Packed with real-life examples, BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS, 6e International Edition explores the complex issues of ethics from the inside. Offering a unique perspective, this market-leading text gets behind the decision-making process of today's business leaders -- from prominent players to everyday professionals. It helps you dissect what makes people cross lines they would not ordinarily cross. A combination of short and long cases, readings, hypothetical situations, and current ethical dilemmas, BUSINESS ETHICS provides a thorough training and thought-provoking experience on business ethics. Applying theory to real-world practice, it reinforces a vital sense of values in future business leaders.
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Höhe: 251 mm
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Preface. Introduction. Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS: VIRTUE AND VALUES. Section A: Defining Ethics. Section B: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas. Unit II: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS: VIRTUE, VALUES, AND BUSINESS. Section A: Defining Business Ethics. Section B: Resolution of Business Ethics Dilemma. Unit III: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY? SHAREHOLDERS VS. STAKEHOLDERS. Section A: The Role of Business in Society. Section B: Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory. Unit IV: Individual Values and the Business Organization. Section A: Trust and Employment. Section B: Taking Advantage. Unit V: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. Section A: Corporate Due Process. Section B: Employee Screening. Section C: Employee Privacy. Section D: Sexual Harassment. Section E: Diversity, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action. Section F: Whistle-Blowing. Section G: Employee Rights. Unit VI: BUSINESS OPERATIONS: FINANCIAL ISSUES. Section A: Financial Reports: Earnings, Transparency, and Management. Section B: Personal Ambition and Hubris. Section C: Culture and Governance. Unit VII: BUSINESS OPERATIONS: WORKPLACE SAFETY RISKS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS. Section A: Conflicts between the Corporation's Ethics and Business Practices in Foreign Countries. Section B: Workplace Safety. Section C: Plant Closures and Downsizing. Section D: Environmental Issues. Section E: Purchasing: Conflicts and Bribery. Unit VIII: BUSINESS AND ITS COMPETITION. Section A: Advertising Content. Section B: Appropriation of Others' Ideas. Section C: Pricing. Section D: Competitors, the Playing Field, and Competition. Section E: Business and Its Shareholders. Unit IX: BUSINESS AND ITS PRODUCT. Section A: Contract Relations. Section B: Product Safety. Section C: Product Social Issues. Unit X: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT. Section A: Government Employees. Section B: Government Contracts. Section C: Government Responsibilities. Unit XI: ETHICS AND NONPROFITS. Section A: Nonprofits and Fraud. Section B: Nonprofits and Management. Indexes.
