Tom L. Beauchamp

George G. Brenkert

The 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 Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics

The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics is an up-to-date and in-depth analyses of leading topics and issues and a comprehensive philosophical treatment of business ethics. It contains twenty-four original and detailed chapters by accomplished philosophers in the field, a substantive introduction to the field and to the chapters in the volume, up-to-date recommendations for further reading in each area discussed, and innovative presentations of seldom-addressed issues of business ethics.

This book examines the underlying theoretical issues concerning the nature of political freedom. Arguing that most previous discussions of such freedom have been too narrowly focused, it explores both conservativism from Edmund Burke to its present resurgence, the radical tradition of Karl Marx, as well as the orthodox liberal model of freedom of John Locke, John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. Political Freedom argues that these three accounts of political freedom - conservative, liberal and radical - all have internal weaknesses which render them unsatisfactory. In the second part of the book George Brenkert develops an alternative theory of political freedom. Using the guiding concept of empowerment, his model explores individual rights, democratic participation in government and workplace, and the need to provide the material and educational resources to allow individuals to effectively exercise their rights to self-determination. It is a clear and bold attack on the view that there is no link between freedom and power.

George G. Brenkert

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