Michael Stefan Aßländer is professor for business ethics at the International Institute of the Technical University Dresden located in Zittau (Germany). From 2005-2010 he held the Plansecur Endowed Chair for business ethics at the University of Kassel. He has studied management, philosophy, sociology, psychology, political economy and Russian language in Bamberg (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Bochum (Germany) and Moscow (Russia) and holds a Diploma in Business Administration (1988), a Master in Philosophy (1990), a PhD in Philosophy (1998) and a PhD in Social Sciences (2005). From 2005-2011 he was board member of the German Business Ethics Network, and was a founding member of the Austrian Business Ethics Network (2004) where he serves as a deputy chairman till today. From 2008-2016 he was also member of the executive committee of the European Business Ethics Network. Sarah Hudson is an associate professor at Rennes School of Business, France. She teaches corporate social responsibility at postgraduate level and is programme manager for the Masters in Management of Creative Projects, Culture and Design. She has served as programme manager for the Master of Arts in International Business (2004-2010) and head of the department of Management and Organisation (2011-13) at Rennes Business School. She holds a Phd in Chemistry (1991) and an MBA in business Administration (2006). Her current research interests include CSR and identity, corporate social performance and employee outcomes, CSR in small and medium businesses and nepotism in organizations.

The Handbook of Business and Corruption provides an overview of corrupt business practices in general and, more particularly, in different industry sectors, considering such practices from an ethical perspective.