Book Description This book combines text， cases， and articles with comprehensiveness and flexibility. The chapters are distinct enough to be taught independent of one another. With two chapters on the nature of morality and ethical theory， an entire chapter devoted to economic justice， and thorough treatment of applied issues， the text is ideal for any course in business ethics for philosophy or management. About the Author The author and editor of numerous books in the areas of ethics and social and political philosophy， William H. Shaw obtained a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from the London School of Economics and currently teaches at San Jose State University. He was selected by SJSU's President Robert Caret as the 1998-99 President's scholar and is the author of several other successful books with Wadsworth. Vincent Barry has been professor of philosophy at Bakersfield College for over thirty years. In addition to co-authoring MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS， he is the co-author of two other widely read Wadsworth publications?APPLYING ETHICS and INVITATION TO CRITICAL THINKING. His latest Wadsworth publication: THINKING PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT DEATH AND DYING will be published in 2006. Currently， he lives in Santa Barbara with his wife Jeannine and his young daughter Jen-Li Rose， whom he and his wife adopted in China in 1997. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.