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Announcement of a New Book:

Advancing Business Ethics Education

Edited by Diane L. Swanson and Dann G. Fisher, Kansas State University

Book URL: http://www.infoagepub.com/products/content/978-1-59311-544.php

IAP - Information Age Publishing, PO Box 79049, Charlotte, NC

A volume in Ethics in Practice

Series Editors Robert A. Giacalone, Temple University

and Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Louisiana State University

This book features sixteen chapters written by distinguished scholars who collectively point to a roadmap for advancing business ethics education at a critical juncture in the history of corporate America. The editors frame the book with an introductory chapter that details a gold standard for delivering ethics in the business school curriculum that signals to students that ethics matters, provides an adequate counterbalance to the amoral subtext that dominates much of business education, remedies assessment problems associated with current accrediting standards, and prepares students for newly minted and fast-growing careers in ethics compliance, risk management, and corporate social responsibility.

The chapters that follow lay out some challenges and opportunities that administrators and educators need to address in order to improve business ethics education and business school reputations in a post-Enron climate. Both traditional and experimental perspectives on delivering ethics in the curriculum are covered in conjunction with research that substantiates the potential for improving student ethics competencies after exposure to ethics coursework. Methods for incorporating ethics in various subjects, including accounting, corporate governance, environmentalism, global business, managerial decision making, and human resource management are also given as part of the roadmap for advancing business ethics education.

Endorsements:

"Can you teach ethics?" "Really?" "Ethics in business?"  The thundering answer from Swanson, Fisher, and colleagues is "Yes. . .and here's how!" This long overdue book puts the lie to the common business school excuse for not taking ethics seriously: "It can't be taught." With a "Who's Who" list of distinguished teachers and scholars, Advancing Business Ethics Education lays out the A B C's of teaching business ethics creatively to help tomorrow's managers navigate the dangerous currents of global business. Thomas Donaldson, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

The most important dimension of any business or management school is its approach to ethics education at graduate and undergraduate levels. Continuing research into effective educational methodologies is vital. This book undertakes examination of some pivotal issues. It plays a key role in advancing business ethics education. The editors and authors have made an outstanding contribution to our understanding and our practices.

- Duane Windsor, Rice University

CONTENTS: Foreword. Business Ethics Education: If We Don't Know Where We're Going, Any Road Will Take Us There, Diane L. Swanson and Dann G. Fisher. The Business Schools' Moral Dilemma, William C. Frederick. Views on the Importance of Ethics in Business Education: Survey Results From AACSB Deans, CEOs, and Faculty, Fred J. Evans and Earl J. Weiss. Architectures of Excellence: Building Business School Reputation by Meeting the Ethics Challenge, Deborah Vidaver-Cohen. A Blueprint for Designing an Ethics Program in an Academic Setting, James Weber, Virginia W. Gerde, and David M. Wasieleski. Using the Business Integrity Capacity Model to Advance Business Ethics Education, Joseph A. Petrick. Considering the Emotional Side of Business Ethics, Richard O. Mason. Learning to Teach Ethics From the Heart: A Journey of Discovery from the Inside Out, Jerry Calton, Steve Payne, and Sandra Waddock. Moral Imagining: Toward Using Cognitive Science in Teaching Business Ethics, Sue Ravenscroft and Jesse Dillard. Toward an Ethical Sense of Self for Business Education, Diane L .Swanson and Peter Dahler-Larsen. A Decision Making Framework for Business Ethics Education, O.C .Ferrell and Linda Ferrell. Creating Environmental Change Through Business Ethics and Society Courses, Denis Collins. Educating Managers for Global Business Citizenship, Donna J. Wood and Jeanne M. Logsdon. Educating Students in Corporate Governance and Ethics, Archie Carroll and Ann Buchholtz. Beyond Agency Theory: Common Values for Accounting Ethics Education, Michael K Shaub and Dann G. Fisher. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in the Human Resource Management Curriculum, Marc Orlitzky.

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