who jointly have a background in commerce and philosophy, begin with an extensive account of critical thinking, a set of tools useful not only for ethics but for all decision-making. They explain how to argue logically and why the pitfalls of poor reasoning can be so seductive. The book then tackles the relations between businesses and their customers, their employees and society as a whole, covering the most important areas of business ethics in Africa and the world--such as the ethics of economic systems, advertising, product safety and liability, meaningful work, affirmative action, employee rights, whistleblowing, and environmental and global business ethics. It also examines how we make wrong choices, and offers some practical advice for realising a more ethical firm. A final chapter offers a detailed discussion and several case studies about the ethics of accountants in particular."--Back cover.