Case Studies In Business Ethics

Although the particular cases and dilemmas regarding business ethics alter and change with time, the underlying principles and theoretical issues rarely do. Business ethics is about doing "the right thing for the right reason" in our private and public lives, especially in our work and on the job. Business ethics asks: What ought we do in relation to others? Beyond rules and requirements, what do I owe the people I work with (fellow employees), work for (managers-owners), and the people I come to work to serve (customers)?

Given the basic fact of change, textbooks, like the times, also need to change. The fifth edition of Case Studies in Business Ethics offers a series of new and updated cases and essays on some of the most pertinent ethical issues in today's business environment. This edition has replaced 80 percent of the cases and essays and offers two entirely new sections entitled "Privacy, Ethics, and Technology" and "Leadership." New Cases/Essays:

• Sex, Lies, and Advertising
• Racism in the Workplace
• Is Your Family Wrecking Your Career?
• Enron: Paragon to Pariah?
• The Good Old Boys at WorldCom
• Ford-Firestone
• Edible Rugs, Anyone!?
• Sweatshops
• Rippers, Portal Users, and Profilers
• Moral Leadership/Moral Mazes

Besides a number of cases that are drawn from current news headlines, this edition continues to offer a selection of classical cases and essays that exemplify a number of perennial topics and questions in the field:

• Tylenol's Rebound
• Ford Pinto
• Sex Discrimination at Eastern
• Uptown, Dakota, and Powermaster
• Let the Buyer Beware
• Truth Pays
• Deceit, Denial, Cover Up
• Gender Bias, Public Image
• Advertisement
• Profits versus Principles

This collection of quality cases and essays on business ethics addresses some of the most pertinent ethical issues in today's business environment. It goes well "beyond" matters of fraud and public relations to consider standards of professionalism, corporate decision- making structure, the interface between ethical theory and economic practice, etc.; contains cases that deal not only with ethical failures, but with ethical successes.

Preface.

Introduction to Ethical Reasoning, Thomas Donaldson, Patricia H. Werhane. The Case Method, Thomas Donaldson.

1. Business or Ethics.

The Parable of the Sadhu, Bowen H. McCoy. Into the Mouth of Babes, James Traub. Tylenol's Rebound, Carl Cannon.

2. Communications in Business: Internal and External.

Sex, Lies and Advertising, Gloria Steinem. Upton, Dakota, and Power Master, N. Craig Smith. Volvo's Crushing Blow, Ronald M. Green. Toy Wars, Manual G. Velasquez. The Case of the Contested Firearms, George Brenkert. Italian Tax Mores, Arthur L. Kelly. Whislteblowing and Employee Loyalty, Ronald Duska. A Hero—And a Smoking-Gun Letter, Wendy Zellner, Stephanie Forest Anderson, Laura Cohn.

3. Pollution and Environment.

Shades of Green: Business, Ethics and the Environment, R. Edward Freeman, Jessica Pierce, Richard Dodd. Save the Turtles, Rogene A. Buchholz, Sandra B. Rosenthal. Edible Carpets Anyone!? Interface Corporation a Sustainable Business, Joe DesJardins, Jonalle Aaron. The Hazards of the Enterprise, John Hasnas. Texeco in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Denis G. Arnold.

4. Diversity in the Workplace.

A Defense of Programs of Preferential Treatment, Richard Wasserstrom. Reverse Discrimination as Unjustified, Lisa H. Newton. Racism in the Workplace, Aaron Bernstein. Texaco: The Jelly Bean Diversity Fiasco, Marianne M. Jennings. Denny's, Ronald M. Green. Melba Moore, John R. Hundley III. Management Dilemma, Fred E. Schuster.

5. Work Life Balance and Gender Issues.

Women in the Workplace, Al Gini. Management and Women and the New Facts of Life, Felice N. Schwartz. Child Care Comes to Work, Bonnie Harris. Gender Issues at “Your House”, John Hasnas. Worth the Effort, Raymond S. Pfeiffer, Ralph P. Forsberg. Foreign Assignment, Thomas Dunfee, Diana Robertson. Sexual Discrimination at Eastern Airlines, Al Gini.

6. Corporate Obligations and Responsibilities: Everything Old is New Again!

The Fall of Michael Milken, O.C. Ferrell, Gwyweth M. Vaughn. Enron: From Paragon to Pariah, Lisa H. Newton. The Good Old Boys at WorldCom, Dennis Moberg, Edward Romar. The Adelphia Story, Devin Leonard. The Ford Pinto, W. Michael Hoffman. Radials, Rollovers, and Responsibility: An Examination of the Ford-Firestone Case. Robert Noggle, Daniel Palmer. A.H. Robins: The Dalkon Shield, Al Gini, Terry Sullivan.

7. Multinationals.

The Ethical Wealth of Nations, Thomas Donaldson. AIDS and Life-Saving Medicines Responsibilities, Oliver F. Williams. Chrysler and Gae Feng: Corporate Responsibility for Religious and Political Freedom in China, Michael A. Santoro. The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops, Ian Maitland. Shell Oil in Nigeria, John R. Boatright. Levi Strauss and Co. and China, Edwin M. Epstein, Timothy Perkins, Colleen O'Connel, Carin Orosco, Mark Rickey, Matthew Scoble.

8. Privacy, Ethics and Technology.

Technology and Ethics: Privacy in the Workplace, Laura P. Hartman. Virtual Morality: A New Workplace Quandary, Michael J. McCarthy. Rippers, Portal Users and Profilers: Three Web-Based Issues for Business Ethics, Martin Calkins. Cyberethics: 7 Short Cases, Richard A. Spinello. E-mail Policy and Johnson and Dresser, Richard A. Spinello.

9. Leadership.

Leadership: An Overview, Al Gini. The Call of Leaders, Gary Wills. Ethics: Take It From the Top, Maynard M. Dolecheck, Carolyn C. Dolecheck. Ways Women Lead, Judy B. Rosener. Moral Mazes: Bureaucracy and Managerial Work, Robert Jackall. Not a Fool, Not a Saint, Thomas Teal. Visionary's Dream Led to Risky Business, Peter Behr, April Witt. Former Tyco Executives are Charged, Mark Maremont, Jerry Markon.