Business ethics
Subtitle: case studies and selected readings
By: Marianne M. Jennings
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Thomson/South-Western/West
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mason, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9780324110807
Subjects: Business ethics; Case studies; Wirtschaftsethik
Notes: Includes bibliographical references indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foundations of business ethics : virtue, values, and business. Defining business ethics ; Resolutions of business ethics dilemma ; Applying the foundations of business ethics; title: Foundations of business ethics : what is the role of business in society? : shareholders vs. stakeholders. The role of business in society ; Stakeholder vs. shareholder accountability ; Applying social responsibility and stakeholder theory; title: Individual values and the business organization. Personal values in business decisions ; Personal honesty ; Trust and employment ; Taking advantage; title: Individual rights and the business organization. Corporate due process ; Employee screening ; Employee privacy ; Sexual harassment ; Diversity, equal employment, and affirmative action ; Whistle-blowing ; Employee rights; title: Business operations. Earnings, transparency, and management ; Personal ambition and hubris ; Conflicts between the corporation's ethical code and business practices in foreign countries ; Unauthorized payments to foreign officials ; Workplace safety ; Plant closures and downsizing ; Environmental issues ; Purchasing : conflicts and bribery; title: Business and its competition. Advertising content ; Appropriation of others' ideas ; Pricing ; Competitors, the playing field, and competition ; Business and its shareholders; title: Business and its product. Contract relations ; Product safety ; Product social issues; title: Business and government. Government employees ; Government contracts ; Government responsibilities; title: Ethics and nonprofits. Ethics and nonprofits.