Faith, Morals, and Money
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zinbarg, Edward D., PUBLISHER: Continuum, Most books on business ethics approach the subject philosophically. That approach, Zinbarg tells us, neglects the most important source of most people's understanding of right and wrong: their religious tradition. While philosophy can shed the light of reason on the ethical dilemmas of economic life, it lacks the compelling urgency of religious faith. Following a wonderfully lucid and succinct summary of the ethical systems relative to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, Zinbarg presents a variety of case studies in lively dialogue form -- from economic life, including misrepresentation by sellers, truth in advertising, the ethics of part-time employment, child labor and environmental ethics. The solutions may vary from tradition to tradition, but overall one is struck by the similarities. This is a book grounded in the real ethical challenges of modern business practice, with a kind of world-religious perspective necessary in an era of globalization.