Table of Contents

1. Why Study Ethics?

Discussion Case: Malden Mills
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Why Study Ethics?
AIDS Drugs in Africa
Ethics and Business Revisited
Ethics and Ethos
Morality, Virtue, and Social Ethics
Ethical Perspectives: Managers and Other Stakeholders
Review Questions

2. Ethical Theory and Business

Discussion Case: Executive Compensation
Discussion Questions
Introduction
Ethical Relativism
Psychological Egoism
Modern Ethical Theory: Utilitarian Ethics
Challenges to Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism and Business Policy
Deontological Ethics
Virtue Ethics
Summary and Conclusions
Review Questions

3. Corporate Social Responsibility

Discussion Case: Pacific Lumber
Discussion Questions
Introduction
The Classical Model of Corporate Social Responsibility
Critical Assessment of the Classical Model: The Utilitarian Defense
Critical Assessment of the Classical Model: The Private Property Defense
Modified Version of the Classical Model: The Moral Minimum
Social Contract Theory
The Stakeholder Theory
Summary and Conclusions
Review Questions

4. The Meaning and Value of Work

Discussion Case: The Changing Nature of Work
Discussion Questions
Introduction
The Meanings of Work
The Value of Work
The Conventional View of Work
The Human Fulfillment Model
The Liberal Model of Work
Business' Responsibility for Meaningful Work
Review Questions

5. Moral Rights and the Workplace

Discussion Case: Employee Rights and Wrongs
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Employee Rights
The Right to Work
Employment at Will
Due Process in the Workplace
Participation Rights
Employee Health and Safety
Privacy in the Workplace
Review Questions

6. Employee Responsibilities

Discussion Case: Professional and Managerial Responsibility at Enron and Arthur Andersen
Discussion Questions
Introduction
The Narrow View of Employee Responsibilities: Employees as Agents
Managerial Responsibility: Professional Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
Trust and Loyalty in the Workplace
Responsibilities to Third Parties
Honesty
Whistleblowing
Insider Trading
Review Questions

7. Marketing Ethics: Product Safety and Pricing

Discussion Case: Product Safety in the Automobile Industry
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Marketing and Ethics
Ethical Issues in Marketing: An Overview
Ethical Responsibility for Products: From Caveat Emptor to Negligence
Strict Products Liability
Ethics and Pricing
Review Questions

8. Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Product Placement

Discussion Case: Sales and Advertising in the Auto Industry
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Ethics of Sales, Advertising and Product Placement
Regulating Deceptive and Unfair Sales Advertising
Marketing Ethics and Consumer Autonomy
Targeting the Vulnerable: Marketing and Sales
Review Questions

9. Business' Environmental Responsibilities

Discussion Case: Interface Corporation and Sustainable Business
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Environmental Responsibilities
Environmental Pragmatism: Towards a Consensus on Environmental Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environment
Business Responsibility and Environmental Regulation
Business Ethics and Sustainable Economics
Business Responsibility in the Age of Sustainable Development
Conclusions
Review Questions

10. Diversity and Discrimination

Discussion Case: Female Forman and the Brotherhood
Discussion Questions
Introduction: Diversity and Equality
Discrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action
Preferential Treatment in Employment
Arguments Against Preferential Treatment
Arguments in Support of Preferential Treatment
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Review Questions

11. International Business and Globalization

Discussion Case: Globalization Protests
Discussion Questions
Introduction
Ethical Relativism and Cross-Cultural Values
Cross-Cultural Values and International Rights
Globalization and International Business
Globalization and the Poor
Race to the Bottom
Democracy, Cultural Integrity, and Human Rights
Review Questions