For Business Ethics: A Critical Text

by Campbell Jones, Martin Parker, René ten Bos

For Business Ethics is a daring adventure into the world of business ethics. It offers a clear and accessible introduction to business ethics and also expands business ethics beyond its current narrow confines. It is ground-breaking in the sense that it invites a distinctively critical approach to business ethics, an approach that the authors argue is part and parcel of ethics.

With a thought-provoking glossary and recommendations for further readings, For Business Ethics is an essential purchase for students and practitioners alike. It is at once an introduction to business ethics and a challenge to anyone who wishes to take part in or change contemporary organized society.

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

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Campbell Jones is a New Zealand sociologist and philosopher.

He was born in Opotiki, New Zealand. He received a PhD from the University of Keele in 2003 and taught from 2002 to 2011 at the University of Leicester. From 2007 to 2009 he was a Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School.

Since 2011, he has been teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of Auckland.

Campbell is predominantly known for his work in business ethics.

In his philosophical work he draws heavily from Herbert Marcuse and Jacques Lacan, as well as Karl Marx.

Reviews

[Sien Van de Wouwer]

had to study this for a class so you can bet I am adding this because that class was a wild ride, although very interesting as well

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

In reality 3.5 stars overall. However, several chapters are more like 4 to 4.5 in usefulness and good exposition of business ethics themes, with added insights from the authors’ interesting stance and approach. The book could just as well be titled “Rescuing business ethics from management and organization studies” as the overall theme is that most business ethics these days doesn’t take some important parts very seriously.