Can business and ethics mix? This commonly asked question is, according to Edward Stevens, the wrong question to ask. The more proper question is, "How am I now already expressing my values in the business decisions I actually make?" In order to answer this question, it is necessary to examine what our values are, how our value system expresses our life philosophy, and how this philosophy is expressed in business. Business Ethics enables the reader to begin to answer these questions and to learn more about the philosophies that are prevalent in business today.

A unique feature of Burmest. Ethics is its application of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of development to the various ways in which business decisions are made. The author applies Kohlberg's three levels of moral decision-making to such philosophies as Social Darwinism, Machiavellianism, Legalistic Ethics, Pragmatism, and Marxism. These features make Business Ethics an ideal text for business students, persons already involved in the business world, and those who wish to understand better the way in which business decisions are made.