A comprehensive framework for understanding the most important issues in global business This is the e-book version of Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics. In today's business environment, multinational corporations are under pressure from investors, lawmakers, and regulators to improve their corporate governance, business sustainability, and corporate culture. Business sustainability, corporate governance, and organizational ethics are taking center stage in the global business environment. This long-awaited text covers each of these three important areas in detail, guiding readers to a robust understanding with features including chapter summaries, essential terms, discussion questions, and cases for each topic covered.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Abbreviations xix
Module I The Free Enterprise System and Financial Markets 1
Chapter 1 The Free Enterprise System, Financial Markets, and Corporate Culture 3
Chapter 2 The Role and Responsibilities of Business in Society 25
Chapter 3 Introduction to Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics 57
Module II Business Sustainability: Practice, Research, and Education 91
Chapter 4 Business Sustainability 93
Chapter 5 Sustainability Principles, Theories, Research, and Education 137
Chapter 6 Drivers and Sources of Business Sustainability Initiatives 175
Chapter 7 Financial Economic Dimension of Sustainability 193
Chapter 8 Nonfinancial Dimension of Sustainability 213
Chapter 9 Business Sustainability Performance Reporting and Assurance 253
Chapter 10 Emerging Issues in Sustainability Performance, Reporting, and Assurance 289
Module III Corporate Governance: Practice, Research, and Education 345
Chapter 11 An Introduction to Corporate Governance 347
Chapter 12 Fundamentals of Corporate Governance 381
Chapter 13 Oversight Function 409
Chapter 14 Board Committees 461
Chapter 15 Managerial Function 503
Chapter 16 Compliance Function 543
Chapter 17 External Auditing Function 593
Chapter 18 Internal Auditing Function 639
Chapter 19 Legal and Advisory Function 669
Chapter 20 Monitoring Function 687
Chapter 21 Corporate Governance of Private Companies and Not-for-Profit Organizations 713
Chapter 22 Corporate Governance, Performance, Information Technology, Research, Education, and Reporting 739
Chapter 23 Transformation of Corporate Governance, Contemporary Issues, and Global Perspectives 775
Module IV Organizational Ethics: Practice, Research, and Education 831
Chapter 24 Overview of Business Ethics 833
Chapter 25 Where Ethics Come From: Gazing at the Human Condition 849
Chapter 26 How People Make Ethical Decisions 865
Chapter 27 Ethics as Corporate Culture 881
Chapter 28 The Institutionalization of the Ethical Corporation 897
Chapter 29 Emerging Business Ethics Issues 911
Chapter 30 Ethical Leadership 933
Index 949
