LibraryGuides: Business Ethics &amp; Moral Judgment (NL/ENG): Business Ethics

Introduction

Business ethics is an applied ethics. It is a field that centers on ethical questions related to business settings. More specifically, it centers on questions about human action, human interaction and the consequences thereof (Dubbink, 2022, p. 21). Typical ethical questions that pertain to the hospitality industry are: ‘Is it morally justifiable to build a tourist resort when this implies that local residents have to move away?’ and ‘What are the limits of hospitality?’

Business ethics can roughly be divided into two parts. There is an academic discipline that focuses on reflection and discussion about ethical questions in business settings. This reflection and discussion can be traced to scientific journals and books. However, business ethics is also a management practice which involves how businesses concretely apply ethics by means of stakeholder management, ethics codes and ethics training.

Books Business Ethics

Business ethics : managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization Crane, A., & Matten, D. (2016). Business ethics : managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization (4th edition). Oxford University Press.
Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Werhane, P. H., Freeman, R.E., & Dmytriyev, S. (Eds.). (2017). Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility. Cambridge University Press.
Cutting-Edge Issues in Business Ethics: Continental Challenges to Tradition and Practice Painter-Morland, M., & Hogue Werhane, P. (Eds.). (2008). Cutting-Edge Issues in Business Ethics: Continental Challenges to Tradition and Practice (Issues in Business Ethics, 24). Springer.
Ethisch zakendoen Van der Deijl, W., & Dubbink, W. (2022). Ethisch Zakendoen. Lannoo Campus.
For business ethics Jones, C., Parker, M., & Ten Bos, R. (2005). For business ethics. Routledge.
Levinas, hospitality and the feminine other (Chapter) Meijer-Van Wijk, K. (2017). Levinas, hospitality and the feminine other. In C. Lashley (Ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Studies (pp. 43-56). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives Klebe Trevino, L., & Weaver, G.R. (2003. Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives. Stanford University Press.
On the (Im)Possibility of Business Ethics: Critical Complexity, Deconstruction, and Implications for Understanding the Ethics of Business. Woermann, M. (2013). On the (Im)Possibility of Business Ethics: Critical Complexity, Deconstruction, and Implications for Understanding the Ethics of Business. (Issues in Business Ethics, 37). Springer.

Articles Business Ethics

Code of Ethics: A Stratified Vehicle for Compliance
Critical Business Ethics: From Corporate Self-Interest to the Glorification of the Sovereign Pater Rhodes, C., & Pullen, A. (2018). Critical business ethics: From corporate self‐interest to the glorification of the sovereign Pater. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20(2), 483-499.
Ethics Codes and Sales Professionals' Perceptions of Their Organizations' Ethical Values Valentine, S., & Barnett, T. (2002). Ethics Codes and Sales Professionals' Perceptions of Their Organizations' Ethical Values. Journal of Business Ethics, 40, 191–200. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020574217618
Facing Ethical Challenges in the Workplace: Conceptualizing and Measuring Professional Moral Courage Sekerka, L. E., Bagozzi, R. P., & Charnigo, R. (2009). Facing ethical challenges in the workplace: Conceptualizing and measuring professional moral courage. Journal of Business Ethics, 89, 565-579.
Managing for Organizational Integrity Paine, L. S. (1994). Managing for organizational integrity. Harvard business review, 72(2), 106-117.
The Nature of the Relationship between Corporate Codes of Ethics and Behaviour Schwartz, M. (2001). The Nature of the Relationship between Corporate Codes of Ethics and Behaviour. Journal of Business Ethics 32, 247–262. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010787607771
Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience: Defining the principle of who and what really counts Mitchell, R. K., Agle, B. R., & Wood, D. J. (1997). Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience: Defining the principle of who and what really counts. Academy of management review, 22(4), 853-886.
Twenty years of European business ethics: Past developments and future concerns Van Liedekerke, L., & Dubbink, W. (2008). Twenty years of European business ethics–past developments and future concerns. Journal of Business Ethics, 82, 273-280.