Business Ethics Case Studies and Selected Readings
by Jennings, Marianne M.Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-25
Publisher(s): South-Western College/West
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Summary
Packed with real-life examples, BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS, 6th Edition explores the complex issues of ethics from the inside. Offering a unique perspective, this market-leading text gets behind the decision-making process of today?s business leaders -- from prominent players to everyday professionals. It helps you dissect what makes people cross lines they would not ordinarily cross. A combination of short and long cases, readings, hypothetical situations, and current ethical dilemmas, BUSINESS ETHICS provides a thorough training and thought-provoking experience on business ethics. Applying theory to real-world practice, it reinforces a vital sense of values in future business leaders.
Table of Contents
| Foundations Of Ethics: Virtue And Values | |
| Defining Ethics | |
| Resolving Ethical Dilemmas | |
| Foundations Of Business Ethics: Virtue, Values, And Business | |
| Defining Business Ethics | |
| Resolution of Business Ethics Dilemmas | |
| Foundations Of Business Ethics: What Is The Role Of Business In Society? Shareholders vs. Stakeholders | |
| The Role of Business in Society | |
| Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory | |
| Individuals, Individual Values, And The Business Organization | |
| Trust and Employment | |
| Taking Advantage | |
| Individual Rights and the Business Organization | |
| Corporate Due Process | |
| Employee Screening | |
| Employee Privacy | |
| Sexual Harassment | |
| Diversity, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action | |
| Whistle-Blowing | |
| Employee Rights | |
| Business Operations: Financial Issues | |
| Financial Reports: Earnings, Transparency, And Management | |
| Personal Ambition and Hubris | |
| Culture and Governance | |
| Business Operations: Workplace Safety Risks, Systems, And International Operations | |
| Conflicts Between The Corporation's Ethics And Business Practices In Foreign Countries | |
| Workplace Safety | |
| Plant Closures and Downsizing | |
| Environmental Issues | |
| Purchasing: Conflicts and Bribery | |
| Business and its Competition | |
| Advertising Content | |
| Appropriation of Others' Ideas | |
| Pricing | |
| Competitors, The Playing Field, and Competition | |
| Business and Its Shareholders | |
| Business and its Product | |
| Contract Relations | |
| Product Safety | |
| Product Social Issues | |
| Business and Government | |
| Government Employees | |
| Government Contracts | |
| Government Responsibilities | |
| Ethics and Nonprofits | |
| Nonprofits and Fraud | |
| Nonprofits and Management | |
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