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Business Ethics A Teaching and Learning

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ISBN-10: 0131930079

ISBN-13: 9780131930070

Edition: 6th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Manuel G. Velasquez

List price: $104.80
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This book provides readers with a clear, straightforward writing style, an abundance of examples, detailed real-life cases, and current data and statistics. It aims to 1) introduce ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business, 2) develop the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions, 3) identify moral issues specific to business, and 4) examine the social and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise.Chapter topics cover ethics and business, ethical principles in business, the business system, ethics in the marketplace, ethics and the environment, the ethics of consumer production and marketing,…    
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Book details

List price: $104.80
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/15/2005
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 448
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Basic Principles
Chapter 1
Business Ethics and Its Issues
Morality Ethics
Business Ethics
Globalization, Multinationals, and Business Ethics
Business Ethics and Cultural Differences on the edge: Business Ethics in Saudi Culture Technology and Ethics
Moral Development and Moral Reasoning
Moral Development on the edge: WorldCom's Whistleblower
Moral Reasoning
Analyzing Moral Reasoning
Arguments for and Against
Business Ethics
Three Objections to Bringing Ethics into Business
The Case for Ethics in Business
Moral Responsibility and Blame on the edge: Was National Semiconductor Morally Responsible?
Corporate Responsibility on the edge: Gun Manufacturers and Responsibility
Subordinatesrsquo; Responsibility
Cases for Discussion
hild Slavery in the Chocolate Industry
Enron's Fall [ABC Video CDROM] Web Resources
Ethical Principles in Business Introduction
Utilitarianism: Weighing Social Costs and Benefits
Traditional Utilitarianism Measurement Problems
Utilitarian Replies to Measurement
Objections Problems with Rights and Justice
Utilitarian Replies to Objections on Rights and Justice
Rights and Duties on the edge: Working for Eli Lilly & Company
The Concept of a Right
Negative and Positive Rights
Contractual Rights and Duties
A Basis for Moral Rights: Kant
The First Formulation of Kantrsquo;s Categorical Imperative
The Second Formulation of Kantrsquo;s Categorical Imperative Problems with Kant
The Libertarian Objection: Nozick on the edge: Conflict Diamonds
Justice and Fairness
Distributive Justice
Justice as Equality: Egalitarianism Justice
Based on Contribution: Capitalist Justice
Justice Based on Needs and Abilities: Socialism on the edge: ExxonMobil, Amerada Hess, and Marathon Oil in Equatorial Guinea
Justice as Freedom: Libertarianism Justice as Fairness: Rawls Retributive Justice
Compensatory Justice
The Ethics of Care Partiality and Care Objections to Care
Integrating Utility, Rights, Justice, and Caring
An Alternative to Moral Principles: Virtue Ethics
The Nature of Virtue
The Moral Virtues
Virtues, Actions, and Institutions
Virtues and Principles
Morality in International Contexts
Cases for Discussion Publius
Unocal in Burma [ABC Video CDROM]
Web Resources
The Market and Business
The Business System: Government, Markets, and International Trade
Introduction Economic Systems
Free Markets and Rights: John Locke Criticisms of Lockean Rights
Free Markets and Utility: Adam Smith Criticisms of Adam Smith
The Keynesian Criticism
The Utility of Survival of the Fittest: Social Darwinism
Free Trade and Utility: David Ricardo
Criticisms of Ricardo
Marx and Justice: Criticizing Markets and Trade
Alienation on the edge: Napsterrsquo;s, Grokster