Developing Business Ethics as an academic field

Abstract

Business ethics is a fairly new field of academic study. Despite its tender age, a lot has already been produced in this field in terms of courses on business ethics, academic articles and books. In this book Deon Rossouw reviews the development of the field of business ethics critically. He identifies a number of significant areas that need to be addressed in order to ensure its further development. They relate to the scope of the field, teaching, research, interaction amongst business ethicists and the institutionalisation of business ethics as an academic field. Recommendations are proposed for how issues within these areas should be engaged. This book will be of interest to people already working in the field and who have an interest in its development. It will also serve as a solid point of entry into business ethics for those who consider venturing into this new and dynamic field. Deon Rossouw has published widely on business ethics, including this, his fourth book on the field. He is the founding president of BEN-Africa.