Cengage Advantage Books: Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 12
PART 1 Moral Philosophy and Business......Page 16
1 The Nature of Morality......Page 18
Ethics......Page 22
Moral Versus Nonmoral Standards......Page 24
Religion and Morality......Page 30
Ethical Relativism......Page 32
Having Moral Principles......Page 35
Morality and Personal Values......Page 39
Individual Integrity and Responsibility......Page 40
Moral Reasoning......Page 44
Study Corner......Page 51
CASE 1.1 Made in the U.S.A.—Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq…......Page 52
CASE 1.2 The A7D Affair......Page 55
2 Normative Theories of Ethics......Page 60
Egoism......Page 64
Utilitarianism......Page 68
Kant's Ethics......Page 75
Other Nonconsequentialist Perspectives......Page 82
Utilitarianism Once More......Page 88
Moral Decision Making: Toward a Synthesis......Page 91
CASE 2.1 Hacking into Harvard......Page 94
CASE 2.2 The Ford Pinto......Page 97
CASE 2.3 Blood for Sale......Page 101
3 Justice and Economic Distribution......Page 104
The Nature of Justice......Page 110
The Utilitarian View......Page 113
The Libertarian Approach......Page 117
Rawls's Theory of Justice......Page 124
Study Corner......Page 133
CASE 3.1 Eminent Domain......Page 134
CASE 3.2 Battling over Bottled Water......Page 136
CASE 3.3 Poverty in America......Page 138
PART 2 American Business and Its Basis......Page 142
4 The Nature of Capitalism......Page 144
Capitalism......Page 147
Key Features of Capitalism......Page 150
Moral Justifications of Capitalism......Page 153
Criticisms of Capitalism......Page 156
Today's Economic Challenges......Page 165
Study Corner......Page 171
CASE 4.1 Licensing and Laissez Faire......Page 172
CASE 4.2 An Internet Parasite......Page 175
CASE 4.3 One Nation Under Wal-Mart......Page 177
Case 4.4 A New Work Ethic?......Page 179
5 Corporations......Page 182
The Limited-liability Company......Page 185
Corporate Moral Agency......Page 187
Rival Views of Corporate Responsibility......Page 192
Debating Corporate Responsibility......Page 199
Institutionalizing Ethics Within Corporations......Page 204
Study Corner......Page 210
CASE 5.1 Yahoo in China......Page 211
CASE 5.2 Levi Strauss at Home and Abroad......Page 213
CASE 5.3 Free Speech or False Advertising?......Page 218
CASE 5.4 Charity to Scouts?......Page 219
PART 3 Business and Society......Page 222
6 Consumers......Page 224
Product Safety......Page 228
Other Areas of Business Responsibility......Page 240
Deception and Unfairness in Advertising......Page 249
The Debate Over Advertising......Page 260
Study Corner......Page 264
CASE 6.1 Breast Implants......Page 265
CASE 6.2 Hot Coffee at Mcdonald's......Page 267
CASE 6.3 Sniffing Glue Could Snuff Profits......Page 269
CASE 6.4 Drug Dilemmas......Page 270
7 The Environment......Page 274
Business and Ecology......Page 279
The Ethics of Environmental Protection......Page 283
Achieving Our Environmental Goals......Page 289
Delving Deeper Into Environmental Ethics......Page 294
Study Corner......Page 302
CASE 7.1 Hazardous Homes in Herculaneum......Page 303
CASE 7.2 Poverty and Pollution......Page 305
CASE 7.3 The Fordasaurus......Page 307
CASE 7.4 The Fight over the Redwoods......Page 309
PART 4 The Organization and the People in It......Page 314
8 The Workplace (1): Basic Issues......Page 316
Civil Liberties in the Workplace......Page 319
Hiring......Page 324
Promotions......Page 331
Discipline and Discharge......Page 333
Wages......Page 336
Labor Unions......Page 340
Study Corner......Page 348
CASE 8.1 AIDS in the Workplace......Page 349
CASE 8.2 Web Porn at Work......Page 351
CASE 8.3 Speaking Out about Malt......Page 352
CASE 8.4 Old Smoke......Page 354
CASE 8.5 Have Gun, Will Travel… to Work......Page 355
9 The Workplace (2): Today's Challenges......Page 358
Organizational Influence in Private Lives......Page 361
Obtaining Information......Page 366
Working Conditions......Page 373
Redesigning Work......Page 382
Study Corner......Page 386
CASE 9.1 Unprofessional Conduct?......Page 387
CASE 9.2 Testing for Honesty......Page 388
CASE 9.3 She Snoops to Conquer......Page 391
CASE 9.4 Protecting the Unborn at Work......Page 392
CASE 9.5 The Mommy Track......Page 395
10 Moral Choices Facing Employees......Page 398
Obligations to the Firm......Page 401
Abuse of Official Position......Page 405
Bribes and Kickbacks......Page 410
Gifts and Entertainment......Page 414
Conflicting Obligations......Page 417
Whistle-Blowing......Page 419
Self-Interest and Moral Obligation......Page 424
CASE 10.1 Changing Jobs and Changing Loyalties......Page 428
CASE 10.2 Two Who Made Waves for the Navy......Page 429
Case 10.3 The Housing Allowance......Page 432
Case 10.4 Ethically Dubious Conduct......Page 434
11 Job Discrimination......Page 436
The Meaning of Job Discrimination......Page 440
Evidence of Discrimination......Page 442
Affirmative Action: The Legal Context......Page 447
Affirmative Action: The Moral Issues......Page 452
Comparable Worth......Page 455
Sexual Harassment......Page 457
CASE 11.1 Minority Set-Asides......Page 462
CASE 11.2 Hoop Dreams......Page 465
CASE 11.3 Consenting to Sexual Harassment......Page 466
CASE 11.4 Facial Discrimination......Page 468
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING......Page 470
NOTES......Page 475
INDEX......Page 498