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| Preface | |
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| Basic Principles | |
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| Ethics and Business | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Nature of Business Ethics | |
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| Moral Development and Moral Reasoning | |
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| Arguments for and Against Business Ethics | |
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| Moral Responsibility and Blame | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| Napster's Revolution | |
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| H. B. Fuller and the Street Children of Central America | |
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| Ethical Principles in Business | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Utilitarianism: Weighing Social Costs and Benefits | |
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| Rights and Duties | |
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| Justice and Fairness | |
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| The Ethics of Care | |
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| Integrating Utility, Rights, Justice, and Caring | |
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| An Alternative to Moral Principles: Virtue Ethics | |
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| Morality in International Contexts | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| Publius | |
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| Philip Morris' Troubles | |
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| Pepsi's Burma Connection | |
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| The Market and Business | |
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| The Business System | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Free Market and Rights: John Locke | |
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| The Utility of Free Markets: Adam Smith | |
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| Marxist Criticisms | |
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| Conclusion: The Mixed Economy | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| The Health Business | |
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| Accolade Versus Sega | |
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| Brian's Franchise | |
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| Ethics in the Marketplace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Perfect Competition | |
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| Monopoly Competition | |
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| Oligopolistic Competition | |
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| Oligopolies and Public Policy | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| Playing Monopoly: Microsoft | |
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| A Japanese Bribe | |
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| Business and Its External Exchanges--Ecology and Consumers | |
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| Ethics and the Environment | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Dimensions of Pollution and Resource Depletion | |
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| The Ethics of Pollution Control | |
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| The Ethics of Conserving Depletable Resources | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| Genetic Engineering at Monsanto/Pharmacia | |
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| The New Market Opportunity | |
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| The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Markets and Consumer Protection | |
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| The Contract View of Business' Duties to Consumers | |
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| The Due Care Theory | |
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| The Social Costs View of the Manufacturer's Duties | |
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| Advertising Ethics | |
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| Consumer Privacy | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| AIDS and Needles | |
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| Toy Wars | |
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| Business and Its Internal Constituencies--Employee Issues | |
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| The Ethics of Job Discrimination | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Job Discrimination: Its Nature | |
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| Discrimination: Its Extent | |
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| Discrimination: Utility, Rights, and Justice | |
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| Affirmative Action | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| Wage Differences at Robert Hall | |
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| Brian Weber | |
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| The Individual in the Organization | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Rational Organization | |
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| The Employee's Obligations to the Firm | |
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| The Firm's Duties to the Employee | |
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| The Political Organization | |
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| Employee Rights | |
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| Organizational Politics | |
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| The Caring Organization | |
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| Cases for Discussion | |
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| The Gap | |
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| Working for Eli Lilly and Company | |
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| Index | |