
Beyond Integrity
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Scott B. Rae (PhD, University of Southern California) is Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents in Brief
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1: Foundations for Christian Ethics in Business
- Chapter 1: Ethical Decision Making
- Introduction
- Readings
- Upgrading the Ethical Decision-Making Model for Business
- The Bible and Culture in Ethics
- The Moral Context of Business
- Case Studies
- Case 1.1. Keeping Secrets
- Case 1.2. Pay or Walk Away
- Case 1.3. Firing Undocumented Immigrants
- Commentary
- Chapter 2: Christian Ethics in Business: Tensions and Challenges
- Introduction
- Readings
- Is Business Bluffing Ethical?
- Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay?
- The Business of Business
- Case Studies
- Case 2.1. Borland's Brave Beginning
- Case 2.2. Giving Advice Where It Doesn't Belong
- Commentary
- Chapter 3: Christian Engagement in Business
- Introduction
- Readings
- Christ and Business: A Typology for Christian Business Ethics
- The Entrepreneurial Vocation
- Tough Business: In Deep, Swift Waters
- Case Studies
- Case 3.1. The Assignment
- Case 3.2. Bad Boy Executive
- Commentary
- Part 2: Ethics, Corporations, and the Global Economy
- Chapter 4: Corporate Social Responsibility
- Introduction
- Readings
- Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business
- The Myth of CSR
- A Long-Term Business Perspective in a Short-Term World: A Conversation with Jim Sinegal
- Case Studies
- Case 4.1. Violent Video Games
- Case 4.2. Charity or Theft?
- Case 4.3. Google in China
- Commentary
- Chapter 5: Globalization and Christian Ethics
- Introduction
- Readings
- Globalization and World Poverty
- Globalization and the Poor: Reflections of a Christian Economist
- Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World: What's a Christian Executive to Do?
- Case Studies
- Case 5.1. Walmart and Globalization
- Case 5.2. Outsourcing Production
- Commentary
- Chapter 6: Global Business Practices
- Introduction
- Readings
- Sweatshops: Definitions, History, and Morality
- Ethical Theory and Bribery
- Moving the Fair Trade Agenda Forward
- Fair Trade? Its Prospects as a Poverty Solution
- Case Studies
- Case 6.1. Sweatshops
- Case 6.2. When in Rome, Do as the Romans?
- Case 6.3. Starbucks and Fair Trade Coffee
- Case 6.4. Cultural Sensitivity at Hong Kong Disneyland
- Commentary
- Part 3: Contemporary Ethical Issues in Business
- Chapter 7: Ethics and the Management of Talent
- Introduction
- Readings
- Mission as an Organizing Principle
- Building Healthy Organizations in Which People Can Flourish
- Technology and the New Challenges of Management
- Cheryl Broetje: An Orchard with Fruit That Lasts
- The Ethics of Executive Pay: A Christian Viewpoint
- Case Studies
- Case 7.1. March Madness
- Case 7.2. Paying the Next CEO
- Case 7.3. Spying or Managing?
- Commentary
- Chapter 8: Accounting and Finance
- Introduction
- Readings
- Accounting and Accountability: Double Entry, Double Nature, Double Identity
- Ethical Failures in Corporate Financial Reporting
- The Moral Imperative of Investment Banking
- Case Studies
- Case 8.1. Audit Adjustments
- Case 8.2. The New Insiders
- Case 8.3. Banking: Truth Telling or Compassion?
- Commentary
- Chapter 9: Marketing and Advertising
- Introduction
- Readings
- Making Consumers
- Jesus Is a Brand of Jeans
- Truth about Advertising: A Response to the Kilbourne Lecture
- Marketing as a Christian Vocation: Called to Reconciliation
- Case Studies
- Case 9.1. Diamonds Are Forever
- Case 9.2. Vanity Sells
- Case 9.3. Who's Tricking Whom?
- Case 9.4. Reptilian Instincts and Purchase Decisions
- Commentary
- Chapter 10: Environmental Stewardship
- Introduction
- Readings
- Business and Environmental Ethics
- The Challenge of Biocentrism
- The Business of Climate Change: What's the Deal?
- Remaking the Way We Make Things
- Snack Chips and Lessons in Environmental Consciousness
- Case Studies
- Case 10.1. A Tree or a Life?
- Case 10.2. Lion Meat
- Case 10.3. Animal Testing for Cosmetics and Medicine
- Case 10.4. Buying Local
- Case 10.5. Green or Greenwashing?
- Commentary
- Chapter 11: Organizational Integrity
- Introduction
- Readings
- Managing to Be Ethical: Debunking Five Business Ethics Myths
- The Cognitive and Social Psychology of Organizational Corruption
- Sherron Watkins: Did We Learn the Lessons from Enron?
- Case Studies
- Case 11.1. Character and Executive Leadership
- Case 11.2. Washington Mutual Mortgage Scandal
- Commentary
- About the Authors
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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