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Business Ethics A Textbook with Cases

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ISBN-10: 1133943071

ISBN-13: 9781133943075

Edition: 8th 2014

Authors: William H. Shaw

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BUSINESS ETHICS, Eighth Edition guides you through the process of thinking deeply about important moral issues that frequently arise in business situations, and also helps you develop the reasoning and analytical skills to resolve those issues if and when you might face them. Combining insightful and accessible textbook chapters by the author with cases that highlight the real-world importance of key ethical concepts, this book provides a comprehensive, flexible, and pedagogically proven course of study that explores the intersections of commerce and ethics. Shaw's uniquely thorough and practical guide brings clarity to such critical topics as the nature of morality, individual integrity…    
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Book details

List price: $165.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Preface
Moral Philosophy and Business
The Nature of Morality
Ethics
Moral versus Nonmoral Standards
Religion and Morality
Ethical Relativism
Having Moral Principles
Morality and Personal Values
Individual Integrity and Responsibility
Moral Reasoning
Study Corner
Made in the U.S.A.-Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq…
Just Drop Off the Key, Lee
The A7D Affair
Normative Theories of Ethics
Consequentialist and Nonconsequentialist Theories
Egoism
Utilitarianism
Kant's Ethics
Other Nonconsequentialist Perspectives
Utilitarianism Once More
Moral Decision Making: A Practical Approach
Study Corner
Hacking into Harvard
The Ford Pinto
Blood for Sale
Justice and Economic Distribution
The Nature of Justice
The Utilitarian View
The Libertarian Approach
Rawls's Theory of Justice
Study Corner
Eminent Domain
Battling over Bottled Water
Poverty in America
American Business and its Basis
The Nature of Capitalism
Capitalism
Key Features of Capitalism
Two Arguments for Capitalism
Criticisms of Capitalism
Today's Economic Challenges
Study Corner
Hucksters in the Classroom
Licensing and Laissez Faire
One Nation under Walmart
A New Work Ethic?
Casino Gambling on Wall Street
Corporations
The Limited-Liability Company
Corporate Moral Agency
Rival Views of Corporate Responsibility
Debating Corporate Responsibility
Institutionalizing Ethics within Corporations
Study Comer
Yahoo! in China
Drug Dilemmas
Levi Strauss at Home and Abroad
Free Speech or False Advertising?
Charity to Scouts?
Business and Society
Consumers
Product Safety
Other Areas of Business Responsibility
Deception and Unfairness in Advertising
The Debate over Advertising
Study Corner
Breast Implants
Hot Coffee at McDonald's
Sniffing Glue Could Snuff Profits
Closing the Deal
The Rise and Fall of Four Loko
The Environment
Business and Ecology
The Ethics of Environmental Protection
Achieving Our Environmental Goals
Delving Deeper into Environmental Ethics
Study Corner
Hazardous'Homes in Herculaneum
Poverty and Pollution
The Fordasaurus
The Fight over the Redwoods
Palm Oil and Its Problems
The Organization and the People In It
The Workplace (1): Basic Issues
Civil Liberties in the Workplace
Hiring
Promotions
Discipline and Discharge
Wages
Labor Unions
Study Corner
AIDS in the Workplace
Web Porn at Work
Speaking Out about Malt
Have Gun, Will Travel … to Work
Union Discrimination
The Workplace (2): Today's Challenges
Organizational Influence in Private Lives
Testing and Monitoring
Working Conditions
Redesigning Work
Study Corner
Unprofessional Conduct?
Testing for Honesty
She Snoops to Conquer
Protecting the Unborn at Work
Swedish Daddies
Moral Choices Facing Employees
Obligations to the Firm
Abuse of Official Position
Bribes and Kickbacks
Gifts and Entertainment
Conflicting Obligations
Whistle-Blowing
Self-Interest and Moral Obligation
Study Corner
Changing Jobs and Changing Loyalties
Conflicting Perspectives on Conflicts of Interest
Inside Traders or Astute Observers?
The Housing Allowance
Ethically Dubious Conduct
Job Discrimination
The Meaning of Job Discrimination
Evidence of Discrimination
Affirmative Action: The Legal Context
Affirmative Action: The Moral Issues
Comparable Worth
Sexual Harassment
Study Corner
Minority Set-Asides
Hoop Dreams
Raising the Ante
Consenting to Sexual Harassment
Facial Discrimination
Suggestions for Further Reading
Notes
Index