Business ethics : case studies and selected readings /
Marianne M. Jennings.
- Tenth edition.
- xxvii, 662 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit 1: ethical theory, philosophical foundations, our reasoning flaws, types of ethical dilemmas, and you -- Understanding ourselves and ethical lapses -- Ethical theory and philosophical foundations -- The types of ethical dilemmas -- Our reasoning flaws -- Analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas -- Unit 2: solving ethical dilemmas in business -- Business, ethics, and individuals: how do they work together? -- What gets in the way of ethical decisions in business? -- Resolving ethical dilemmas in business -- Unit 3: business, stakeholders, social responsibility, and sustainability -- Business and society: the tough issues of economics, social responsibility, stakeholders, and business -- Applying social responsibility and stakeholder theory -- Social responsibility and sustainability -- Government as a stakeholder -- Unit 4: ethics and company culture -- Temptation of work for individual gain and that credo -- The organizational behavior factors -- Accounting and governance factors -- The structural factors: governance, example, and leadership -- The industry practices and legal factors -- The fear-and-silence factors -- The culture of goodness -- Unit 5: ethics and contracts -- Contract negotiations: all is fair and conflicting interests -- Promises, performance, and reality -- Unit 6: ethics in international business -- Conflicts between the corporation's ethics and business practices in foreign countries -- Bribes. Grease payments and "when in Rome..." -- Unit 7: ethics, business operations, and rights -- Workplace safety -- Workplace loyalty -- Workplace diversity and atmosphere -- Tough issues and confrontation in the workplace -- Unit 8: ethics and products -- Advertising content -- Product safety -- Product sales -- Unit 9: ethics and competition -- Covenants not to compete -- All's fair, or is it? -- Intellectual property and ethics.