Ethical issues in business : a philosophical approach /
Ethical issues in business : a philosophical approach /
edited by Thomas Donaldson, Patricia H. Werhane ; with contributions from Joseph D. Van Zandt.
- 8th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall; c2008.
- xii, 607 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Introduction to ethical reasoning / General issues in business ethics -- Introduction -- Business ethics : the controversy -- Case study : H.B. Fuller in Honduras : street children and substance abuse / social responsibility of business is to increase its profits / Managing for stakeholders / Ethical reasoning in practice -- Case study : Italian tax mores / Kantian approach to business ethics / Corporate roles, personal virtues : an Aristotlean approach to business ethics / Utilitarianism and business ethics / Ethics and pragmatism : John Dewey's deliberative approach / Thomas Donaldson, Patricia H. Werhane -- Norman E. Bowie, Stefanie Ann Lenway -- Milton Friedman -- R. Edward Freeman -- Arthur L. Kelly -- Norman E. Bowie -- Robert C. Solomon -- Andrew Gustafson -- John McVea -- pt. 1. ch. 1. The ch. 2. A Truth telling -- Case study : Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom / Ethical duties toward others : "Truthfulness" / Trust, morality, and international business / Whistleblowing and professional responsibility / Is business bluffing ethical? / Property, profit, and justice -- Introduction -- Traditional theories of property and profit -- Case study : New protocol : How drug's rebirth as treatment for cancer fueled price rises / Case study : Plasma international / justification of private property / Benefits of the profit motive / Alienated labour / Wealth / Emily Mead, Patricia H. Werhane -- Immanuel Kant -- George G. Brenkert -- Sissela Bok -- Albert Carr -- Geeta Anand -- Thomas W. Zimmerer, Paul L. Preston -- John Locke -- Adam Smith -- Karl Marx -- Andrew Carnegie -- ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. The Contemporary challenges to property rights -- Case study : W.R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix patent / Needed : a new system of intellectual property rights / Privacy / Case study : The oil rig / Distributive justice / entitlement theory / Corporations, persons, and morality -- Introduction -- role of organizational values -- Case study : Merck & Co., Inc. / Does business ethics make economic sense? / Can socially responsible firms survive in a competitive environment? / Managing for organizational integrity / parable of the Sadhu / Kristi Severance, Lisa Shapiro, Patricia H. Werhane -- Lester C. Thurow -- Deborah G. Johnson -- Joanne B. Ciulla -- John Rawls -- Robert Nozick -- Business Enterprise Trust -- Amartya Sen -- Robert H. Frank -- Lynn Sharp Paine -- Bowen H. McCoy -- ch. 5. ch. 6. The pt. 3. ch. 7. The The The Values and the virtuous manager -- Case study : The Enron collapse / Stewart Hamilton -- Moral mazes : Bureaucracy and managerial work / moral muteness of managers / Legislative summary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 -- Limited options / Issues in employment -- Case study : United wins approval to dump pension plans / Case study : Unkept promises hit retirees / Case study : Working at Walmart / Employment at will, employee rights, and future directions for employment / In defense of the contract at will / Employability security / People, profits, and perspective / Diversity -- Case study : Foreign assignment / Ways women lead / White privilege and male privilege : a personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies / Robert Jackall -- Frederick B. Bird, James A. Waters -- John C. Coffee Jr. -- Mark Skertic -- Barbara Rose -- Barbara Ehrenreich -- Tara J. Radin, Patricia H. Werhane -- Richard A. Epstein -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Jeffrey Pfeffer -- Thomas Dunfee, Diana Robertson -- Judy B. Rosener -- Peggy McIntosh -- ch. 8. The ch. 9. ch. 10. International business -- Introduction -- Ethical relativism -- Case study : What price safety? / Robert C. Solomon, Case study : Facing face / challenge of cultural relativism / social contracts approach to business ethics / United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Business values away from home -- Case study : Alchemist's dream come true / Case study : Gift giving and the African elder / International business ethics and incipient capitalism : a double standard? / Values in tension : ethics away from home / R.S. Moorthy, Richard T. De George, Thomas Donaldson, William S. J. Ellos, Robert B. Textor -- R.S. Moorthy, Richard T. De George, Thomas Donaldson, William S.J. Ellos, Robert C. Solomon, Robert B. Textor -- James Rachels -- Thomas Donaldson, Thomas W. Dunfee -- Barnaby J. Feder -- James Gathii -- Richard T. De George -- Thomas Donaldson -- pt. 4. ch. 11. The A The ch. 12. Contemporary business themes -- Introduction -- Marketing -- Case study : Fingerhut's price strategy / Persuasive advertising, autonomy, and the creation of desire / environment -- Case study : Exxonmobil and the Chad/Cameroon pipeline / Scarcity or abundance? / Cost-benefit analysis : an ethical critique / boat for Thoreau / Globalization -- Case study : global profits, global headaches / market at the bottom of the pyramid / great non-debate over international sweatshops / Biographical information. Lee Anne Fennel, Gretchen A. Kalsow, June A. West -- Roger Crisp -- Jenny Mead, Andy Wicks, Patricia H. Werhane -- Julian L. Simon -- Steven Kelman -- William McDonough -- Mark Baker, Laura Hartman, Bill Shaw -- C.K. Prahalad -- Ian Maitland -- pt. 5. ch. 13. ch. 14. The A ch. 15. The The
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Business ethics--Case studies.
Social responsibility of business--Case studies.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- Introduction to ethical reasoning / General issues in business ethics -- Introduction -- Business ethics : the controversy -- Case study : H.B. Fuller in Honduras : street children and substance abuse / social responsibility of business is to increase its profits / Managing for stakeholders / Ethical reasoning in practice -- Case study : Italian tax mores / Kantian approach to business ethics / Corporate roles, personal virtues : an Aristotlean approach to business ethics / Utilitarianism and business ethics / Ethics and pragmatism : John Dewey's deliberative approach / Thomas Donaldson, Patricia H. Werhane -- Norman E. Bowie, Stefanie Ann Lenway -- Milton Friedman -- R. Edward Freeman -- Arthur L. Kelly -- Norman E. Bowie -- Robert C. Solomon -- Andrew Gustafson -- John McVea -- pt. 1. ch. 1. The ch. 2. A Truth telling -- Case study : Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom / Ethical duties toward others : "Truthfulness" / Trust, morality, and international business / Whistleblowing and professional responsibility / Is business bluffing ethical? / Property, profit, and justice -- Introduction -- Traditional theories of property and profit -- Case study : New protocol : How drug's rebirth as treatment for cancer fueled price rises / Case study : Plasma international / justification of private property / Benefits of the profit motive / Alienated labour / Wealth / Emily Mead, Patricia H. Werhane -- Immanuel Kant -- George G. Brenkert -- Sissela Bok -- Albert Carr -- Geeta Anand -- Thomas W. Zimmerer, Paul L. Preston -- John Locke -- Adam Smith -- Karl Marx -- Andrew Carnegie -- ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. The Contemporary challenges to property rights -- Case study : W.R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix patent / Needed : a new system of intellectual property rights / Privacy / Case study : The oil rig / Distributive justice / entitlement theory / Corporations, persons, and morality -- Introduction -- role of organizational values -- Case study : Merck & Co., Inc. / Does business ethics make economic sense? / Can socially responsible firms survive in a competitive environment? / Managing for organizational integrity / parable of the Sadhu / Kristi Severance, Lisa Shapiro, Patricia H. Werhane -- Lester C. Thurow -- Deborah G. Johnson -- Joanne B. Ciulla -- John Rawls -- Robert Nozick -- Business Enterprise Trust -- Amartya Sen -- Robert H. Frank -- Lynn Sharp Paine -- Bowen H. McCoy -- ch. 5. ch. 6. The pt. 3. ch. 7. The The The Values and the virtuous manager -- Case study : The Enron collapse / Stewart Hamilton -- Moral mazes : Bureaucracy and managerial work / moral muteness of managers / Legislative summary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 -- Limited options / Issues in employment -- Case study : United wins approval to dump pension plans / Case study : Unkept promises hit retirees / Case study : Working at Walmart / Employment at will, employee rights, and future directions for employment / In defense of the contract at will / Employability security / People, profits, and perspective / Diversity -- Case study : Foreign assignment / Ways women lead / White privilege and male privilege : a personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies / Robert Jackall -- Frederick B. Bird, James A. Waters -- John C. Coffee Jr. -- Mark Skertic -- Barbara Rose -- Barbara Ehrenreich -- Tara J. Radin, Patricia H. Werhane -- Richard A. Epstein -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Jeffrey Pfeffer -- Thomas Dunfee, Diana Robertson -- Judy B. Rosener -- Peggy McIntosh -- ch. 8. The ch. 9. ch. 10. International business -- Introduction -- Ethical relativism -- Case study : What price safety? / Robert C. Solomon, Case study : Facing face / challenge of cultural relativism / social contracts approach to business ethics / United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Business values away from home -- Case study : Alchemist's dream come true / Case study : Gift giving and the African elder / International business ethics and incipient capitalism : a double standard? / Values in tension : ethics away from home / R.S. Moorthy, Richard T. De George, Thomas Donaldson, William S. J. Ellos, Robert B. Textor -- R.S. Moorthy, Richard T. De George, Thomas Donaldson, William S.J. Ellos, Robert C. Solomon, Robert B. Textor -- James Rachels -- Thomas Donaldson, Thomas W. Dunfee -- Barnaby J. Feder -- James Gathii -- Richard T. De George -- Thomas Donaldson -- pt. 4. ch. 11. The A The ch. 12. Contemporary business themes -- Introduction -- Marketing -- Case study : Fingerhut's price strategy / Persuasive advertising, autonomy, and the creation of desire / environment -- Case study : Exxonmobil and the Chad/Cameroon pipeline / Scarcity or abundance? / Cost-benefit analysis : an ethical critique / boat for Thoreau / Globalization -- Case study : global profits, global headaches / market at the bottom of the pyramid / great non-debate over international sweatshops / Biographical information. Lee Anne Fennel, Gretchen A. Kalsow, June A. West -- Roger Crisp -- Jenny Mead, Andy Wicks, Patricia H. Werhane -- Julian L. Simon -- Steven Kelman -- William McDonough -- Mark Baker, Laura Hartman, Bill Shaw -- C.K. Prahalad -- Ian Maitland -- pt. 5. ch. 13. ch. 14. The A ch. 15. The The
9780131846197 0131846191 9780131846197
2007013459
Business ethics--Case studies.
Social responsibility of business--Case studies.
HF5387 / .E8 2008
174/.4