Ethical Theory and Business

Name: Ethical Theory and Business
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ISBN: 9780013398523

ISBN-10: 0013398520

ISBN-13: 9780013398523

Edition: 5th

Authors: Thomas L. Beauchamp, Norman E. Bowie

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This book presents a comprehensive anthology of readings, legal perspectives, and cases in ethics in business. Contrasting business ethics approaches, Regulation of business, Performance Monitoring. Genetic testing and screening. Third world issues. Federal sentencing guidelines. Ideal for business professionals interested in reviewing ethical issues in business.

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Edition: 5th
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

A philosopher and writer in the field of biomedical ethics, Thomas Beauchamp was born in Austin, Texas. He was educated at Southern Methodist University, where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees; at Yale University; and at Johns Hopkins, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1970. That same year Beauchamp joined the philosophy department at Georgetown University, becoming professor of philosophy in 1979. He also served as senior research scholar with the Center for Bioethics at Georgetown's Kennedy Institute. Beauchamp is an influential leader and teacher in the emerging field of biomedical ethics, which deals with the interrelationship of ethics and the complex technology of modern medicine. His…

Preface
Ethical Theory Business Practice	p. 1
Fundamental Concepts and Problems
Morality and Ethical Theory	p. 1
Morality and Prudence	p. 2
Morality and Law	p. 4
The Rule of Conscience	p. 6
Approaches to the Study of Morality	p. 6
Justification in Ethics	p. 8
Relativism and Objectivity of Belief	p. 8
Moral Disagreements	p. 12
The Problem of Egoism	p. 14
Normative Ethical Theory
The Role of Professional Standards	p. 20
Utilitarian Theories	p. 21
Kantian Ethics	p. 28
Contemporary Challenges to the Dominant Theories	p. 33
Common Morality Theories	p. 34
Rights Theories	p. 35
Virtue Ethics	p. 38
Feminist Theories and the Ethics of Care	p. 39
A Prologue to Theories of Justice	p. 42
The Analysis of Cases
The Case Method in Law	p. 43
The Case Method in Business	p. 44
Using Ethical Theory for Case Analysis	p. 45
Corporate Responsibility	p. 49
Three Views on the Purpose of a Corporation	p. 49
Stakeholder Theory	p. 54
Theories of Corporate Responsibility
The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits	p. 55
The Responsibilities of Corporations and Their Owners	p. 60
The Moral Mission of Business	p. 65
Stakeholder Analysis
A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation: Kantian Capitalism	p. 75
Business Ethics and Stakeholder Analysis	p. 85
Legal Perspectives
Michigan Supreme Court, Dodge v. Ford Motor Company (1919)	p. 94
Supreme Court of New Jersey, A. P. Smith Manufacturing Co. v Barlow (1953)	p. 96
The Regulation of Business	p. 104
Self Regulation	p. 104
Government Regulation	p. 112
Self-Regulation
Business Codes and Economic Efficiency	p. 118
The Limits of Business Self-Regulation	p. 121
Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in Large Organizations: The Pinto Case	p. 130
Roger Boisjoly and the Challenger Disaster: The Ethical Dimensions	p. 137
Government Regulation
Regulation and Paternalism	p. 151
Criteria for Government Regulations	p. 158
Why The Law Can't Do It	p. 162
Legal Perspectives
Licensee Responsibility to Review Records Before Their Broadcast	p. 167
Supreme Court of the United States, American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor	p. 169
Acceptable Risk	p. 179
Nature and Types of Risk	p. 179
Product Safety and Risk to Consumers	p. 181
Protecting Investors against Financial Risk	p. 183
Worker Safety, Occupational Risk, and the Right to Know	p. 185
Risk to Health and the Environment	p. 187
Consumer Risk
The Ethics of Consumer Production	p. 189
Strict Products Liability and Compensatory Justice	p. 198
Occupational Risk
The Right to Risk Information and the Right to Refuse Workplace Hazards	p. 203
Risk to the Environment
Business Ethics and the International Trade in Hazardous Wastes	p. 210
Business and Environmental Ethics	p. 217
Investment Risk
The Individual Investor in Securities Markets: An Ethical Analysis	p. 223
Management Buyouts and Managerial Ethics	p. 230
Legal Perspectives
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. and Chrysler Corporation	p. 236
Supreme Court of the United States, Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc	p. 241
Supreme Court of New Jersey, State, Dept. of Environ. Protect. v. Ventron Corporation	p. 244
Rights and Obligations of Employers and Employees	p. 253
Status and Scope of Employee Rights	p. 253
Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy	p. 255
Whistleblowing and the Duty of Loyalty	p. 257
Trade Secrets and the Duty of Confidentiality	p. 259
Rights and Obligations in Hiring and Firing
Employment at Will and the Question of Employee Rights	p. 262
Baseline Questions in Legal Reasoning: The Example of Property in Jobs	p. 270
Drug Testing
Drug Testing in the Workplace: The Challenge to Employment Relations and Employment Law	p. 277
Drug Testing in Employment	p. 294
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibility	p. 305
Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty	p. 312
The Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act and the Conscientious Employee: The Potential for Federal Statutory Enforcement of the Public Policy Exception to Employment at Will	p. 317
Trade Secrets and the Duty of Confidentiality
Trade Secrets: What Price Loyalty	p. 323
Trade Secrets, Patents, and Morality	p. 332
Legal Perspectives
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Warthen v. Toms River Community Memorial Hospital	p. 338
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Potter v. Village Bank of New Jersey	p. 342
Superior Court of Alaska, Luedtke v. Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc.	p. 346
Superior Court of California, Futurecraft Corp. v. Clary Corp.	p. 355
Hiring, Firing, and Discriminating	p. 364
The Basis of Preferential Policies	p. 364
The Problem of Reverse Discrimination	p. 367
Comparable Worth	p. 369
The Problem of Sexual Harassment	p. 371
Affirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination
A Defense of Affirmative Action	p. 374
Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Results	p. 378
Goals and Quotas in Hiring and Promotion	p. 382
Pay Equity and Comparable Worth
Pay Equity: Equal Value to Whom?	p. 391
Comparable Worth and Wage Discrimination	p. 397
Comparable Pay for Comparable Work?	p. 400
Sexual Harassment
Dealing with Sexual Harassment in the Work Place	p. 412
Is Sexual Harassment Coercive?	p. 415
Legal Perspectives
Supreme Court of the United States, Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	p. 420
Supreme Court of the United States, City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Company	p. 426
Supreme Court of the United States, Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson Et al	p. 431
Gathering, Concealing, and Gilding Information	p. 442
Free Choice or Unfair Influence?	p. 443
Deception, Bluffing, and Strategic Disclosure	p. 445
Disclosing and Concealing Information in Sales	p. 447
Information Gathering	p. 448
Disclosing and Bluffing
Is Business Bluffing Ethical?	p. 449
Bluffing in Labor Negotiations: Legal and Ethical Issues	p. 455
Does It Pay to Bluff in Business?	p. 460
Suppressing Facts in Sales
A Moral Evaluation of Sales Practices	p. 462
Paternalism in the Marketplace: Should a Salesman Be His Buyer's Keeper?	p. 472
Truth and Deception in Advertising
Manipulative Advertising	p. 475
Advertising and the Social Conditions of Autonomy	p. 484
Competitor Intelligence Gathering
Corporate Policy and the Ethics of Competitor Intelligence Gathering	p. 489
Legal Perspectives
United States Court of Appeals, Irving A. Backman v. Polaroid Corporation	p. 497
Supreme Court of the United States, Federal Trade Commission v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. et al	p. 500
Ethical Issues in International Business	p. 511
Are There International Norms of Business Practice?	p. 511
Exporting Hazardous Substances	p. 514
The Regulation of International Business	p. 516
International Norms
The Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations	p. 519
Fundamental Rights and Multinational Duties	p. 532
Exporting Hazardous Material
Chemical Exports and the Age of Consent: The High Cost of International Export Control Proposals	p. 542
Regulating the International Trade in Hazardous Pesticides: Closing the Accountability Gap	p. 547
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Amendments of 1988: "Death" of a Law	p. 557
Transnational Corporate Codes
The Moral Authority of Transnational Corporate Codes	p. 564
Legal Perspectives
Supreme Court of Texas, Dow Chemical Company and Shell Oil Company v. Domingo Castro Alfaro et. al., No. C-7743	p. 576
OECD, The Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises	p. 582
Social and Economic Justice	p. 595
Theories of Distributive Justice	p. 595
The Egalitarian Theory	p. 597
Libertarian Theory	p. 599
Communitarian Theory	p. 600
Visions of Justice Beyond the Free Market	p. 601
Conclusion	p. 604
Theories of Social Justice
An Egalitarian Theory of Justice	p. 604
The Entitlement Theory	p. 612
Rich and Poor	p. 616
Spheres of Justice	p. 622
International Economic Justice
The Ethics of Conditionality in International Debt	p. 630
Justice Under Conditions of Industrial Migration
On Alternatives to Industrial Flight: The Moral Issues	p. 638
Legal Perspectives
Supreme Court of the United States, William M. Ferguson, Attorney General for the State of Kansas v. Frank C. Skrupa . . . Credit Advisors	p. 645
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