Business Ethics An Institutional Governance Approach to Ethical Decision Making

This textbook enables global business school lecturers to develop ethical decision-making skills for future business leaders and other institutional leaders. It uses an institutional governance approach based on institutional theory, behavioural economics, and information economics to elaborate on how ethical business decisions can be made. These skills are developed by applying ethical decision-making steps with reference to contemporary global issues. Chapters include short case studies related to State Governance, Governance of Economic Systems, Legal and Regulatory Institutional Governance, Business Firm Governance, Governance of Earth (greenhouse gas emissions), Governance of Product Safety and Advertising, Governance of Disruptive Technologies, and Emerging Governance Challenges.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Normative Ethical Theories.- Chapter 3: Ethical Decision Making.- Chapter 4: State Governance.- Chapter 5: Governance of Economic Systems.- Chapter 6: Legal and Regulatory Institutional Governance.- Chapter 7: Business Firm Governance.- Chapter 8: Governance of Earth.- Chapter 9: Governance of Product Safety and Advertising.- Chapter 10: Governance of Disruptive Technologies.- Chapter 11: Emerging Governance Challenges.

Dr Archibald Francis De Cruz served 13 years providing strategic talent management solutions to MNC Lafarge/Blue Circle Cement’s (Malaysia) logistics, sales, marketing and production subsidiaries and served as a Talent Management Consultant for 5 years with Fortner Consulting. He obtained his PhD from Monash University in 2018. He was a part-time lecturer for four years teaching Hertfordshire University undergraduate business courses including strategy leadership and project management at INTI University college. He was a Lecturer at Sunway University for two years teaching UK’s Lancaster University business courses in Strategy Management, Business Ethics, Global Supply-chain Management and Human Resource Management. His research interests include AI governance, corporate and institutional governance, competition/strategy, economic development, and human capital development.