Case Studies in Business Ethics

Complete Table of Contents:



Introduction

Ethics, Business, and Business Ethics

Al Gini, Alexei Marcoux







Section One

Business or Ethics



Essay

Is Business Bluffing Ethical?

Albert Z. Carr



Case Study

The Parable of the Sadhu

Bowen H. McCoy



Case Study

Into the Mouth of Babes

James Traub



Case Study

Tylenol's Rebound

Carl Cannon



Section Two

Truth-Telling and Communication



Case Study

Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty

Ronald Duska



Case Study

Some Paradoxes of Whistleblowing

Michael Davis



Case Study

Baxter International and the Dialyzer Crisis

Julie A. Davis



Case Study

Shoe Sales

Thomas L. Carson



Case Study

The Job Negotiation

Michael A. Santoro



Case Study

Volvo's Crushing Blow

Ronald M. Green





Section Three

The Ad-Cult and Marketing



Essay

Is Marketing Ethics an Oxymoron?
Philip Kotler



Essay

The Dependence Effect

John Kenneth Galbraith



Case Study

Everyquest (R): Entertainment or Addiction

Judith W. Spain and Gina Vega



Case Study

Vioxx

Ronald M. Green



Case Study

Uptown, Dakota, and PowerMaster

N. Craig Smith



Case Study

The Case of the Contested Firearms

George Brenkeri



Section Four

Everything Old to New Again



Case Study

The Fall of Michael Milken

O. C. Ferrell and John Fraedrich



Case Study

Enron: The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly

Denis Collins



Case Study

Kozlowski's Tyco-I Am the Company!

Denis Collins



Case Study

The Parmalat Affair: Europe's Largest Bankruptcy Scandal

Peter Madsen and Antonino Vaccaro



Case Study

The Good Old Boys at WorldCom

Dennis Moberg and Edward Romar



Case Study

The Ford Pinto

W. Michael Hoffman






Section Five

Corporations and Businesses, Large and Small



Case Study

Sears Auto Shock

Ronald M. Green



Case Study

The New Year's Eve Crisis

William Naumes and Margaret J. Naumes



Case Study

The Wal-Mart Way

Edward C. Brewer



Case Study

Who Should Pay?

Manuel G. Velasquez



Case Study

Selling your Sole at Birkenstock

Michael Lewis



Case Study

A. H. Robins: The Dalkon Shield

Al Gini and T. Sullivan





Section Six

The Global Marketplace



Essay

Sweatshops and Respect for Persons

Denis G. Arnold and Norman E. Bowle



Essay

The Great Non-Debate over International Sweatshops

Ian Maitland



Case Study

Big Blue in Argentina

Miguel Alzola



Case Study

Ellen Moore: Living and Working in Bahrain

Gail Ellement and Martha Maznevski



Case Study

Nike's Suppliers in Vietnam

Sahsa Lyutse



Case Study

Chrysler and Gao Feng: Corporate Responsibility for Religious and Political Freedom in China

Michael A. Santoro



Case Study

H. B. Fuller in Honduras

John Boatright





Section Seven

Women in the Workplace



Essay

Women in the Workplace

Al Gini



Essay

Management Women and the New Facts of Life

Felice N. Schwartz



Essay

Homeward Bound

Linda Hirshman



Essay

Where Are the Women?

Linda Tischler



Essay

How Women Are Changing Corporate America

Yoji Cole



Essay

How Corporate America Is Betraying Women

Betsy Morris



Case Study

Gender Issues at Your House

John Hasnas



Case Study

Worth the Effort?

Raymond S. Pfeiffer and Ralph R. Forsberg





Section Eight

Diversity in the Workplace



Essay

Racism in the Workplace

Aaron Bernstein



Case Study

Texaco: The Jelly Bean Diversity Fiasco

Marianne M. Jennings



Case Study

Denny's

Ronald M. Green



Case Study

Management Dilemma

Fred E. Schuster



Case Study

Keeping It Real

Patricia S. Parker



Case Study

Sexual Discrimination at Eastern Airlines?

Al Gini



Section Nine

Business and the Environment



Case Study

Save the Turtles

Rogene A. Buchholz



Case Study

Edible Carpets, Anyone?! Interface Corporation, a Sustainable Business

Joe DesJardins and Janalle Aaron



Case Study

Texaco in the Ecuadorean Amazon

Denis G. Arnold



Case Study

The Fight over the Redwoods

William H. Shaw



The New Market Opportunity

Manuel G. Velasquez





Section Ten

Internet Ethics and Electronic Commerce



Case Study

Cyberethics: Seven Short Cases

Richard A. Spinello and Herman T. Tavani



Case Study

E-Mail Policy at Johnson & Dresser

Richard A. Spinello



Essay

Reckonings: What Price Fairness?

Paul Krugman



Essay

Much Ado About Price Discrimination

Alexei M. Marcoux



Essay

"Snipers" Draw Ire of Auction Site Fans

Doug Bedell



Essay

Snipers, Stalkers, and Nibblers: Online Auction Business Ethics

Alexei M. Marcoux





Section Eleven

Leadership



Essay

Leadership: An Overview

Al Gini



Essay

The Call of Leaders

Gary Wills



Essay

Ethics: Take It from the Top

Maynard M. Dolecheck and Carolyn C. Dolecheck



Essay

Ways Women Lead

Judy B. Rosener



Essay

Moral Mazes: Bureaucracy and Managerial Work

Robert Jackall



Essay

Not a Fool, Not a Saint

Thomas Teal



Essay

Malden Mills: When Being A Good Company Isn't Good Enough

Al Gini and Alexei M. Marcoux



Case Study

Merck and Roy Vagelus: The Value of Lenders

Joanne B. Ciulla