Business Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction

This textbook not only provides the student with a solid foundation in ethics, but introduces students to the most important themes relevant to business today. Issues such as human rights violation down in the supply chain, the effect business has on nature and the environment, and inclusiveness are each discussed in separate chapters, which discuss their importance, but also their challenges. While there are numerous business ethics textbooks, few take a philosophical approach to business ethics. However, without introducing philosophical ethics, discussions about business ethics are bound to get stuck in fallacies and paradoxes. This textbook therefore fills an important societal gap by providing an introduction to profound philosophical issues in clear language at a philosophically high, but accessible level.

Prof. Dr. W. Dubbink is professor of Ethics of Business and Organization at Tilburg University. He studied history, philosophy and management. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ethics.

Dr. Willem van der Deijl is assistant professor of (business) ethics at Tilburg University. He studied economics and philosophy and worked as a researcher at the Canadian Centre de Recherche en Ethique before coming to Tilburg University.