Synopses & Reviews
The ethical training future managers need to be successful in today’s challenging business world.
Ethics and Business; Ethics in the Functional Areas of Business; Special Topics in Ethics
For readers interested in an in-depth introduction of business ethics that emphasizes the role of ethics as a critical part to management success.
Synopsis
For undergraduate business ethics courses. The ethical training business students need to be successful in today's challenging business world.
Recent scandals have created a mistrust that has spread through the entire business sector, jeopardising public confidence in the stock market and economy. Now more than ever, it's important for students to understand the moral foundations, rules, and implications that are vital to the core of business. Business Ethics presents an in-depth introduction of business ethics that emphasises the role of ethics as a critical part to management success.
Table of Contents
PART I: ETHICS AND BUSINESS
Chapter 1
The Language of Ethics
Cases: Competitive Advantage
Yahoo! And Customer Privacy
Chapter 2
A Look At The Sources Of Ethical Problems In Business And How To Prevent Them
Cases: Parable of the Sadhu
Marge Norman and Miniscribe Corporation
Chapter 3
Ethics, Stakeholders, Corporate Strategy, and Value Creation
Cases: Merck & Co., Inc.
Chapter 4
Business Ethics in the Global Marketplace
Appendix: List of Industry Benchmarks and International Agreements
Cases: Davis Press and Meccan Madness
Questionable Payments
GE Healthcare in India: An (Ultra)Sound Strategy?
PART II: ETHICS IN THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF BUSINESS
Chapter 5
Leadership
Cases: American Apparel (A)
Jeri Caldwell at MOEX, Inc. (A & B)
Chapter 6
Marketing/Operations
Cases: Fingerhut’s Price Strategy & Epilogue
Wal-Mart in 2005
Chapter 7
Accounting/ Finance
Cases: No-Tel (A & B)
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. (A & B)
Chapter 8
Management
Cases: Joe Willis: Feeling the Heat in Thailand (A, B & C)
Diversity Vignettes; Professor Emma Pover (A & B); Fred Smith
PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ETHICS
Chapter 9
Environmental Sustainability and Its Challenges to Management
Cases: ExxonMobil and the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
Walden Paddlers
Chapter 10
Managing on the Ethical Frontier
Cases: Monsanto and the Development of Genetically Modified Seeds
Danville Airlines
Make Mine a Russian Shorthair