Description: This book explores business ethics as applied in a modern context including data management, corporate social responsibility, media ethics, and government ethics.
Ethics are not the same as morals. They are contextual and apply to specific relationships. This work explores business ethics as applied in a modern context including data management, corporate social responsibility, media ethics, and government ethics. Drawing on the work of philosophers, the work is nonetheless contemporary and practical.
Brief description: Quentin Langley teaches public relations, marketing, and journalism at the Fashion Institute of Technology and at Fordham University, both in Manhattan. He has previously taught at business and journalism schools in the US and the UK. He is the author of Brandjack: How Your Reputation is at Risk from Brand Pirates and What to Do About It (2014) and co-author of Key Concepts in Public Relations (2009). He has worked in public relations and journalism since 1984 and been teaching since 2003. He is chair of the Public Relations Society of America's Global Affairs Committee. He has been writing a weekly op-ed column, Common Sense, for Lake Champlain Weekly since 2005.
Review Quotes: "Most books about business ethics are not really about ethics at all. And most discussions about business ethics seem to revolve round regulatory compliance and vague notions of corporate social responsibility. This text will help students think about and debate genuine ethical dilemmas that face businesses. This is something that is most necessary if businesses really are to take responsible decisions."----Philip Booth, Dean - Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at St Mary's University, Twickenham