An Introduction to Business Ethics

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Contents
Chapter One: Why Study Ethics?
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme
		Discussion Questions
	1.1 Why Study Business Ethics?
	1.2 Values and Ethics: Doing Good and Doing Well
	1.3 The Nature and Goals of Business Ethics
	1.4 Business Ethics and the Law
	1.5 Ethics and Ethos
	1.6 Morality, Virtues, and Social Ethics
	1.7 Ethical Perspectives: Managers and Other Stakeholders
	1.8 A Model for Ethical Decision Making
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Two: Ethical Theory and Business
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: AIG Bonuses and Executive Salary Caps
		Discussion Questions
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Ethical Relativism and Reasoning in Ethics
	2.3 Modern Ethical Theory: Utilitarian Ethics
	2.4 Challenges to Utilitarianism
	2.5 Utilitarianism and Business Policy
	2.6 Deontological Ethics
	2.7 Virtue Ethics
	2.8 Summary and Review
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Three: Corporate Social Responsibility
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Walmart: Socially Responsible and Green?
		Discussion Questions
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 The Economic Model of Corporate Social Responsibility
	3.3 Critical Assessment of the Economic Model: The Utilitarian Defense
	3.4 Critical Assessment of the Economic Model: The Private Property Defense
	3.5 The Philanthropic Model of Corporate Social Responsibility
	3.6 Modifi ed Version of the Economic Model: The Moral Minimum
	3.7 The Stakeholder Model of Corporate Social Responsibility
	3.8 Strategic Model of Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability
	3.9 Summary and Review
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Four: Corporate Culture, Governance, and Ethical Leadership
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Is Steve Jobs Health a Private Matter?
		Discussion Questions
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 What is Corporate Culture?
	4.3 Culture and Ethics
	4.4 Ethical Leadership and Corporate Culture
	4.5 Effective Leadership and Ethical Leadership
	4.6 Building a Values-Based Corporate Culture
	4.7 Mandating and Enforcing Ethical Culture: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Five: The Meaning and Value of Work
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Social Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurs
		Discussion Questions
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 The Meanings of Work
	5.3 The Value of Work
	5.4 Conventional Views of Work
	5.5 The Human Fulfi llment Model
	5.6 The Liberal Model of Work
	5.7 Business’s Responsibility for Meaningful Work
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Six: Moral Rights in the Workplace
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Electronic Privacy at Work
		Discussion Questions
	6.1 Introduction: Employee Rights
	6.2 The Right to Work
	6.3 Employment at Will
	6.4 Due Process in the Workplace
	6.5 Participation Rights
	6.6 Employee Health and Safety
	6.7 Privacy in the Workplace
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Seven: Employee Responsibilities
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Confl icts of Interests in Subprime Mortgages and at Enron
		Discussion Questions
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 The Narrow View of Employee Responsibilities: Employees as Agents
	7.3 Professional Ethics and the Gatekeeper Function
	7.4 Managerial Responsibility and Confl icts of Interests
	7.5 Trust and Loyalty in the Workplace
	7.6 Responsibilities to Third Parties: Honesty, Whistle-blowing, and Insider Trading
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Eight: Marketing Ethics: Product Safety and Pricing
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Life Cycle Responsibility for Products
		Discussion Questions
	8.1 Introduction: Marketing and Ethics
	8.2 Ethical Issues in Marketing: An Overview
	8.3 Ethical Responsibility for Products: From Caveat Emptor to Negligence
	8.4 Strict Product Liability
	8.5 Ethics and Pricing
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Nine: Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Target Marketing
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Predatory Lending: Subprime Mortgages and Credit Cards
		Discussion Questions
	9.1 Introduction: Ethics of Sales, Advertising, and Product Placement
	9.2 Regulating Deceptive and Unfair Sales and Advertising
	9.3 Marketing Ethics and Consumer Autonomy
	9.4 Targeting the Vulnerable: Marketing and Sales
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Ten: Business’s Environmental Responsibilities
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Sustainable Business
		Discussion Questions
	10.1 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Environment
	10.2 Business’s Responsibility as Environmental Regulation
	10.3 Business Ethics and Sustainable Economics
	10.4 Business Ethics in the Age of Sustainable Development
	10.5 The “Business Case” for Sustainability
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Eleven: Diversity and Discrimination
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Reverse Discrimination?
		Discussion Questions
	11.1 Introduction: Diversity and Equality
	11.2 Discrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Affi rmative Action
	11.3 Preferential Treatment in Employment
	11.4 Arguments Against Preferential Hiring
	11.5 Arguments in Support of Preferential Hiring
	11.6 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
Chapter Twelve: International Business and Globalization
	Learning Objectives
	Discussion Case: Google and Doing Business in China
		Discussion Questions
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 Ethical Relativism and Cross-Cultural Values
	12.3 Cross-Cultural Values and International Rights
	12.4 Globalization and International Business
	12.5 Globalization and the Poor
	12.6 “Race to the Bottom”
	12.7 Democracy, Cultural Integrity, and Human Rights
		Refl ections on the Chapter Discussion Case
		Chapter Review Questions
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Index