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An Introduction to Business Ethics, 3/e

Joseph R. DesJardins, College of Saint Benedict

ISBN: 0073386588
Copyright year: 2009

Table of Contents



Chapter One: Why Study Ethics?
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Enron
Discussion Questions
1.1 Why Study Business Ethics?
1.2 Values and Ethics: Doing Good and Doing Well
1.3 The Nature and Goals of Business Ethics
1.4 Business Ethics and the Law
1.5 Ethics and Ethos
1.6 Morality, Virtues, and Social Ethics
1.7 Ethical Perspectives: Managers and Other Stakeholders
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Two: Ethical Theory and Business
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Executive Compensation
Discussion Questions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Ethical Relativism and Reasoning in Ethics
2.3 Psychological Egoism
2.4 Modern Ethical Theory: Utilitarian Ethics
2.5 Challenges to Utilitarianism
2.6 Utilitarianism and Business Policy
2.7 Deontological Ethics
2.8 Virtue Ethics
2.9 Summary and Review
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Three: Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Wal-Mart
Discussion Questions
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Classical Model of Corporate Social Responsibility
3.3 Critical Assessment of the Classical Model: The Utilitarian Defense
3.4 Critical Assessment of the Classical Model: The Private Property Defense
3.5 Modified Version of the Classical Model: The Moral Minimum
3.6 The Stakeholder Theory
3.7 Summary and Review
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Four: Corporate Culture, Governance and Ethical Leadership
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Johnson & Johnson
Discussion Questions
4.1 What is Corporate Culture
4.2 Culture and Ethics
4.3 Ethical Leadership and Corporate Culture
4.4 Effective Leadership and Ethical Leadership
4.5 Building a Values-Based Corporate Culture
4.6 Mandating and Enforcing Culture: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines
4.7 Summary and Review
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Five: The Meaning and Value of Work
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Great Jobs and Meaningful Jobs
Discussion Questions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Meanings of Work
5.3 The Value of Work
5.4 Conventional Views of Work
5.5 The Human Fulfillment Model
5.6 The Liberal Model of Work
5.7 Business' Responsibility for Meaningful Work
5.8 Summary and Review
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Six: Moral Rights in the Workplace
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Employee Rights and Wrongs
Discussion Questions
6.1 Introduction: Employee Rights
6.2 The Right to Work
6.3 Employment at Will
6.4 Due Process in the Workplace
6.5 Participation Rights
6.6 Employee Health and Safety
6.7 Privacy in the Workplace
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Seven: Employee Responsibilities
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Professional and Managerial Responsibility at Enron and Arthur Andersen
Discussion Questions
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Narrow View of Employee Responsibilities: Employee as Agents
7.3 Professional Ethics and the Gatekeeper Function
7.4 Managerial Responsibility and Conflicts of Interests
7.5 Trust and Loyalty in the Workplace
7.6 Responsibilities to Third Parties: Honesty, Whistleblowing, and Insider Trading
     Honesty
     Whistleblowing
     Insider Trading
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Eight: Marketing Ethics: Product Safety and Pricing
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Safety and Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussion Questions
8.1 Introduction: Marketing and Ethics
8.2 Ethical Issues in Marketing: An Overview
8.3 Product Safety: From Caveat Emptor to Negligence
8.4 Strict Products Liability
8.5 Ethics and Pricing
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Nine: Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Target Marketing
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Advertising and Marketing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussion Questions
9.1 Introduction: Ethics of Sales, Advertising, and Product Placement
9.2 Regulating Deceptive and Unfair Sales and Advertising
9.3 Marketing Ethics and Consumer Autonomy
9.4 Targeting the Vulnerable: Marketing and Sales
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Ten: Business' Environmental Responsibilities
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Interface Corporation and Sustainable Business
Discussion Questions
10.1 Introduction: Environmental Responsibilities
10.2 Environmental Pragmatism: Towards a Consensus on Environmental Responsibility
10.3 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environment
10.4 Business' Responsibility and Environmental Regulation
10.5 Business Ethics and Sustainable Economics
10.6 Business Ethics in the Age of Sustainable Development
10.7 Conclusions
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Eleven: Diversity and Discrimination
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Female Foreman and the Brotherhood
Discussion Questions
11.1 Introduction: Diversity and Equality
11.2 Discrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action
11.3 Preferential Treatment in Employment
11.4 Arguments against Preferential Hiring
11.5 Arguments in Support of Preferential Hiring
11.6 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Chapter Twelve: International Business and Globalization
Chapter Objectives
Discussion Case: Sweatshops
Discussion Questions
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Ethical Relativism and Cross-Cultural Values
12.3 Cross-Cultural Values and International Rights
12.4 Globalization and International Business
12.5 Globalization and the Poor
12.6 "Race to the Bottom"
12.7 Democracy, Cultural Integrity, and Human Rights
Reflections on the Chapter Discussion Case
Review Questions
Index

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