Synopses & Reviews
Packed with real-life examples, BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS, 6th 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.
Synopsis
Learn to apply ethics in a business setting with BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS! A combination of both short and long cases, readings, hypothetical situations, and up-to-the-moment current, ongoing, and real ethical dilemmas provide you with an extremely well-rounded picture of the importance and pervasiveness of ethical decision making in business.
Synopsis
This text provides a thorough training and thought-provoking experience on business ethics. To teach students the critical skill of applying ethical principles in a business setting, this text pulls together from the author's vast teaching and business experience an incredible array of real-life examples of ethical dilemmas, poor ethical choices, and wise ethical decisions from newspapers, business journals and the author's own experiences as a consultant and board member. Case studies coupled with the text's readings apply theory to reality in order to nurture or reinforce a needed sense of values in future business leaders.
About the Author
Marianne M. Jennings is a professor of legal and ethical studies in business in the Department of Supply Chain Management, College of Business, at Arizona State University. She has been named professor of the year in the College of Business three times and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award. Professor Jennings has worked with the Federal Public Defender and U.S. Attorney in Nevada and has served as a consultant to many law firms, businesses, and professional groups. She has authored more than 200 articles in academic, professional, and trade journals as well as six textbooks and monographs in circulation. Her biweekly column for THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC is nationally syndicated, and her work has appeared in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. In addition, Professor Jennings is a legal commentator for National Public Radio. She has conducted more than 300 workshops and seminars in the areas of business, personal and professional ethics, legal ethics, real estate, credit management, legal issues for academic administrators, law for the CPA, and legal and political strategic planning. A member of the State Bar of Arizona, Professor Jennings earned her undergraduate degree in finance and her J.D. from Brigham Young University.
Table of Contents
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 UNIT VII. BUSINESS OPERATIONS. WORKPLACE SAFETY RISKS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Section A. Conflicts between the Corporations 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. Ethics and Nonprofits