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| Preface | |
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| The Role of Business in a Free Democracy | |
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| Two Democratic Traditions | |
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| Foundations of Capitalism | |
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| Two Conceptions of Democracy | |
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| The Rights and Social Responsibilities of Business | |
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| The Moral Rights of Businesses | |
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| A Proposal for Justifying Inequalities in Free Democracies | |
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| Determining Ethical Obligations: Some Major Approaches | |
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| Ethical Obligation and Legal Requirements | |
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| The Constituencies of Ethical Business | |
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| The Scope of Ownership Rights | |
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| The Interests of Stockholders | |
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| The Multiple-Constituency View of the Corporation | |
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| Constituents as "Stakeholders" | |
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| A Framework for Making Ethical Decisions | |
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| Common-sense Ethical Principles | |
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| A Five-step Model for Making Difficult Ethical Decisions | |
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| Ethical Business, Environmental Responsibility, and Sustainability | |
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| The Value of the Environment | |
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| The Ethical Importance of Future Generations | |
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| The Ideal of Sustainability | |
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| Marketing: Product, Target, and Image | |
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| Some Major Dimensions of Marketing Ethics | |
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| Five Types of Ethical Problems in Marketing | |
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| Insincerity, Deception, and Manipulation in Marketing | |
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| Advertising and the Limits of Persuasive Representation | |
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| The Ethics of Creating Desire | |
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| The Interdependence of Marketing and Manufacturing Decisions | |
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| Advertising and the Human Image | |
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| The Ethics of Financial Representation | |
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| The Centrality of Accounting in Capitalist Democracies | |
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| The Public Representation of Financial Positions | |
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| Judgment, Clarity, and Conflicts of Interest in Accounting | |
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| Part 2 | |
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| Hiring Policies and Compensation Standards | |
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| Preferential Hiring and Affirmative Action | |
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| Rationales for Affirmative Action | |
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| Promotion and Remuneration | |
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| Qualifications and Merit | |
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| Executive Compensation | |
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| An Approach to Fairness in CEO Compensation | |
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| Conditions of Employment and Codes of Ethics | |
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| Safety, Risk, and Informed Consent | |
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| Whistleblowing Healthcare Obligations and Responsibilities | |
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| Privacy in Employment | |
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| Private Lives and the Movable Workplace | |
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| Company Codes and Mission Statements | |
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| Religion in the Workplace | |
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| Church-state Separation as a Starting Point in Employment | |
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| Some Applications to Managerial Policy Questions | |
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| Religion in Large Public Companies | |
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| Demonstrative Affiliation in Employment | |
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| Managerial Leadership and Corporate Culture | |
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| Corporate Culture, Ethos, and Ethics | |
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| Managerial Hierarchy and its Limitations | |
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| Leadership Versus Power | |
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| Ethical Leadership and Leadership in Ethics | |
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| Meaningful Work and the Creation of Value | |
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| Ethical Problems of Global Business | |
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| International Trade and Cross-Cultural Standards | |
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| Intercultural Understanding | |
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| Child Labor | |
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| Gift-giving in Business | |
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| Gift-giving Versus Bribery | |
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| Nationality, International Business Ethics, and Cosmopolitanism | |
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| Outsourcing | |
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| Cultural Adaptation, Relativity, and Standards of Negotiation | |
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| The Relation between Ethics and Law | |
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| Ethics and Law in International Business | |
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| Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Porous Borders | |
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| Cosmopolitanism and International Cooperation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Sixteen Brief Case Scenarios | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |