The book covers many basic philosophical ethical concepts, while tracing the historical background on ethics as a field. The authors move on to explain the significance of ethics for modern business, and promote the advancement of business ethics as field and practice. The book tracks global developments such as: the growing emphasis on triple bottom line reporting and socio-economic implications of corporate governance frameworks, while addressing problems particularly relevant to the southern African context, such as managing issues surrounding HIV-AIDS in the workplace. It also offers practical guidance in the form of step by step strategies that managers can follow, when faced with ethical dilemmas or when confronted with the tasks of formulating codes of ethics and institutionalizing ethics within corporations. - from Amzon