For Business Ethics courses.
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.
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®: 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
