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Business in ethical focus : an anthology

Allhoff, Fritz, (editor.). Vaidya, Anand, (editor.). Sager, Alex, (editor.).

Summary: Business in Ethical Focus is a compilation of classical and contemporary essays and case studies in business ethics. Readers will become acquainted with seminal ideas on corporate social responsibility and the place of business in a just society. Other topics include diversity in the workplace, sexual harassment, workplace rights, environmental responsibility and sustainability, global business, intellectual property, bribery, and ethical issues in advertising and marketing. This second edition adds a dozen original case studies, as well as new sections on global perspectives (with articles on Islamic, Confucian, and Buddhist business ethics), entrepreneurship, and the non-profit sector. Background material on ethical theory and the nature of business ethics is included to orient readers new to this field.

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  • ISBN: 9781554812516
  • ISBN: 1554812518
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 755 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 2nd edition.
  • Publisher: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada : Broadview Press, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Acknowledgments -- Note on the Second Edition -- Unit 1: Preliminaries. Introduction: Why Study Business Ethics? / Anand J. Vaidya and Fritz Allhoff -- Foundational Issues. Ill-Founded Criticisms of Business Ethics / Anand J. Vaidya -- Does Business Ethics Make Economic Sense? / Amartya Sen -- Managing to Be Ethical: Debunking Five Business Ethics Myths / Linda Klebe Treviño and Michael E. Brown -- Systems of Moral Evaluation. A Brief Guide to Thinking about Business Ethics / Alexander Sager -- Utilitarianism/ David Meeler -- Kantian Business Ethics / Heather Salazar -- Aristotelean Virtue Ethics and the Recommendations of Morality / Richard M. Glatz -- Caring as an Ethical Perspective / Rita C. Manning -- Unit 2: Corporate Social Responsibility. Introduction / Anand J. Vaidya -- The Central Debate. Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory / Elisabet Garriga and Domènec Melé -- The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits / Milton Friedman -- The Shareholder Value Myth / Lynn A. Stout -- Private Corporations and Public Welfare / George G. Brenkert -- Managing for Stakeholders / R. Edward Freeman -- Business Ethics withough Stakeholders / Joseph Heath -- Bad Management Theories Are Destroying Good Management Practices / Sumantra Ghoshal -- Case Study: Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Rebuilding Malden Mills / David Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- Case Study: Citibank and Collateralized Debt Obligations / Tom McNamara and Irena Descubes -- Case Study: Corporate Lobbying on GMO Labeling Legislation: Oregon Ballot Measure / Brad Berman -- Global Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility. Islamic Ethics and the Implications for Business / Gillian Rice -- The Relevance and Value of Confucianism in Contemporary Business Ethics / Gary Kok Yew Chan -- Western Economics versus Buddhist Economics / Laszlo Zsolnai -- Entrepreneurship and the Not-for-profit Sector. The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship / J. Gregory Dees -- Ethics and Nonprofits / Deborah L. Rhode and Amanda K. Packel -- Case Study: Microlending and the Grameen Bank / Ardhendu Shekhar Singh, Dilip Ambarkhane, and Bhama Venkataramani -- Case Study: Students Protest University Investments: Vanderbilt's African Land-Grab / Joshua M. Hall -- Unit 3: Globalization and Sustainability. Introduction / Alexander Sager and Anand J. Vaidya -- Ethics in International Contexts. International Business Morality, and the Common Good / Manuel Velasquez -- Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home / Thomas Donaldson -- The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops / Ian Maitland -- Ethics and the Gender Equality Dilemma for US Multinationals / Don Mayer and Anita Carva -- Case Study: Charity Begins at Home: Nepotism / David Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- Case Study: Conflict Minerals and Supply Chain Management: The Case of the DRC / Scott Wiser -- Case Study: Google in China: Censorship Requirements Challenge to Internet Company / Theresa Bauer -- Bribery and Corruption. Gift Giving, Bribery and Corruption: Ethical Management of Business Relationships in China / P. Steidlmeier -- Business, Globalization and the Logic and Ethics of Corruption / A.W. Cragg -- Case Study: Buying Influence in China: The Case of Avon Products Incorporated / Peter Jonker -- Environmental Responsibility. Natural Capitalism / Paul Hawken -- A Defense of Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis / Kristin Shrader-Frechette -- Reconciling the Irreconcilable: The Global Economy and the Environment / Deborah C. Poff -- Business, Ethics and Global Climate Change / Denis G. Arnold and Keith Bustos -- Case Study: The Deepwater Horizon of Oil Spill / Cyrlene Claasen and Tom McNamara -- Unit 4: Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers. Introduction / Anand J. Vaidya -- Employment at Will. Employment at Will and Due Process / Patricia H. Werhane and Tara J. Radin -- In Defense of the Contract at Will / Richard A. Epstein -- Employee Voice in Corporate Governance: A Defense of Strong Participation Rights / John J. McCall -- Case Study: Lifestyles and Your Livelihood: Getting Fired in America / David Meeler and Srivatsa Seshradi -- Whistleblowing. Whistleblowing / Richard T. De George -- Does It Make Sense to Be a Loyal Employee? / Juan M. Elegido -- Whistle-Blowing, Moral Integrity and Organizational Ethics / George G. Brenkert -- Case Study: Obligations, Responsibility, and Whistleblowing: A Case Study of Jeffrey Wigand -- Workplace Privacy. Drug Testing in Employment / Joseph DesJardins and Ronald Duska -- Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing / Michael Cranford -- Genetic Testing in the Workplace / Samantha French -- Electronic Monitoring and Privacy Issues in Business-Marketing: The Ethics of the DoubleClick Experience / Darren Charters -- Case Study: E-mail and Privacy: A Novel Approach / Mike Bowern -- Safety in the Workplace. The Employer-Employee Relationship and the Right to Know / Anita M. Superson -- Human Rights, Workers' Rights, and the 'Right' to Occupational Safety / Tibor R. Machan -- Occupational Safety and Paternalism: Machan Revisited / Earl W. Spurgin -- Case Study: The Rana Plaza Collapse / Alexander Sager -- Unit 5: Justice and Fair Practice. Introduction / Anand J. Vaidya -- Diversity in the Workplace. What Is Wrong with Reverse Discrimination? / Edwin C. Hettinger -- The Moral Status of Affirmative Action / Louis P. Pojman -- Gender Matters. So Do Race and Class: Experiences of Gendered Racism on the Wal-Mart Shop Floor / Sandra E. Wessinger -- Sexual Harassment. A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment / Anita M. Superson -- Sexual Harassment and the Rights of the Accused / Stephen Griffith -- Discrimination, Harassment, and the Glass Ceiling: Women Executives as Change Agents / Myrtle P. Bell, Mary E. McLaughlin, and Jennifer M. Sequeira -- The Sanitized Workplace / Vicki Schultz -- Case Study: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace / Darci Doll -- Bluffing and Deception. Is Business Bluffing Ethical? / Albert Z. Carr -- Second Thoughts about Bluffing / Thomas Carson -- Business Bluffing Reconsidered / Fritz Allhoff -- Case Study: The Ethics of Bluffing: Oracle's Takeover of PeopleSoft / Patrick Lin -- Adertising. Advertising: The Whole or Only Some of the Truth? / Tibor R. Machan -- Advertising and Behaviour Control / Robert L. Arrington -- Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the Creation of Desire / Roger Crisp -- Marketing to Inner-City Blacks: PowerMaster and Moral Responsibility / George G. Brenkert -- Children as Consumers: An Ethical Evaluation of Children's Television Advertising / Lynn Sharp Paine -- Jesus Is a Brand of Jeans / Jean Kilbourne -- Case Study: Women and Advertising / Sara De Vido -- Case Study: Children and Targeting: Is It Ethical? / Brennan Jacoby -- Unit 6: Distributive Justice. Introduction / Fritz Allhoff -- Classical Theories of Contracts, Property and Capitalism. Excerpts from "Leviathan" / Thomas Hobbes -- Excerpts from "The Second Treatise of Human Government" / John Locke -- Excerpts from "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" / Adam Smith -- "Estranged Labour" / Karl Marx -- Contemporary Theories of Distribution and Property. The Idea and Ideal of Capitalism / Gerald Gaus -- Excerpts from "A Theory of Justice" / John Rawls -- Excerpts from "Anarchy, State and Utopia" / Robert Nozick -- A Moral Case for Socialism / Kai Neilson -- Illusions about Private Property and Freedom / G.A. Cohen -- Case Study: Distributive Justice: The Case of Cafe Feminino -- Intellectual Property. Justifying Intellectual Property / Edwin C. Hettinger -- Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger / Lynn Sharpe Paine -- Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis / Richard T. De George -- Case Study: Intellectual Property across National Borders / John Weckert and Mike Bowern -- Case Study: Copy That, Red Leader: Is File-Sharing Piracy? / David Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- Permissions Acknowledgments.

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250 . ‡a2nd edition.
264 1. ‡aPeterborough, Ontario, Canada : ‡bBroadview Press, ‡c[2017]
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
50500. ‡gAcknowledgments -- ‡gNote on the Second Edition -- ‡gUnit 1: Preliminaries. ‡tIntroduction: Why Study Business Ethics? / ‡rAnand J. Vaidya and Fritz Allhoff -- ‡gFoundational Issues. ‡tIll-Founded Criticisms of Business Ethics / ‡rAnand J. Vaidya -- ‡tDoes Business Ethics Make Economic Sense? / ‡rAmartya Sen -- ‡tManaging to Be Ethical: Debunking Five Business Ethics Myths / ‡rLinda Klebe Treviño and Michael E. Brown -- ‡gSystems of Moral Evaluation. ‡tA Brief Guide to Thinking about Business Ethics / ‡rAlexander Sager -- ‡tUtilitarianism/ ‡rDavid Meeler -- ‡tKantian Business Ethics / ‡rHeather Salazar -- ‡tAristotelean Virtue Ethics and the Recommendations of Morality / ‡rRichard M. Glatz -- ‡tCaring as an Ethical Perspective / ‡rRita C. Manning -- ‡gUnit 2: Corporate Social Responsibility. ‡tIntroduction / ‡rAnand J. Vaidya -- ‡gThe Central Debate. ‡tCorporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory / ‡rElisabet Garriga and Domènec Melé -- ‡tThe Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits / ‡rMilton Friedman -- ‡tThe Shareholder Value Myth / ‡rLynn A. Stout -- ‡tPrivate Corporations and Public Welfare / ‡rGeorge G. Brenkert -- ‡tManaging for Stakeholders / ‡rR. Edward Freeman -- ‡tBusiness Ethics withough Stakeholders / ‡rJoseph Heath -- ‡tBad Management Theories Are Destroying Good Management Practices / ‡rSumantra Ghoshal -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tActions Speak Louder Than Words: Rebuilding Malden Mills / ‡rDavid Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tCitibank and Collateralized Debt Obligations / ‡rTom McNamara and Irena Descubes -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tCorporate Lobbying on GMO Labeling Legislation: Oregon Ballot Measure / ‡rBrad Berman -- ‡gGlobal Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility. ‡tIslamic Ethics and the Implications for Business / ‡rGillian Rice -- ‡tThe Relevance and Value of Confucianism in Contemporary Business Ethics / ‡rGary Kok Yew Chan -- ‡tWestern Economics versus Buddhist Economics / ‡rLaszlo Zsolnai -- ‡gEntrepreneurship and the Not-for-profit Sector. ‡tThe Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship / ‡rJ. Gregory Dees -- ‡tEthics and Nonprofits / ‡rDeborah L. Rhode and Amanda K. Packel -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tMicrolending and the Grameen Bank / ‡rArdhendu Shekhar Singh, Dilip Ambarkhane, and Bhama Venkataramani -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tStudents Protest University Investments: Vanderbilt's African Land-Grab / ‡rJoshua M. Hall -- ‡gUnit 3: Globalization and Sustainability. ‡tIntroduction / ‡rAlexander Sager and Anand J. Vaidya -- ‡gEthics in International Contexts. ‡tInternational Business Morality, and the Common Good / ‡rManuel Velasquez -- ‡tValues in Tension: Ethics Away from Home / ‡rThomas Donaldson -- ‡tThe Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops / ‡rIan Maitland -- ‡tEthics and the Gender Equality Dilemma for US Multinationals / ‡rDon Mayer and Anita Carva -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tCharity Begins at Home: Nepotism / ‡rDavid Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tConflict Minerals and Supply Chain Management: The Case of the DRC / ‡rScott Wiser -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tGoogle in China: Censorship Requirements Challenge to Internet Company / ‡rTheresa Bauer -- ‡gBribery and Corruption. ‡tGift Giving, Bribery and Corruption: Ethical Management of Business Relationships in China / ‡rP. Steidlmeier -- ‡tBusiness, Globalization and the Logic and Ethics of Corruption / ‡rA.W. Cragg -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tBuying Influence in China: The Case of Avon Products Incorporated / ‡rPeter Jonker -- ‡gEnvironmental Responsibility. ‡tNatural Capitalism / ‡rPaul Hawken -- ‡tA Defense of Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis / ‡rKristin Shrader-Frechette -- ‡tReconciling the Irreconcilable: The Global Economy and the Environment / ‡rDeborah C. Poff -- ‡tBusiness, Ethics and Global Climate Change / ‡rDenis G. Arnold and Keith Bustos -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tThe Deepwater Horizon of Oil Spill / ‡rCyrlene Claasen and Tom McNamara -- ‡gUnit 4: Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers. ‡tIntroduction / ‡rAnand J. Vaidya -- ‡gEmployment at Will. ‡tEmployment at Will and Due Process / ‡rPatricia H. Werhane and Tara J. Radin -- ‡tIn Defense of the Contract at Will / ‡rRichard A. Epstein -- ‡tEmployee Voice in Corporate Governance: A Defense of Strong Participation Rights / ‡rJohn J. McCall -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tLifestyles and Your Livelihood: Getting Fired in America / ‡rDavid Meeler and Srivatsa Seshradi -- ‡gWhistleblowing. ‡tWhistleblowing / ‡rRichard T. De George -- ‡tDoes It Make Sense to Be a Loyal Employee? / ‡rJuan M. Elegido -- ‡tWhistle-Blowing, Moral Integrity and Organizational Ethics / ‡rGeorge G. Brenkert -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tObligations, Responsibility, and Whistleblowing: A Case Study of Jeffrey Wigand -- ‡gWorkplace Privacy. ‡tDrug Testing in Employment / ‡rJoseph DesJardins and Ronald Duska -- ‡tDrug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing / ‡rMichael Cranford -- ‡tGenetic Testing in the Workplace / ‡rSamantha French -- ‡tElectronic Monitoring and Privacy Issues in Business-Marketing: The Ethics of the DoubleClick Experience / ‡rDarren Charters -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tE-mail and Privacy: A Novel Approach / ‡rMike Bowern -- ‡gSafety in the Workplace. ‡tThe Employer-Employee Relationship and the Right to Know / ‡rAnita M. Superson -- ‡tHuman Rights, Workers' Rights, and the 'Right' to Occupational Safety / ‡rTibor R. Machan -- ‡tOccupational Safety and Paternalism: Machan Revisited / ‡rEarl W. Spurgin -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tThe Rana Plaza Collapse / ‡rAlexander Sager -- ‡gUnit 5: Justice and Fair Practice. ‡tIntroduction / ‡rAnand J. Vaidya -- ‡gDiversity in the Workplace. ‡tWhat Is Wrong with Reverse Discrimination? / ‡rEdwin C. Hettinger -- ‡tThe Moral Status of Affirmative Action / ‡rLouis P. Pojman -- ‡tGender Matters. So Do Race and Class: Experiences of Gendered Racism on the Wal-Mart Shop Floor / ‡rSandra E. Wessinger -- ‡gSexual Harassment. ‡tA Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment / ‡rAnita M. Superson -- ‡tSexual Harassment and the Rights of the Accused / ‡rStephen Griffith -- ‡tDiscrimination, Harassment, and the Glass Ceiling: Women Executives as Change Agents / ‡rMyrtle P. Bell, Mary E. McLaughlin, and Jennifer M. Sequeira -- ‡tThe Sanitized Workplace / ‡rVicki Schultz -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tSexual Harassment in the Workplace / ‡rDarci Doll -- ‡gBluffing and Deception. ‡tIs Business Bluffing Ethical? / ‡rAlbert Z. Carr -- ‡tSecond Thoughts about Bluffing / ‡rThomas Carson -- ‡tBusiness Bluffing Reconsidered / ‡rFritz Allhoff -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tThe Ethics of Bluffing: Oracle's Takeover of PeopleSoft / ‡rPatrick Lin -- ‡gAdertising. ‡tAdvertising: The Whole or Only Some of the Truth? / ‡rTibor R. Machan -- ‡tAdvertising and Behaviour Control / ‡rRobert L. Arrington -- ‡tPersuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the Creation of Desire / ‡rRoger Crisp -- ‡tMarketing to Inner-City Blacks: PowerMaster and Moral Responsibility / ‡rGeorge G. Brenkert -- ‡tChildren as Consumers: An Ethical Evaluation of Children's Television Advertising / ‡rLynn Sharp Paine -- ‡tJesus Is a Brand of Jeans / ‡rJean Kilbourne -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tWomen and Advertising / ‡rSara De Vido -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tChildren and Targeting: Is It Ethical? / ‡rBrennan Jacoby -- ‡gUnit 6: Distributive Justice. ‡tIntroduction / ‡rFritz Allhoff -- ‡gClassical Theories of Contracts, Property and Capitalism. ‡tExcerpts from "Leviathan" / ‡rThomas Hobbes -- ‡tExcerpts from "The Second Treatise of Human Government" / ‡rJohn Locke -- ‡tExcerpts from "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" / ‡rAdam Smith -- ‡t"Estranged Labour" / ‡rKarl Marx -- ‡gContemporary Theories of Distribution and Property. ‡tThe Idea and Ideal of Capitalism / ‡rGerald Gaus -- ‡tExcerpts from "A Theory of Justice" / ‡rJohn Rawls -- ‡tExcerpts from "Anarchy, State and Utopia" / ‡rRobert Nozick -- ‡tA Moral Case for Socialism / ‡rKai Neilson -- ‡tIllusions about Private Property and Freedom / ‡rG.A. Cohen -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tDistributive Justice: The Case of Cafe Feminino -- ‡gIntellectual Property. ‡tJustifying Intellectual Property / ‡rEdwin C. Hettinger -- ‡tTrade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger / ‡rLynn Sharpe Paine -- ‡tIntellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis / ‡rRichard T. De George -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tIntellectual Property across National Borders / ‡rJohn Weckert and Mike Bowern -- ‡gCase Study: ‡tCopy That, Red Leader: Is File-Sharing Piracy? / ‡rDavid Meeler and Srivatsa Seshadri -- ‡gPermissions Acknowledgments.
5200 . ‡aBusiness in Ethical Focus is a compilation of classical and contemporary essays and case studies in business ethics. Readers will become acquainted with seminal ideas on corporate social responsibility and the place of business in a just society. Other topics include diversity in the workplace, sexual harassment, workplace rights, environmental responsibility and sustainability, global business, intellectual property, bribery, and ethical issues in advertising and marketing. This second edition adds a dozen original case studies, as well as new sections on global perspectives (with articles on Islamic, Confucian, and Buddhist business ethics), entrepreneurship, and the non-profit sector. Background material on ethical theory and the nature of business ethics is included to orient readers new to this field.
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