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Business Ethics
Contemporary Issues and Cases
- Richard A. Spinello - Boston College, USA
February 2019 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The future of the free market depends on fair, honest business practices. Business Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Cases aims to deepen students’ knowledge of ethical principles, corporate social responsibility, and decision-making in all aspects of business. The text presents an innovative approach to ethical reasoning grounded in moral philosophy. Focusing on corporate purpose—creating economic value, complying with laws and regulations, and observing ethical standards—a decision-making framework is presented based upon Duties-Rights-Justice. Over 40 real-world case studies allow students to grapple with a wide range of moral issues related to personal integrity, corporate values, and global capitalism. Richard A. Spinello delves into the most pressing issues confronting businesses today including sexual harassment in the workplace, cybersecurity, privacy, and environmental justice.
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List of Case Studies
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Ethical Decision-Making Framework
PART I. THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES
Chapter 1. Why Capitalism?
Chapter 2. Corporate Moral Agency, Purpose, and Responsibilities
Chapter 3. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
PART II. PERSONAL INTEGRITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Chapter 4. The Person and the Corporation
PART III. CORPORATE VALUES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Chapter 5. The Rights of the Modern Corporation
Chapter 6. Ethics in the Investment and Financial Services Industries
Chapter 7. Patients, Patents, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Chapter 8. Protecting the Consumer: Product Safety and Marketing
PART IV. GLOBAL CAPITALISM, CULTURE, AND JUSTICE
Chapter 9. Business and the Environment
Chapter 10. Informational Privacy and Cybersecurity
Chapter 11. Fair Competition in the Era of Informational Capitalism
Chapter 12. Employee Rights and Sexual Harassment
PART V. GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 13. Global Politics and Disinvestment Strategies
Chapter 14. Bribery and Corruption in Foreign Markets
Chapter 15. Responsible Outsourcing: Fair Wages and Worker Safety
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Supplements
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“A text with strong case studies and ‘to-the-point’ content.”
Viterbo University
“Fresh new look at business ethics using the most up-to-date, relevant cases, to make it easy for our students and business leaders to improve our world, one ethical dilemma at a time.”
Fairfield University
“Finally, a textbook that allows students to understand contemporary ethical considerations. This textbook offers thought provoking case studies that allow students to determine their personal ethics and how they arrived at those decisions.”
Cazenovia College
“Finally, a textbook that allows students to understand contemporary ethical considerations. This textbook offers thought provoking case studies that allow students to determine their personal ethics and how they arrived at those decisions.”
Cazenovia College
“The textbook is a refreshing take on business ethics from professors with a vast amount of experience in the field.”
Columbia College
“This book truly highlights contemporary issues in the field of business ethics. The cases are timely and relevant examples of the new frontiers in the field, and the emphasis on a rights-based personal ethics approach is fresh and unique.”
Marist College
“A well rounded ethics case book.”
“Dr. Spinello brings a fresh, new approach to ethical considerations on very contemporary topics to a text that can provide insight and understanding to today’s undergraduate student.”
Huntington University
“This is a comprehensive text that brings today’s ethics into focus for the student.”
Fontbonne University
Offers excellent case studies that help students understand and put into perspective the concept of ethics in business.
Management, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
November 29, 2020
Sample Materials & Chapters
3. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
8. Marketing, Product Liability, and Safety
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