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Discusses the nature and significance of ethical standards and identifies four kinds of moral principles for resolving ethical dilemmas in business. Covers the ethics of markets & prices, environmental, consumer and employee issues. Paper. DLC: Business ethics.

PREFACE

PART ONE: Basic Principles

(164)

1 Ethics and Business

(65)

INTRODUCTION

(5)

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1.1 THE NATURE OF BUSINESS ETHICS

(17)

1.2 MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORAL REASONING

(11)

1.3 ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST BUSINESS ETHICS

(8)

1.4 MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BLAME

(15)

Cases for Discussion

(9)

H. B. Fuller and the Street Children of Central America

(5)

Domino's Delivers

(4)

2 Ethical Principles in Business

(98)

INTRODUCTION

(3)

2.1 UTILITARIANISM: WEIGHING SOCIAL COSTS AND BENEFITS

(15)

2.2 RIGHTS

(17)

A BASIS FOR MORAL RIGHTS: KANT

(7)

THE LIBERTARIAN OBJECTION: NOZICK

100

(2)

2.3 JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS

102

(18)

2.4 THE ETHICS OF CARE

120

(7)

2.5 INTEGRATING UTILITY, RIGHTS, JUSTICE, AND CARING

127

(3)

2.6 AN ALTERNATIVE TO MORAL PRINCIPLES: VIRTUE ETHICS

130

(9)

2.7 MORALITY IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

139

(14)

Cases for Discussion

153

(12)

Philip Morris's Troubles

153

(6)

Pepsi's Burma Connection

159

(6)

PART TWO: The Market and Business

165

(84)

3 The Business System

166

(41)

INTRODUCTION

166

(5)

3.1 FREE MARKET AND RIGHTS: JOHN LOCKE

171

(7)

3.2 THE UTILITY OF FREE MARKETS: ADAM SMITH

178

(7)

3.3 MARXIST CRITICISMS

185

(7)

3.4 CONCLUSION: THE MIXED ECONOMY

192

(8)

Cases for Discussion

200

(7)

The Health Business

200

(4)

Brian's Franchise

204

(3)

4 Ethics in the Marketplace

207

(42)

INTRODUCTION

207

(1)

4.1 PERFECT COMPETITION

208

(12)

4.2 MONOPOLY COMPETITION

220

(4)

4.3 OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION

224

(8)

4.4 OLIGOPOLIES AND PUBLIC POLICY

232

(6)

Cases for Discussion

238

(11)

General Electric Prices

238

(7)

A Japanese Bribe

245

(4)

PART THREE: Business and Its External Exchanges--Ecology and Consumers

249

(118)

5 Ethics and the Environment

250

(68)

INTRODUCTION

250

(2)

5.1 THE DIMENSIONS OF POLLUTION AND RESOURCE DEPLETION

252

(17)

5.2 THE ETHICS OF POLLUTION CONTROL

269

(21)

5.3 THE ETHICS OF CONSERVING DEPLETABLE RESOURCES

290

(17)

Cases for Discussion

307

(11)

Owls, Spikes, Loggers, and Inner-Seal Wood

307

(8)

The New Market Opportunity

315

(3)

6 The Ethics of Consumer Production and Marketing

318

(49)

INTRODUCTION

318

(3)

6.1 MARKETS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

321

(5)

6.2 THE CONTRACT VIEW OF BUSINESS'S DUTIES TO CONSUMERS

326

(8)

6.3 THE DUE CARE THEORY

334

(5)

6.4 THE SOCIAL COSTS VIEW OF THE MANUFACTURER'S DUTIES

339

(2)

6.5 ADVERTISING ETHICS

341

(14)

Cases for Discussion

355

(12)

Dow Corning

355

(5)

The New Beer

360

(2)

Toy Wars

362

(5)

PART FOUR: Business and Its Internal Constituencies--Employee Issues

367

(130)

7 The Ethics of Job Discrimination

368

(57)

INTRODUCTION

368

(2)

7.1 JOB DISCRIMINATION: ITS NATURE

370

(5)

7.2 DISCRIMINATION: ITS EXTENT

375

(12)

7.3 DISCRIMINATION: UTILITY, RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE

387

(10)

7.4 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

397

(22)

Cases for Discussion

419

(6)

Wage Differences at Robert Hall

419

(4)

Brian Weber

423

(2)

8 The Individual in the Organization

425

(72)

INTRODUCTION

425

(2)

8.1 THE RATIONAL ORGANIZATION

427

(2)

8.2 THE EMPLOYEE'S OBLIGATIONS TO THE FIRM

429

(10)

8.3 THE FIRM'S DUTIES TO THE EMPLOYEE

439

(6)

8.4 THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

445

(2)

8.5 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS

447

(20)

8.6 ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS

467

(7)

8.7 THE CARING ORGANIZATION

474

(12)

Cases for Discussion

486

(11)

The Gap

486

(7)

Working for Eli Lilly & Company

493

(4)

Index

497

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