About the Book

This textbook enables global business school lecturers to develop ethical decision-making skills for future business leaders and other institutional leaders. It uses an institutional governance approach based on institutional theory, behavioural economics, and information economics to elaborate on how ethical business decisions can be made. These skills are developed by applying ethical decision-making steps with reference to contemporary global issues. Chapters include short case studies related to State Governance, Governance of Economic Systems, Legal and Regulatory Institutional Governance, Business Firm Governance, Governance of Earth (greenhouse gas emissions), Governance of Product Safety and Advertising, Governance of Disruptive Technologies, and Emerging Governance Challenges.