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Business ethics raises many important philosophical issues A first set of issues concerns the methodology of business ethics What is the role of ethical theory in business ethics To what extent if at all can thinking in business ethics be enhanced by philosophy so as to provide real moral guidance Another set of issues involves questions regarding markets capitalism and economic justice There are related concerns about the nature of business organizations and the responsibilities they have to their members owners and societyThe Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics is a comprehensive treatment of the field of business ethics as seen from a philosophical approach The volume consists of 24 essays that survey the field of business ethics in a broad and accessible manner covering all major topics about the relationship between ethical theory and business ethics The chapters are written by accomplished philosophers who offer a systematic interpretation of their topics and discuss various moral controversies and dilemmas that plague business relationships and governmentbusiness relationships Readers are thus presented with the major views that define the topic of the essay with critical discussions of those views as well as topical bibliographies that identify key works in the field In addition to philosophers who work in this area the volume will be of interest to those in business and society seeking an uptodate resource on this vital fieldThis book is intended to provide an overview of the state of the field of philosophical business ethics And Brenkert and Beauchamp are to be commended for having put together a collection of contributors and topics that is wellsuited for this goal The contributors are all firstrate scholars who have made important contributions to business ethics or cognate fields They are also admirably diverse in age ideology and methodological approach thus providing readers with a good glimpse into the wide range of scholarship that characterizes the field The book will obviously be of interest to those for whom philosophical business ethics is a main area of interest But the entries are clear and accessible enough to make the book of special value to at least two other groups those whose approach to business ethics is not primarily philosophical will find here a useful crash course in an alternative methodological approach to their own subject and those philosophers who are not primarily interested in business ethics will be treated to a volume that makes clear the connection between business ethics and more standard philosophical subjects and that will almost certainly provide them with new ways of thinking about both business ethics and other topics in value theory and political philosophy that are connected with business ethics in ways they might not have previously recognized The selection of topics is also admirably comprehensiveNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews. 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