LibGuides: Open Educational Resources: Business

Business Resources

Textbooks

This is a selection of openly licensed textbooks that has been created for free use in courses. These resources may be adopted for use as classroom text, modified to create new texts, or used as a supplemental learning tool to aid in understanding key concepts.

General Business

Fundamentals of Business by Stephen J. Skripak; Ron Poff
Fundamentals of Business covers the following topics in business: Teamwork; economics; ethics; entrepreneurship; business ownership, management, and leadership; organizational structures and operations management; human resources and motivating employees; managing in labor union contexts; marketing and pricing strategy; hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, and personal finances. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.
Introduction to Business by Lawrence J. Gitman, et al. (Editors)
Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY.

Business Ethics

Business Ethics by Stephen M. Byars; Kurt Stanberry, et al.
Business Ethics is a peer reviewed textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a single-semester business ethics course. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY.
Good Corporation, Bad Corporation by Guillermo C. Jimenez; Elizabeth Pulos
Drawing on case studies involving companies and countries around the world, this textbook explores the social, ethical, and business dynamics underlying corporate social responsibility in such areas as global warming, genetically modified organisms in food production, free trade and fair trade, anti-sweatshop and living-wage movements, organic foods and textiles, ethical marketing practices and codes, corporate speech and lobbying, and social enterprise. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.

Business Law

Business Law I Essentials by Mirande Valbrune, et al.

Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.
Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business by Don Mayer; Daniel Warner; George Siedel; Jethro K. Lieberman
An open textbook that discusses legal issues that will most likely affect students entering today's highly regulated business environment. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.

Leadership and Management

Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management teaches HRM strategies and theories that any manager—not just those in HR—needs to know about recruiting, selecting, training, and compensating people. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.
Principles of Management by David Bright, et al.
Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY.

Statistics

Introductory Business Statistics by Alexander Holmes; Barbara Illowsky; Susan Dean, et al.
Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY.

Sustainability in Business

A Primer on Sustainable Business

An open textbook that views sustainability as a mindset, designed to challenge how students view their jobs, workplaces, businesses, and the world. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.
Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship by Andrea Larson

An open text designed for an entrepreneurship or innovation course in which sustainability is emphasized. Licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA.