Why do ethics make business sense? What is the social responsibility of business?

What is the role of ethics within corporate governance? How should organisations manage ethics from within?

Business Ethics fifth edition is suitable for BCom students following courses in ethics, and can also be used for graduate or postgraduate modules in business management and human resource management.

Given the growing emphasis on corporate governance, the book is also of relevance to business ethics practitioners as it addresses key ethical issues affecting corporations in the twenty-first century.

Business Ethics tracks global developments in areas such as corporate ethical culture and highlights the relevance thereof within the southern African context.

Features

• Reference to how the Companies Act of 2008 affects ethics governance and the impact of the Social and Ethics Committee introduced by the Act
• Reference to ethics reporting in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI G4) sustainability reporting guidelines published in 2013
• Updated chapters on macro-ethics and corporate responsibility
• A new chapter on leadership commitment and governance structures that address the role of leadership and ethics management programmes in building ethical culture in organisations
• Updated chapters on ethics and corporate governance, determining ethics risk and formulating an ethics strategy, institutionalising ethics, reporting ethics performance, and organisational ethical culture
• 13 new case studies to facilitate the application of knowledge and skills to specific business scenarios.