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Business Ethics : Case Studies and Selected Readings

ISBN: 9780324004045 | 0324004044
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Pub. Date: 8/20/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text provides real-life examples of ethical dilemmas, poor ethical choices, and wise ethical decisions from the newspapers, business journals and the author's experiences as a consultant and board member. This text not only assists in fulfilling the AACSB's curriculum requirement but exposes students to a critical issue---the strong sense of values that is essential to principled and successful leadership in the business world.
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PREFACExiii(4)
INTRODUCTIONxvii
UNIT I FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS1(54)
Reading 1.1: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits by Milton Friedman
3(5)
Reading 1.2: The Ethics of Responsibility by Peter Drucker
8(6)
Reading 1.3: Is Business Bluffing Ethical? by Albert Z. Carr
14(14)
Reading 1.4: The Parable of the Sadhy by Bowen H. McCoy
28(6)
Reading 1.5: Ethics Without the Sermon by Laura L. Nash
34(11)
Reading 1.6: What's the Matter with Business Ethics? by Andrew Stark
45(10)
UNIT II: INDIVIDUAL VALUES AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION55(24)
SECTION A: EMPLOYEE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
56(6)
Case 2.1: Commodities, Conflicts and Clintons
56(2)
Case 2.2: The City Council Employee
58(1)
Case 2.3: Conflicts of Interest in Referrals
59(1)
Case 2.4: Barbara Walters and her Andrew Lloyed Webber Conflict
60(1)
Case 2.5: The Loan Officer and the Debtors
61(1)
SECTION B: INAPROPRIATE GIFTS
62(5)
Case 2.6: The Secretary of Agriculture, Chicken Processors and Football, Skybox Seats
62(3)
Case 2.7: The Purchasing Agents' Wonder World Trip
65(2)
SECTION C: SECURITY OF COMPANY RECORDS
67(4)
Case 2.8: The Sale of Sand of the Saudis
67(1)
Case 2.9: The Compliance Officer Who Strayed
68(1)
Case 2.10: Espionage and Job-Hopping
69(2)
SECTION D: PERSONAL HONESTY
71(8)
Case 2.11: The Rigged Election
71(1)
Case 2.12: Puffing in the Resume
72(1)
Case 2.13: The Glowing Recommendation
73(1)
Case 2.14: The Unofficial Government Contract and the Account Sale
74(1)
Case 2.15: Radar Detectors and the Law
74(1)
Case 2.16: The Ethics of Looking Busy
75(1)
Case 2.17: The Employment Application Lie That Haunts the Applicant
76(1)
Case 2.18: Travel Expenses: A Chance for Extra Income
76(1)
Case 2.19: Do Cheaters Prosper?
77(2)
UNIT III: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION79(60)
SECTION A: CORPORATE DUE PROCESS
80(3)
Case 3.1: Ann Hopkins, Price Waterhouse, and the Partnership
80(3)
SECTION B: EMPLOYEE SCREENING
83(4)
Case 3.2: Handwriting Analysis and Employment
83(2)
Case 3.3: Health and Genetic Screening
85(2)
SECTION C: EMPLOYEE PRIVACY
87(6)
Case 3.4: The Smoking Prohibition
87(1)
Case 3.5: DUI and Deliveries
88(1)
Case 3.6: Corporate Anthropology: Is the Boss Spying Via Technology?
89(3)
Case 3.7: The Athlete Role Model
92(1)
SECTION D: SEXUAL HARASSMENT
93(6)
Reading 3.8: A Matter of Definition by Anita Hill
93(2)
Reading 3.9: Feminists and the Clinton Question by Gloria Steinhem
95(2)
Case 3.10: Seinfeld in the Workplace
97(1)
Case 3.11: Hooters: More Than a Waitress?
97(2)
SECTION E: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
99(14)
Case 3.12: On-the-Job Fetal Injuries
99(2)
Case 3.13: Denny's: Discriminatory Service With a Smile
101(1)
Case 3.14: Texaco: The Jelly Bean Diversity Fiasco
102(8)
Reading 3.15: A Texaco Chairman Who Believed in the N.Y. Times by Paul Craig Roberts
110(2)
Case 3.16: Hunter Tylo: Pregnancy is Not a BFOQ
112(1)
SECTION F: EMPLOYMENT AT WILL
113(3)
Case 3.17: Rudy Granser: From Chief Chef to Bottlewasher
113(1)
Case 3.18: The Dilemmas in Job Hopping
114(2)
SECTION G: WHISTLE-BLOWING
116(16)
Case 3.19: Beech-Nut and the No-Apple-Juice Apple Juice
116(2)
Case 3.20: New Era--If It Sounds Too Good to Be, True, It is Too Good to Be True
118(2)
Case 3.21: Dow Corning and the Silicone Implants: Questions of Safety and Disclosure
120(9)
Case 3.22: The Changing Time Cards
129(3)
SECTION H: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
132(7)
Case 3.23: The Extension of Benefits to Partners of Homosexual Employees
132(1)
Case 3.24: Cheap Labor: Children, Sweat Shops and the Fifty-Hour Work Week
133(6)
UNIT IV: BUSINESS OPERATIONS139(52)
SECTION A: FINANCIAL AND CASH MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES
140(19)
Case 4.1: BCCI and the Role of Internal Auditors
140(2)
Case 4.2: Medical Billing Errors and Practices
142(1)
Case 4.3: Creative Billing
143(1)
Case 4.4: MiniScribe and the Auditors
144(2)
Case 4.5: Phar-Mor Earnings
146(2)
Case 4.6: The Ethics of Derivatives
148(4)
Case 4.7: Overstated Earnings: Bausch & Lomb
152(1)
Case 4.8: The Inside Scoop--Trading Stock on Inside Information
153(2)
Case 4.9: The Inside Tract: Dan Dorfman
155(1)
Case 4.10: The Ethics of Bankruptcy
156(3)
SECTION B: CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CORPORATION'S ETHICAL CODE AND BUSINESS PRACTICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
159(3)
4.12: Product Dumping
159(1)
Case 4.13: The Taboo of Women in Management
160(2)
SECTION C: UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN OFFICIALS
162(3)
Case 4.14: The Adoption Agency and Senior Jose's Fees
162(1)
Case 4.15: Facilities or Bribery: Cultural and Ethical Disparities
163(2)
SECTION D: WORKPLACE SAFETY
165(9)
Case 4.16: Electromagnetic Fields: Exposure for Workers and Customers
165(7)
Case 4.17: Domino's Pizza Delivers
172(2)
SECTION E: PLANT CLOSURES AND DOWNSIZING
174(7)
Case 4.18: The Generics of Downsizing
174(3)
Case 4.19: The Closure of the Stroh's Plant upon Merger
177(1)
Case 4.20: GM Plant Closings and Efforts at Outplacement
178(1)
Case 4.21: Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills
179(1)
SECTION F: ENVIRONEMENTAL ISSUES
181(7)
Case 4.22: Herman Miller and Its Rain Forest Chairs
181(2)
Case 4.23: Green Marketing as a Business Bluff
183(1)
Case 4.24: Exxon and Alaska
183(3)
Case 4.25: The Death of the Great Disposable Diaper Debate
186(2)
SECTION G: PURCHASING: CONFLICTS AND BRIBERY
188(3)
Case 4.26: J.C. Penney and Its Wealthy Buyer
188(1)
Case 4.27: Cars for Cars: Honda Executives' Allocation System
189(2)
UNIT V: BUSINESS AND ITS COMPETITION191(30)
SECTION A: ADVERTISING CONTENT
192(12)
Case 5.1: Joe Camel: The Cartoon Character Who Sold Cigarettes and Nearly Felled an Industry
192(4)
Case 5.2: The Sexist Beer Ads
196(1)
Case 5.3: Alcohol Advertising: The College Focus
197(1)
Case 5.4: The Obligation to Screen? The Obligation to Reject?--Soldier of Fortune Classifieds
198(3)
Case 5.5: Aggressive Marketing of Prescription Drugs: Forms of Direct Sales
201(3)
SECTION B: APPROPRIATION OF OTHERS' IDEAS
204(4)
Case 5.6: Ragu Thick and Zesty
204(1)
Case 5.7: The Little Intermittent Windshield Wiper and its Little Inventor
205(1)
Case 5.8: V-A-N-N-A: It Belongs to Me
206(1)
Case 5.9: Unhappy Cameras and Copyrights
206(2)
SECTION C: PRODUCT PRICING
208(7)
Case 5.10: Caterers and the Duplication of Overhead Recovery
208(1)
Case 5.11: Pharmaceuticals: Ethical Pricing of Life-Saving Cures
209(1)
Case 5.12: Salomon Brothers and Bond Pricing
210(3)
Case 5.13: Archer Daniels Midland: A Giant in Grain
213(2)
SECTION D: COMPETITORS, THE PLAYING FIELDS AND COMPETITION
215(6)
Case 5.14: Slotting: Facilitation, Costs or Bribery
215(4)
Case 5.15: Mr. Gates: Genius and Fierce Competitor
219(2)
UNIT VI: BUSINESS AND ITS PRODUCTS221(44)
SECTION A: CONTRACT RELATIONS
222(16)
Case 6.1: Intel and Pentium: What To Do When the Chips are Down
222(3)
Case 6.2: Hidden Car Rental Fees
225(2)
Case 6.3: Thinning Diet Industry
227(3)
Case 6.4: The Sure Sale of the Paper Bags
230(1)
Case 6.5: The Cluttered Apple Powder
231(1)
Case 6.6: Sears and High-Cost Auto Repairs
232(4)
Case 6.7: Magazine Contests: The Disclosure of Odds
236(2)
SECTION B: PRODUCT SAFETY
238(21)
Case 6.8: Tylenol: The Product Safety
238(1)
Case 6.9: Ford and Its Pinto
239(8)
Case 6.10: A Toy to Die For
247(1)
Case 6.11: The Tobacco Industry
248(5)
Case 6.12: ATVs: Danger on Wheels
253(4)
Case 6.13: Tylenol: The Product Rescue
257(2)
SECTION C: PRODUCT QUALITY
259(3)
Case 6.14: Preventable Potholes
259(1)
Case 6.15: Generic Consulting
260(2)
SECTION D: CUSTOMER PRIVACY
262(3)
Case 6.16: Credit Card and Buying Privacy
262(3)
UNIT VII: BUSINESS AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS265(30)
SECTION A: SHAREHOLDERS' INTERESTS
266(8)
Case 7.1: Ice-T, The Body Count Album and Shareholder Uprisings
266(4)
Case 7.2: Compensation-Fueled Dishonesty: Fraud to Get Results
270(4)
SECTION B: EXECUTIVE SALARIES
274(4)
Case 7.3: Levels of Executive Compensation: How Much Should the Boss Make?
274(4)
SECTION C: CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS
278(5)
Case 7.4: The Boy Scouts of America, U.S. West and Gay Rights
278(2)
Case 7.5: Dayton-Hudson and Its Contributions to Planned Parenthood
280(1)
Case 7.6: Giving and Spending the United Way
281(2)
SECTION D: SOCIAL ISSUES
283(8)
Case 7.7: The Chicago Inner-City School Experiments
283(1)
Case 7.8: The Rock Music Warning Labels
284(2)
Case 7.9: The Mommy Doll
286(1)
Case 7.10: The Toys Parents and Teachers Hate
286(1)
Case 7.11: Beavis, Butt-head and MTV
287(1)
Case 7.12: Shock Jock: Howard Stern
288(1)
Case 7.13: Retailers and Weapons: Self-Imposed Bans
288(1)
Case 7.14: "It May Be Immoral, But Not Illegal. The Bottom Line is Money."
289(2)
SECTION E: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND RELATIONS
291(4)
Case 7.15: E. Coli, Jack-in-the-Box and Cooking Temperatures
291(1)
Case 7.16: "Dateline NBC": Pick Up GM From the GM Pickup Story
292(3)
UNIT VIII: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT295
SECTION A: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
296(4)
Case 8.1: A Club in My Name
296(1)
Case 8.2: The Fireman and His Family
297(1)
Case 8.3: The Censured and Resigning Council Member
297(2)
Case 8.4: IRS Employees and Sensitive Data
299(1)
SECTION B: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
300(6)
Case 8.5: Stanford University and Government Overhead Payments
300(2)
Case 8.6: The Degrees-for-Grants Program
302(2)
Case 8.7: Casino Leases and the Country Supervisor
304(1)
Case 8.8: Bids, Employees and Conflicts
304(2)
SECTION C: GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
306
Case 8.9: Orange Country: Derivative Capital of the United States
306(1)
Case 8.10: Cars and Conflicts
307
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