Ethics and the conduct of business

Preface Acknowledgments 1 Ethics in the World of Business CASE 1.1 Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Crisis INTRODUCTION BUSINESS DECISION MAKING CASE 1.2 The Ethics of Hardball ETHICS, ECONOMICS, AND LAW ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ETHICS AND ETHICAL THEORY CASE 1.3 A Sticky Situation CASE 1.4 Argus Incorporated: A Leasing Triangle 2 Welfare, Rights, and Justice CASE 2.1 Beech-Nut's Bogus Apple Juice INTRODUCTION UTILITARIANISM RIGHTS AND JUSTICE THE MARKET SYSTEM COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CASE 2.2 Exporting Pollution CASE 2.3 An Auditor's Dilemma 3 Equality, Liberty, and Virtue CASE 3.1 Big Brother at Procter & Gamble INTRODUCTION KANTIAN ETHICS RAWLS'S EGALITARIAN THEORY LIBERTARIANISM VIRTUE ETHICS CASE 3.2 Clean Hands in a Dirty Business CASE 3.3 Executive Compensation 4 Whistle-Blowing CASE 4.1 Time's Persons of the Year INTRODUCTION WHAT IS WHISTLE-BLOWING? THE JUSTIFICATION OF WHISTLE-BLOWING IS THERE A RIGHT TO BLOW THE WHISTLE? DEVELOPING A WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICY CASE 4.2 A Whistle-Blower Accepts a "Deal" CASE 4.3 Better Late than Never? 5 Trade Secrets and Conflict of Interest CASE 5.1 The Aggressive Ad Agency INTRODUCTION TRADE SECRET PROTECTION COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING CONFLICT OF INTEREST CASE 5.2 The Conflict of an Insurance Broker CASE 5.3 Procter & Gamble Goes Dumpster Diving 6 Privacy CASE 6.1 Psychological Testing at Dayton Hudson INTRODUCTION CHALLENGES TO PRIVACY THE MEANING AND VALUE OF PRIVACY THE PRIVACY OF EMPLOYEE RECORDS PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET CASE 6.2 Three Challenges to Employee Privacy CASE 6.3 Ford Meter Box 7 Discrimination and Affirmative Action CASE 7.1 Discrimination at Texaco INTRODUCTION WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION? ARGUMENTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AVOIDING DISCRIMINATION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CASE 7.2 The Alaskan Salmon Cannery CASE 7.3 The Walkout at Wilton's 8 Women and Family Issues CASE 8.1 Jacksonville Shipyards INTRODUCTION SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPARABLE WORTH FAMILY AND WORK CASE 8.2 Sexual Harassment or Business as Usual? CASE 8.3 Is Family-Friendly Always Fair? 9 Unjust Dismissal CASE 9.1 The Firing of Robert Greeley INTRODUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EMPLOYMENT THE FREEDOM OF CONTRACT ARGUMENT EFFICIENCY AND EMPLOYMENT AT WILL PROTECTING AGAINST UNJUST DISMISSAL CASE 9.2 Waiving the Right to Sue CASE 9.3 A "State-of-the-Art" Termination 10 Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety CASE 10.1 Selling Hope INTRODUCTION MARKETING ADVERTISING PRODUCT SAFETY CASE 10.2 Volvo's "Bear Foot" Misstep CASE 10.3 The Ford-Firestone Brawl 11 Occupational Health and Safety CASE 11.1 When Is an Accident a Crime? INTRODUCTION THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM CASE 11.2 Whirlpool Corporation THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT AND REFUSE HAZARDOUS WORK CASE 11.3 Johnson Controls, Inc. THE PROBLEM OF REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS CASE 11.4 Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern 12 Ethics in Finance CASE 12.1 Merrill Lynch and the Nigerian Barge Deal INTRODUCTION FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL MARKETS INSIDER TRADING HOSTILE TAKEOVERS CASE 12.2 The Salomon Brothers Bond Trading Scandal CASE 12.3 Strong Financial Management Mutual Funds 13 Ethics and Corporations CASE 13.1 Competing Visions at Malden Mills INTRODUCTION SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CASE 13.2 Bath Iron Works CORPORATE ETHICS CASE 13.3 Sears Auto Centers 14 International Business Ethics CASE 14.1 Nike in Southeast Asia INTRODUCTION WHAT TO DO IN ROME WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOREIGN BRIBERY CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CASE 14.2 H. B. Fuller in Honduras CASE 14.3 Shell Oil in Nigeria CASE 14.4 Merck and AIDS in South Africa Index