Ethics in Forestry

This far-ranging collection of cogent readings examines professional, business, environmental, and government ethics as they apply to forestry. Drawn from diverse periodicals such as Science, Harvard Business Review, and The Economist and from books such as Beyond Economics and The Parameter of Military Ethics, it provides readers with tools to build their own skills in ethical reflection. This critical skill allows professionals to develop a sensitivity to the kinds of situations that lead to unethical decisions. The editor, a forestry consultant, ties the chapters together with introductions that provide a warm, human voice challenging the reader to cultivate awareness, choose a mentor, develop skills, ask the right questions, construct opinions, and act courageously. Ethics in Forestry enables foresters to make sense of the general and formal rules of ethics and how to apply them in a profession bombarded with free advice from groups with their own environmental agendas. Ethical skills are especially important for natural resource managers who have responsibility for the long-term care of the land. Although primarily addressing foresters and natural resource managers, Ethics in Forestry examines questions of compelling interest and importance to concerned citizens and citizen groups. Refreshingly, for all readers, it does not seek to teach the right answers, but rather encourages asking the right questions.