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| Introduction | |
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| Goals of This Book | |
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| The Tasks of Managers | |
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| Outline of Book: Part I-Ethical Theory | |
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| Outline of Book: Part II-Applied Business Ethics | |
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| Ethical Theory | |
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| What is Philosophy? | |
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| Philosophy as a Field of Knowledge | |
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| Philosophy and Religion | |
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| Clear Thinking and Proper Naming | |
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| Induction and Deduction: The Methods of Philosophy | |
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| The Branches of Philosophy | |
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| Philosophy and Business | |
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| What is Ethics? | |
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| Sources of Ethics | |
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| Ethics and the Law | |
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| Ethics and Managers | |
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| Utilitarianism | |
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| The Greatest Happiness or Greatest Good | |
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| Results Orientation | |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Two Important Criticisms | |
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| An Ethic Based on Prediction | |
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| Usefulness of Utilitarianism | |
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| Rights and Duties | |
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| Definitions of Rights and Duties | |
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| Sources of Rights and Duties | |
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| Kant's Duty-Based Approach | |
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| General Observations | |
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| Fairness and Justice | |
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| Fairness in Daily Life | |
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| Meanings of Fairness | |
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| John Rawls on Justice as Fairness | |
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| Procedural and Distributive Justice | |
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| Similarly Situated Individuals and Similar Treatment | |
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| Evaluating Managerial Fairness | |
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| Applied Business Ethics | |
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| Ethical Analysis of Employment Issues | |
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| The Hiring Process | |
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| Affirmative Action and Diversity | |
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| Utilitarian Analysis | |
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| Rights and Duties Analysis | |
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| Fairness and Justice Analysis | |
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| Special Cases: Promotion | |
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| Special Cases: Equally Qualified Candidates | |
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| Performance Appraisal and Compensation | |
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| Various Approaches to Compensation | |
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| Merit-Based Compensation Decisions and Performance Appraisal | |
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| Lying and Truth-Telling in Performance Appraisal | |
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| Utilitarian Analysis | |
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| Rights and Duties Analysis | |
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| Fairness and Justice Analysis | |
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| Compensation of Senior Executives | |
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| Terminations | |
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| Limits on Termination | |
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| Employees at Will | |
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| Terminations for Unsatisfactory Performance | |
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| Layoffs | |
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| Privacy: Applicants and Employees | |
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| Meanings of Privacy | |
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| Categories of Privacy | |
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| Drug testing | |
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| Employee Monitoring | |
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| Email and Internet Monitoring | |
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| Accounting and Financial Reporting | |
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| The Importance of Financial Reporting | |
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| Senior Managers and Financial Reporting | |
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| Non-Accounting Managers and Financial Reporting | |
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| Non-Accounting Managers and Fraudulent Financial Reporting | |
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| Ethical Managers and Ethical Organizations | |
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| Ethical Managers | |
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| Ethical Organizations | |
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| Organizational Culture | |
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| Changing or Impacting a Company's Culture | |
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| Policy-Making and Culture | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |