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Arjoon, S. 2000. 'Virtue Theory as a Dynamic Theory for Business'. Journal of Business Ethics, 28(2): 159-178.
This paper suggests that other theories of business ethics are no longer useful and this theory 'shows firms that pursue ethically-driven strategies can realise a greater profit potential than those firms who currently use profit-driven strategies. The theory expounds that the business of business is ethical business and that the crises that business and society face today are crises of leadership and ethics.'

Bowie, N.E. 1999. Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
This book illustrates the implications of Kantian Ethics for business.

Beauchamp, T.L. and Bowie, N.E. 2004. Ethical Theory and Business (International Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
An examination of ethical theory and its application.

Berumen, M. 2003. Do No Evil: Ethics with Applications to Economic Theory and Business. Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse Inc.
This book discusses some of the more common ethical theories such as ethics of duty and social contracts theory and argues that moral universality is not based in conceptions of good or welfare of others, but in rational prohibitions.

Browne, M.N., Giampetro-Meyer, A. and Williamson, C. 2004. Practical Business Ethics for the Busy Manager. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Common sense, practical approach to ethics.

Buchholz, R. and Rosenthal, S. 1998. Business Ethics: The Pragmatic Path Beyond Principles to Process. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. This book 'presents a philosophical approach to business ethics that radically departs from traditional approaches such as Utilitarianism, Kantianism, or theories of justice and virtue.
This American pragmatic approach makes issues of business ethics more relevant and concrete for all dimensions of corporate life.'

Donaldson, T. and Dunfee, T. 1994. 'Toward a Unified Conception of Business Ethics: Integrative Social Contracts Theory'. Academy of Management Review, 19(2): 252-284.
This article introduces the idea of integrative social contracts theory.

Frohlich, N. and Oppenheimer, J. 2002. 'Empirical Approaches to Normative Theory'. The Good Society, 11(2): 27-32.
Brief article on egoism.

Gould, S. J. (1995). 'The Buddhist Perspective on Business Ethics: Experiential Exercises for Exploration and Practice.' Journal of Business Ethics, 14(1): 63-72.
This article explains the basic Buddhist perspective and then shows how this perspective can be applied to ethics within business.

Hinman, L.M. 1998. Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace.
Provides a description of the major ethical traditions from egoism to the ethics of diversity.

Kaptein, M. and Wempe, J. 2002. The Balanced Company: A Theory of Corporate Integrity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
This book provides some different views of business ethics, which argues for a balanced approach to ethics within a business and provides some insight in to how this might be achieved.

Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
A seminal work detailing Rawl's Theory of Justice. The content is somewhat difficult to absorb in places, but nonetheless, is well worth the read.

ten Bos, R. and Willmott, H. 2001. 'Towards a Post-Dualistic Business Ethics: Interweaving Reason and Emotion in Working Life'. Journal of Management Studies, 38(6): 769-793.
This article discusses the prominence of rationality in business ethics theories and how this perspective is privileged over emotion as a source for moral action.

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