Business Ethics: Mistakes and Successes

by Robert F. Hartley and Hartley, Robert F. Hartley, Robert F.

Book Overview

In today's business climate, firms need to be wary of practices that may provoke criticism and scandals. Investigative reporters, eager lawyers, and zealous governmental agencies are lurking in the wings. These lessons of the past give you an inside look at some of the biggest mistakes of recent history. You can ponder not only how they might have been avoided, but also how their resolution might have been better handled. Robert Hartley, author of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471663735
• ISBN13: 9780471663737
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining stories

I hate ethics books that just drill "do the right thing" into your head. This book has practical real-world examples to draw on. The chapters/stories are relatively short and hit the main points in that time frame. Better than the text book ethics books.

Good Foundation for Ethics Review

Hartley's "Business Ethics" is a composition of a many different case studies that may have practiced in the "grey area" of ethics. With boundaries spanning a myriad of locations depending on culture and backgrounds, ethics is a hot topic but an important topic of discussion in business. Hartley's book provides a great launching pad for ethics discussions, but some of the questions are written for a very undergraduate or high school audience. My recommendation would be to read the content, and formulate your own questions depending upon the audience with which you are working.