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Case Studies in Business, Society and Ethics

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ISBN-10: 0131193899

ISBN-13: 9780131193895

Edition: 3rd 1993

Authors: Thomas L. Beauchamp

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List price: $28.80
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.06" long
Weight: 0.660
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…    

Expanded Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Uses of Cases
The Employee
Workplace Safety and Employee Rights
Du Pont's Policy of Excluding Women From the Workplace
Peer Review at Shamrock-Diamond Corporation
Privacy and Employee Records
The Open Door at IBM
Whistle-Blowing
The DC-10's Defective Doors
The Reluctant Security Guard
Trade Secrets and Employee Loyalty
Venture Capital for Rubbernex
The Consumer, Customer, Client, and Competitor
Advertising
Putting the Squeeze on Citrus Hill Orange Juice
Marketing
KCRC's Program of Incentives for Advertisers
Removing Rely Tampons from the Market
Conflict of Interest
Lilly's Consultation with Hostile Corporations
Commissions on Sales at Brock Mason Brokerage
Sharp Competitive Practices
Seizure of the S.W. Parcel
The Environment
Human Health and Safety
Reserve Mining's Silver Bay Facility
Hooker Chemical and Love Canal
Animal Health and Safety
The Cosmetics Industry and the Draize Test
Pate at Iroquois Brands
Species and Wilderness Preservation
Acid Rain and the Uses of Coal
The Society
Community Responsibility
The NYSEG Corporate Responsibility Program
Health and Welfare of Consumers
Kellogg Cereals and Children's Television Advertising
Banning Cigarette Advertising
Social and Economic Justice
Marketing Infant Formula
H. B. Fuller/Honduras
Social Policy on Discrimination in Employment
McAleer v. ATandT
The Government
Regulation and the Legislative Process
The FCC's Fairness Doctrine
Manufacture and Regulation of Laetrile
Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility
Policies for Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
Cisco, The "Wine Fooler"
Benefits for Private Corporations and Citizens
AIDS and the Availability of AZT
The Ban on Insider Trading
An Accountant's Small-Time Insider Trading
The Multinational
The International Employee
John Higgins: An American Goes Native in Japan
Drug Testing at College International
The International Customer and Client
Confidentiality at Swiss Bank Corporation
Conflict of Interest
Consulting for Jones and Jones Pharmaceutical
Social and Governmental Relations
Italian Tax Mores
Polaroid In and Out of South Africa