This book describes how the ethical conduct of business has become a topic of major interest in the USA and a subject for serious study in American universities and business schools. In Europe, including Great Britain, public concern is increasing about the moral aspects of business behaviour. Professor Mahoney shows how this growing concern is reflected in the programmes of business studies offered by various European universities and business schools. The results of a survey point to future developments in this (...) area. (shrink)

In the last forty years, Roman Catholic moral theology has been experiencing revolutionary tension and change. In this unique and thoroughly documented study, a distinguished Jesuit moral theologian examines the events, personalities, and conflicts that have contributed, from New Testament times to the present, to the Roman Catholic moral tradition and its contemporary crisis, and interprets the fundamental changes taking place in the subject today. Among the topics covered in this volume are papal infallibility, confession as a sacrament, the legacy (...) of Augustine, the dramatic change in attitude to "salvation outside the Church," and the continuing impact on moral theology of the 1968 papal encyclical on birth control and of the Second Vatican Council. (shrink)

The Challenge of Human Rights traces the history of human rights theory from classical antiquity through the enlightenment to the modern human rights movement, and analyses the significance of human rights in today’s increasingly globalized world. Provides an engaging study of the origin and the philosophical and political development of human rights discourse. Offers an original defence of human rights. Explores the significance of human rights in the context of increasing globalisation. Confronts the major objections to human rights, including the (...) charge of western ethical imperialism and cultural relativism. Argues that human rights logically culminate in an ethical cosmopolitanism to reflect the moral unity of the human race. (shrink)

The many new business opportunities and prospects emerging in Europe within the Common Market and other Western and Eastern European countries also raise important ethical challenges which form the particular perspective of Business Ethics in a New Europe. Can we shape a vision of the future conduct of business in Europe? As countries do business with and within each other, what part will be played by different cultures and values? What are the ethical dimensions of such important issues as corporate (...) communications, the Social Charter, privatization, takeovers, and the social protection of Europe's inhabitants? What moral values are currently held by business people in Europe, and how can these be made effective? Above all, how is business in a New Europe affected by global environmental issues and the needs of the Third World? All these and other issues are treated in this important new volume. Business Ethics in a New Europe contains contributions by authors from Europe and abroad, who together offer an informed and stimulating collection of ethical insights to enhance the conduct of business in an evolving Europe. (shrink)