"Blending theory and practice, this innovative interdisciplinary text equips students to act as ethical change agents, who improve the moral performance of their work organizations."
―ABSTRACTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENT
"The book maintains its down-to-earth quality throughout -describing theories/concepts, presenting research data, identifying key ongoing relationships with stakeholders where organizations need to respond to changing ethical conditions."
―BUSINESS INDIA
Written in a reader-friendly style, the book is structured around levels of organizational behavior. Author Craig E. Johnson examines ethics in not just corporations but all types of workplace organizations, including nonprofit, government, military, and educational entities.
Key Features:
- Presents an interdisciplinary focus: The text draws extensively from ethical research in the social sciences, including business ethics, management, moral psychology, communication, organizational behavior, social psychology, and international relations
- Provides contemporary case studies: Most cases are based on recent events, and all of them foster discussion and critical analysis
- Offers self-assessment and application exercises: These exercises are designed to prompt feedback on personal and organizational ethical performance and encourage further reflection and knowledge transfer
- Includes instructor′s resources: This helpful CD includes a test bank with essay, true/false, matching, and multiple choice questions.
Intended Audience:
This is an ideal core textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Business Ethics and for related courses, such as Management Ethics, Workplace Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Ethics in Public Administration, and Communication Ethics.
Craig E. Johnson (PhD, University of Denver) is professor emeritus of leadership studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, ethics, and management. During his time at the university, he served as founding director of the George Fox Doctor of Business Administration program and chair of the Department of Communication Arts. He is the author of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership (also published by SAGE) and coauthor, with Michael Z. Hackman, of Leadership: A Communication Perspective. He has published research findings, instructional ideas, and book reviews in the Journal of Leadership Studies, the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, the Journal of Leadership Education, Academy of Management Learning and Education, the International Leadership Journal, Communication Quarterly, Communication Reports, and other journals. When not teaching or writing, he enjoys working out, reading, fly-fishing, volunteering, watching sports, and spending time with his spouse.
