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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. |