Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views in business ethics and society
By: Gina Vega
Edition: Fourteenth edition.
Series: Taking sides; Taking sides
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781259402791
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Industries; Business ethics; Social aspects; Social responsibility of business
Other titles: Clashing views in business ethics and society; Business ethics and society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: UNIT 1. Capitalism and the Corporation -- Issue. Is Increasing Profits the Only Social Responsibility of Business?; title: Yes. The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits  -- Milton Friedman; title: No. The new capitalists  -- Joseph Hart -- Issue. Can Ethics Codes Build "True" Corporate Ethics?; title: Yes. How to conduct an ethics audit : an ethics audit can reveal gaps in your ethics policies and practices  -- Eric Krell; title: No. Managing reputational risks : using risk management for business ethics and reputational capital  -- Greg Young and David S. Hasler -- Issue. Have the Antitrust Laws Outlived Their Effectiveness vis-a-vis Technology?; title: Yes. FTC : Google did not break antitrust law with search practices  -- Craig Timberg; title: Issue. Are Stock Buybacks the Best Strategy to Drive Corporate Value? --; title: Yes. Is a share buyback right for your company?  -- Justin Pettit; title: No. Profits without prosperity  -- William Lazonick -- Issue. Is the Federal Reserve Good for Business?; title: Yes. Why we need the Fed  -- Daniel Indiviglio; title: No. Fed up : The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is exploding on both sides -- Robert Larson.; title: UNIT 2. Human Resources: The Corporation and Employment -- Issue. Is Employer Monitoring of Employee Social Media Justified?; title: Yes. Using social networking web sites in hiring and retention decisions  -- Brian Elzweig and Donna K. Peeples; title: No. Even if it enrages your boss, social net speech is protected  -- Steven Greenhouse -- Issue. Is CEO Compensation Justified?; title: Yes. Don't mess with CEO pay  -- Ira T. Kay; title: No. CEOs are being paid too much  -- Edgar Woolard, Jr. -- Issue. Will Robots Help the American Worker?; title: Yes. The new industrial revolution : a coming wave of robots could redefine our jobs. will that redefine us?  -- Jeffrey R. Young; title: No. The barbed gift of leisure  -- Mark Kingwell -- Issue. Should You Associate Yourself with an Organization That Has a History of Scandal?; title: Yes. The shame of college sports  -- Taylor Branch; title: No. Why are job seekers attracted by corporate social performance? experimental and field tests of three signal-based mechanisms  -- David A. Jones, Chelsea R. Willness, and Sarah Madey -- Issue. Is Minimum Wage Justified?; title: Yes. Higher calling  -- Steve Coll; title: No. The negative effects of minimum wage laws -- Mark Wilson.; title: UNIT 3. Consumer Issues -- Issue. Should Big Pharma Be Permitted to Discourage Access to Generic Drugs?; title: Yes. Legitimate concerns over patent protection, profits and shareholder value are being balanced by ethics and humanism  -- Agnes Shanley; title: No. How big pharma rips you off  -- Arthur Caplan and Zachary Caplan -- Issue. Should Advertising Directed at Children Be Restricted?; title: Yes. A fine line when ads and children mix  -- Stephanie Clifford; title: No. A happy meal ban is nothing to smile about  -- Patrick Basham and John Luik -- Issue. Should We Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Food?; title: Yes. Why labeling makes sense  -- Gary Hirshberg; title: No. GMO foods : why we shouldn't label (or worry about) genetically modified products  -- Cameron English -- Issue. Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- (CFPB) a Necessary Regulatory Agency?; title: Yes. The financial services industry's misguided quest to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  -- Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr.; title: No. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : savior or menace? -- Todd J. Zywicki.; title: UNIT 4. Global Objectives -- Issue. Should Hydrofracking Be Permitted?; title: Yes. Gas drilling is called safe in New York  -- Danny Hakim; title: No. Hydrofracking poses serious risks to human health  -- Ben Goldfarb -- Issue. Should the World Continue to Rely on Oil as a Major Source of Energy?; title: Yes. Global oil production about to peak? a recurring myth  -- Red Cavaney; title: No. The long emergency  -- James Howard Kunstler -- Issue. Is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Obsolete?; title: Yes. Choosing governance in the FCPA reform debate  -- Joseph W. Yockey; title: No. Taking aim at the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act  -- Peter J. Henning -- Issue. Should U.S. Companies Take Primary Responsibility for Working Conditions in Their International Suppliers' Factories?; title: Yes. Sweatshops and respect for persons  -- Denis G. Arnold and Norman E. Bowie; title: No. In China, human costs are built into an iPad -- Charles Duhigg and David Barboza.