Ethics and Governance

This book argues that ethical business behavior can beenhanced by taking fuller account of human natureparticularly with respect to the need for creatingrelatively small communities within the corporation. TimothyFort discusses this premise in relation to the threepredominant theories of business ethics--stakeholdervirtue and contract. Drawing heavily from philosophy heanalyzes traditional business ethics and legal theory.Overall his work provides a good example of how tointegrate normative and empirical studies in businessethics a task that often receives substantial discussion inacademic journals.