Author: Donaldson, Thomas & Patricia H. Werhane (eds.)
Title: Ethical issues in business : a philosophical approach. Third edition.
Description: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1988. 3rd edition. Paperback. x, 454 pp. 23 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Contents : Preface -- General Introduction -- Introduction to Ethical Reasoning -- pt. 1. General Issues in Ethics -- Business Ethics: The Controversy -- Case Study: H.B. Fuller in Honduras: Street Children and Substance Abuse -- The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits -- Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation -- Business Ethics and Stakeholder Analysis -- Ethical Reasoning in Practice -- A Kantian Approach to Business Ethics -- Corporate Roles, Personal Virtues: An Aristotelean Approach to Business Ethics -- The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme -- Truth Telling -- Case Study: Italian Tax Mores -- Ethical Duties Towards Others: Truthfulness -- Is Business Bluffing Ethical? -- The Business of Ethics -- Trust, Morality and International Business -- pt. 2. Property, Profit, and Justice -- Traditional Theories of Property and Profit -- Case Study: Plasma International -- Case Study: Dorrence Corporation Trade-offs -- The Justification of Private Property -- Benefits of the Profit Motive -- Alienated Labour -- Wealth -- The Impact of Technology on Traditional Views of Property -- Case Study: 'McMadness' Hong Kong Style -- The Judgment of Thamus -- Needed: A New System of Intellectual Property Rights -- Justice -- Case Study: The Oil Rig -- Distributive Justice -- The Entitlement Theory -- Complex Equality -- pt. 3. Corporations, Persons, and Morality -- The Role of Organizational Values -- Case Study: Merck & Co., Inc -- Does Business Ethics Make Economic Sense? -- Can Socially Responsible Firms Survive in a Competitive Environment? -- The Parable of the Sadhu -- Values and the Virtuous Manager -- Case Study: Run, Inc -- Moral Mazes: Bureaucracy and Managerial Work -- The Moral Muteness of Managers -- The New U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: A Wake-Up Call for Corporate America -- Employee Rights and Responsibilities -- Case Study: The Aircraft Brake Scandal -- Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibilities -- Employment at Will, Employee Rights, and Future Directions for Employment -- In Defense of the Contract at Will -- Employability Security -- Diversity -- Case Study: The Case of the Unequal Opportunity -- Management Women and the New Facts of Life -- White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies -- pt. 4. International Business -- Ethical Relativism -- Case Study: What Price Safety? -- Case Study: W.R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (A) -- The Challenge of Cultural Relativism -- A Social Contracts Approach to Business Ethics -- The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights -- Business Values Away From Home -- Case Study: Just When Is a Tip ONLY To Insure Promptness? -- Case Study: Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A) -- International Business Ethics and Incipient Capitalism: A Double Standard? -- Values in Tension: Ethics Away From Home -- pt. 5. Contemporary Business Themes -- Marketing -- Case Study: Fingerhut's Price Strategy -- Case Study: Kate: Dot-Com CEO -- Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the Creation of Desire -- Ethical Myopia: The Case of Framing by Framing -- The Environment -- Case Study: Shell and Nigerian Oil -- Scarcity or Abundance? -- The Natural Step -- Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique -- Leadership -- Case Study: Sears Auto Centers -- Management Research and Practice: Citigroup's John Reed -- Managing for Organizational Integrity -- The Leader's New Work: Building Learning Organizations -- Biographical Information. ISBN 9780132901727.

Keywords: ETHICS,