What difference can international businesses make to today's world? This book addresses this urgent concern. It considers ways of arriving at common ethical positions while still respecting local traditions, the growth of morally responsible business practices in globally diverse contexts, the transfer of technologies and the reduction of poverty.

One need only read a few pages of PHILOSOPHY: A TEXT WITH READINGS, 13th Edition, to appreciate Manuel Velasquez's gift for making complex philosophical concepts accessible to today's students while still exposing them to college-level writing. This book is a perfect choice for first-time philosophy students, as it covers a wide range of topics, including human nature, reality, truth, ethics, the meaning of life, diversity, and social/political philosophy, all supported by nontechnical primary sources. The thirteenth edition includes new features that help students engage with the topics and...