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As business and society is an inherently multi-disciplinary scholarly area, the book will draw from work in areas outside of business and management, such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies, economics and other related fields, as well as the natural sciences, education, and other professional areas of study.

The article suggests that in recent years, the problem of business ethics has come to the fore in the political and business life of many countries and has become a topic of debate in international organizations, and that governments are naturally worried about an apparent decline in the ethical standards of big business. It is argued that a number of considerations point to the emergence of new kinds of threats jeopardizing not only the interests of private business, but also the financial and economic security of entire states and the international community as a whole. These new threats are each explored in turn, including the abuse of offshore zones for the purpose of tax evasion and for criminal and terrorist purposes; insider trading; tax evasion with the use of gray, semi-legal schemes; and violations of the written and unwritten rules of business by investment and pension funds. The already evident costs of these threats are estimated, and a list is of concrete measures, which can be taken by the international community to meet the new challenges, is provided in conclusion.

Volume 1. From The Prince -- "Advice to a Young Tradesman" -- Adam Smith, from The Theory of Moral Sentiments -- Fletcher v. Peck -- Lowell Mill Girls -- From "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" -- From The Life of P.T. Barnum -- Presidential Proclamations on Blockade and Commercial Trade -- From Utilitarianism -- "The Money Power" -- Documents Relating to Black Friday, 1869 -- Verse and Cartoon about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall -- Crédit Mobilier Scandal -- Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act -- Andrew Carnegie: "The Gospel of Wealth" -- Eugene Debs: "What Can We Do for Working People?" -- Sherman Antitrust Act -- "Wall Street Owns the Country" -- Frick's Fracas--Henry Frick Makes His Case -- "The Absurd Effort to Make the World Over" -- From The Theory of the Leisure Class -- Coal Strike Hearings: The Miners Testify -- An Immigrant Garment Worker's "Days and Dreams" -- Theodore Roosevelt on Corporate Trusts -- "Echoes from the Recent Pennsylvania Coal Strike" -- Jane Addams: "Child Labor and Other Dangers of Childhood" -- From The Jungle -- Fire Hazards in New York City Factories -- Clayton Act -- On the Teapot Dome Scandal -- From My Life and Work, by Henry Ford.