Essentials of Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

Colleges and Universities play an important role in training competent and ethical future academic and business leaders. In today's global business environment, with volatile worldwide capital markets and eroded investor confidence in corporate accountability, the demand for effective corporate governance and ethical conduct in ensuring reliable financial information is higher than before. This book is intended to develop an awareness and understanding of the main themes, perspectives, frameworks, concepts, and issues pertaining to business ethics and corporate governance from historical, global, institutional, commercial, best practices, and regulatory perspectives. This authoritative book includes cutting-edge insights of business ethics' and corporate governance foundations in order to design more sustainable patterns of development for business and society. Essentials of Business Ethics and Corporate Governance is intended as a text for Undergraduate and Post Graduate Courses in Management and allied disciplines.