Codes of Ethics in Tourism

Practice, Theory, Synthesis

By (author) David A. Fennell, David Malloy

Publication date:

16 May 2007

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845410612

With ethics fast becoming a mainstay in tourism studies and the tourism industry in general, this volume provides a timely and intensive look at the theory and practice of codes of ethics in tourism. While the book includes a broad overview of what has been done to date in tourism studies in the area of code development and implementation, it ranges much more widely to incorporate theoretical work from outside the tourism field. This interdisciplinary approach serves two essential purposes. First, it furnishes the study of tourism codes of ethics with a theoretical foundation, which up to the present has been lacking. Second, it affords tourism scholars the opportunity to investigate codes in tourism from a multiplicity of perspectives, with direct relevance to the industry at many levels.

This book wrestles with the challenging but growing field of codifying ethical behaviour of tourism companies as a policy mechanism to move from definitions to change practice. The balance between tourism and ethics expertise of the two authors works well to deliver a book that is both theoretically informed and policy relevant.