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Business Ethics


Business Ethics

Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality
5. Aufl.

von: W. Michael Hoffman, Robert E. Frederick, Mark S. Schwartz

48,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 02.01.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118722770
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 776

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The fifth edition of <i>Business Ethics</i> addresses current, intriguing, often complex issues in corporate morality through 53 readings and 30 pertinent case studies. Now significantly updated, it includes new leading articles, related current cases, and mini-cases based on MBA student dilemmas.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Addresses a broad range of the most current, intriguing, often complex issues and cases in corporate morality</li> <li>Provides impartial, point-counterpoint presentations of different perspectives on the most important and highly contended issues of business ethics</li> <li>Updated and significant case studies are included to reinforce student learning</li> <li>Now contains mini-cases based on actual MBA student dilemmas</li> <li>Each author has substantial experience in teaching, writing, and conducting research in the field</li> </ul>
<p>About the Editors xi</p> <p>Preface xii</p> <p>General Introduction: The Nature of Business Ethics 1</p> <p><b>Part 1 Ethics and Business: From Theory to Practice 37</b></p> <p>Introduction 37</p> <p><b>1 Theories of Economic Justice 43</b></p> <p>Justice as Fairness 43<br /><i>John Rawls</i></p> <p>Distributive Justice 49<br /><i>Robert Nozick</i></p> <p>Distributive Justice and Utilitarianism 55<br /><i>J. J. C. Smart</i></p> <p>The “Invisible Hand” 59<br /><i>Jan Narveson</i></p> <p>Corporate Ethics in a Devilish System 70<br /><i>Kent Greenfield</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 77</p> <p><b>2 Ethics and Business Decision Making 78</b></p> <p>Teaching Ethical Decision Making and Principled Reasoning 78<br /><i>Michael Josephson</i></p> <p>Business Ethics and Moral Motivation: A Criminological Perspective 86<br /><i>Joseph Heath</i></p> <p>Ethical Leadership and the Psychology of Decision Making 105<br /><i>David M. Messick and Max H. Bazerman</i></p> <p>Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique 120<br /><i>Steven Kelman</i></p> <p>Cost-Benefit Analysis Defended 127<br /><i>Herman B. Leonard and Richard J. Zeckhauser</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 130</p> <p><b>Cases for Part 1 131</b></p> <p>Mini-Cases 131</p> <p>MBA Student Mini-Dilemmas 132</p> <p>Cases</p> <p>The Parable of the Sadhu 133<br /><i>Bowen H. McCoy</i></p> <p>The Ford Pinto 139<br /><i>W. Michael Hoffman</i></p> <p>The Analyst’s Dilemma (A) 145<br /><i>Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem</i></p> <p>Walk Away From Your Mortgage! 149<br /><i>Roger Lowenstein</i></p> <p>The Ok Tedi Copper Mine 150<br /><i>Manuel G. Velasquez</i></p> <p><b>Part 2 The Nature of the Corporation 157</b></p> <p>Introduction 157</p> <p><b>3 Agency, Legitimacy, and Responsibility 163</b></p> <p>Can a Corporation Have a Conscience? 163<br /><i>Kenneth E. Goodpaster and John B. Matthews Jr</i>.</p> <p>Is Business Bluffing Ethical? 172<br /><i>Albert Z. Carr</i></p> <p>The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits 180<br /><i>Milton Friedman</i></p> <p>Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation 184<br /><i>R. Edward Freeman</i></p> <p>Ethics in Business: Two Skeptical Challenges 192<br /><i>Robert E. Frederick</i></p> <p>Commentary on the Social Responsibility of Corporate Entities: Bad and Not-so-Bad Arguments for Shareholder Primacy 202<br /><i>Lynn A. Stout</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 215</p> <p><b>4 Corporate Governance and Accountability 216</b></p> <p>Who Rules the Corporation? 216<br /><i>Ralph Nader, Mark Green, and Joel Seligman</i></p> <p>Power and Accountability: The Changing Role of the Corporate Board of Directors 224<br /><i>Irving S. Shapiro</i></p> <p>Who Should Control the Corporation? 231<br /><i>Henry Mintzberg</i></p> <p>Tone at the Top: An Ethics Code for Directors? 243<br /><i>Mark S. Schwartz, Thomas W. Dunfee, and Michael J. Kline</i></p> <p>Do CEOs Get Paid Too Much? 264<br /><i>Jeffrey Moriarty</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 274</p> <p><b>Cases for Part 2 275</b></p> <p>Mini-Cases 275</p> <p>MBA Student Mini-Dilemmas 277</p> <p>Cases</p> <p>Fire Destroys Malden Mills 277<br /><i>Anonymous</i></p> <p>Merck & Co., Inc. (A) 279<br /><i>David Bollier and Stephanie Weiss</i></p> <p>Bailouts and Bonuses on Wall Street 284<br /><i>Kirsten Martin and Michael Scotto</i></p> <p>Citigroup’s Chief Rebuffed on Pay by Shareholders 297<br /><i>Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nelson D. Schwartz</i></p> <p><b>Part 3 Work in the Corporation 301</b></p> <p>Introduction 301</p> <p><b>5 Employee Rights and Duties 307</b></p> <p>Employee Rights 307<br /><i>Ronald Duska</i></p> <p>Human Rights, Workers’ Rights, and the “Right” to Occupational Safety 316<br /><i>Tibor R. Machan</i></p> <p>Whistle-Blowing 320<br /><i>Richard T. De George</i></p> <p>The Morality of Whistleblowing: A Commentary on <i>Richard T. De George</i> 338<br /><i>W. Michael Hoffman and Mark S. Schwartz</i></p> <p>Conflicts of Interest 350<br /><i>Thomas L. Carson</i></p> <p>The Moral Problem in Insider Trading 368<br /><i>Alan Strudler</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 382</p> <p><b>6 The Modern Workplace: Obligations and Limits 383</b></p> <p>A Kantian Theory of Meaningful Work 383<br /><i>Norman E. Bowie</i></p> <p>Organization of Work in the Company and Family Rights of the Employees 392<br /><i>Domènec Melé</i></p> <p>Workplace Wars: How Much Should <i>I </i>be Required to Meet the Needs of <i>Your </i>Children? 401<br /><i>Claudia Mills</i></p> <p>Discrimination, Harassment, and the Glass Ceiling: Women Executives as Change Agents 407<br /><i>Myrtle P. Bell, Mary E. McLaughlin, and Jennifer M. Sequeira</i></p> <p>The Debate Over the Prohibition of Romance in the Workplace 418<br /><i>Colin Boyd</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 431</p> <p><b>Cases for Part 3 432</b></p> <p>Mini-Cases 432</p> <p>MBA Student Mini-Dilemmas 433<br /><br />Cases</p> <p>The Case of the Mismanaged Ms. 434<br /><i>Sally Seymour</i></p> <p>Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (A) 439<br /><i>Diana Barrett and Daniella Ballou</i></p> <p>Banking: A Crack in the Swiss Vault 450<br /><i>Andy Court and Keith Sharman</i></p> <p>Will Rewards for Whistleblowers Encourage Ethical Behavior? 454<br /><i>Matthew Gilley and W. Michael Hoffman</i></p> <p>Boeing Chief is Ousted after Admitting Affair 455<br /><i>Leslie Wayne</i></p> <p>Abuse Scandal Inquiry Damns Paterno and Penn State 457<br /><i>Ken Belson</i></p> <p>Timeline: The Penn State Scandal 460<br /><i>Justin Sablich, Ford Fessenden, and Alan McLean</i></p> <p>You’ve Been Tagged! (Then Again, Maybe Not): Employers and Facebook 463<br /><i>William P. Smith and Deborah L. Kidder</i></p> <p><b>Part 4 The Corporation in Society 475</b></p> <p>Introduction 475</p> <p><b>7 The Consumer 481</b></p> <p>The Dependence Effect 481<br /><i>John Kenneth Galbraith</i></p> <p>The <i>Non Sequitur </i>of the “Dependence Effect” 485<br /><i>F. A. von Hayek</i></p> <p>The Ethics of Consumer Protection 488<br /><i>Manuel G. Velasquez</i></p> <p>Marketing and the Vulnerable 504<br /><i>George G. Brenkert</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 513</p> <p><b>8 The Environment and Sustainability 514</b></p> <p>Morality, Money, and Motor Cars 514<br /><i>Norman Bowie</i></p> <p>Business and Environmental Ethics 520<br /><i>W. Michael Hoffman</i></p> <p>Creating Sustainable Value 529<br /><i>Stuart L. Hart and Mark B. Milstein</i></p> <p>Rethinking the Concept of Sustainability 542<br /><i>Alexis J. Bañon Gomis, Manuel Guillén Parra, W. Michael Hoffman, and Robert E. McNulty</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 552</p> <p><b>9 International Business 553</b></p> <p>Ethical Dilemmas for Multinational Enterprise: A Philosophical Overview 553<br /><i>Richard T. De George</i></p> <p>International Business, Morality, and the Common Good 557<br /><i>Manuel G. Velasquez</i></p> <p>Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home 567<br /><i>Thomas Donaldson</i></p> <p>The Case for Leveraged-Based Corporate Human Rights Responsibility 576<br /><i>Stepan Wood</i></p> <p>What’s Wrong with Bribery 602<br /><i>Scott Turow</i></p> <p>Capitalism with a Human Face: The UN Global Compact 604<br /><i>Klaus M. Leisinger</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 620</p> <p><b>Cases for Part 4 621</b></p> <p>Mini-Cases 622</p> <p>MBA Student Mini-Dilemmas 623<br /><br />Cases</p> <p>The Ethics of Marketing: Nestlé’s Infant Formula 624<br /><i>James E. Post</i></p> <p>TransAuto Corporation Trade-offs 629<br /><i>Rewritten by Mark S. Schwartz</i></p> <p>Sony Online Entertainment: EverQuest<sup>®</sup> or EverCrack? 632<br /><i>Judith W. Spain and Gina Vega</i></p> <p>Dicing with Death? A Case Study of Guidant Corporation’s Implantable Defibrillator Business 636<br /><i>Martin E. Sandbu</i></p> <p>Chiquita Accused of Funding Colombia Terrorists 642<br /><i>Curt Anderson</i></p> <p>Wal-Mart Hushed Up a Vast Mexican Bribery Case 644<br /><i>David Barstow</i></p> <p>Yahoo! and Google in China 656<br /><i>John M. Kline</i></p> <p>Google Softens Tone on China 661<br /><i>Amir Efrati and Loretta Chao</i></p> <p><b>Part 5 Challenges and Emerging Issues 665</b></p> <p>Introduction 665</p> <p><b>10 Challenges and Emerging Issues 669</b></p> <p>What’s the Matter with Business Ethics? 669<br /><i>Andrew Stark</i></p> <p>Developing and Sustaining an Ethical Corporate Culture: The Core Elements 677<br /><i>Mark S. Schwartz</i></p> <p>The Ethics Officer as Agent of the Board: Leveraging Ethical Governance Capability in the Post-Enron Corporation 689<br /><i>W. Michael Hoffman and Mark Rowe</i></p> <p>Can a Company be Too Ethical? 699<br /><i>Andrew W. Singer</i></p> <p>God as a Managerial Stakeholder? 705<br /><i>Mark S. Schwartz</i></p> <p>The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid 720<br /><i>C. K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart</i></p> <p>Questions for Discussion 733</p> <p>Business Ethics in Hollywood Movies 733<br /><i>Mark S. Schwartz</i></p> <p><b>Cases for Part 5 735</b></p> <p>Mini-Cases 735</p> <p>Cases</p> <p>Global Corporation: Running a Global Ethics and Compliance Program 736<br /><i>Lisa A. Stewart</i></p> <p>Barrick’s Tanzanian Project Tests Ethical Mining Policies 743<br /><i>Geoffrey York</i></p> <p>An Ethical Approach to Crisis Management 749<br /><i>Mark S. Schwartz, Wesley Cragg, and W. Michael Hoffman</i></p> <p>Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs 756<br /><i>Greg Smith</i></p>
“Masterful combination of theory and practice, classic and cutting-edge, giving us the perfect tool for preparing the next generation of business leaders.”<br />  <br /> —Thomas I. White, Loyola Marymount University<br />  <br /> “This new edition of Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality is an interesting and unique collection of articles and cases—many of which have not appeared in other anthologies in business ethics. The cases, in particular, provide the reader with thoughtful examples that illustrate the theoretical readings.”<br />  <br /> —Patricia H. Werhane, DePaul University
<p><b>W. Michael Hoffman</b> is the founding Executive Director of the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Hoffman is also the Hieken Professor of Business and Professional Ethics at Bentley University and is the author or editor of 16 books.</p> <p><b>Robert E. Frederick</b> is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is also Research Scholar at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley and editor of the Center’s journal <i>Business and Society Review</i>.</p> <p><b>Mark S. Schwartz</b> is a professor of business ethics and corporate social responsibility at the School of Administrative Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada), and is a Research Fellow for the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University. He has published in a range of journals, including the <i>Journal of Business Ethics</i>, <i>Business Ethics Quarterly</i>, and <i>Business & Society</i>.</p>
<p>Can corporations have a conscience? What constitutes blowing the whistle ethically?  How does a corporation build an ethical culture? Hoffman, Frederick, and Schwartz address many current, intriguing, often complex issues in corporate morality in the fifth edition of <i>Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality</i>. This introductory text contains a thorough introduction to ethical theory, 53 readings, and 30 case studies. Divided into five parts, each with an introduction presenting the major themes of its articles and cases, the text contains an impartial, point-counterpoint presentation of different perspectives on the most important and highly contended issues of business ethics. Chapters end with questions that can be used for student discussion, review, tests or quizzes, or student assignments.</p> <p>The new textbook retains the very best features of previous editions, but is now substantially updated with new leading articles, the latest subject areas from the last decade, and pertinent case studies; also new are mini-cases based on MBA student dilemmas.</p>
<p>“Masterful combination of theory and practice, classic and cutting-edge, giving us the perfect tool for preparing the next generation of business leaders.”</p> <p>—Thomas I. White, Loyola Marymount University</p> <p>“This new edition of <i>Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality</i> is an interesting and unique collection of articles and cases—many of which have not appeared in other anthologies in business ethics. The cases, in particular, provide the reader with thoughtful examples that illustrate the theoretical readings.”</p> <p>—Patricia H. Werhane, DePaul University</p>

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