Includes references and index.

Contents: Business ethics matters: What is it and why does it matter?: Perspective on business ethics and values -- Ethical issues in business -- Ethical theories and how to use them -- Individuals' response to ethical situations: Personal values in the workplace -- Values and heuristics -- Individual responses to ethical situations -- Whistle blower or witness? -- Organizational responses to ethical issues: Corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate governance -- Sustainability and the responsible corporation: Ethical conformance:codes,standards,culture, leadership and citizen power -- The International context: Global and local values - and International business: globalization and international business -- Moral agency at work and a modest proposal for affecting ethics in business -- Concluding integrative case studies.