Business Ethics

This online book addresses topics related to ethics in accounting, business and the environment, corporate governance, consumers, employees, finance, diversity, information systems, international issues, management, marketing, and more.

This scholarly encyclopedia "provides an overview of the key principles, approaches, strategies, and tools that businesses have used to reduce their environmental impacts and contribute to sustainability, as well as describing some of the firms that have taken steps to green their operations and products."

Signed entries by scholars on topics related to white-collar crime including specific business crimes, laws and regulations, essays on white-collar crime in specific countries, types of fraud, etc.

Review of the academic research on CSR. These issues encompass broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society and government, environmental issues, corporate governance, the social and ethical dimensions of management, globalization, stakeholder debates, shareholder and consumer activism, changing political systems and values, and the ways in which corporations can respond to new social imperatives.

This book is a concise and authoritative reference work and dictionary in the field of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, business ethics and corporate governance.

The encyclopedia is meant to introduce students to topics related to corporate reputation in management, marketing, corporate communications, advertising and public relations, leadership, business ethics, environmental studies and related disciplines.