Research Catalog

Title

Business ethics / edited by Milton Snoeyenbos, Robert Almeder, James Humber.

Publication

Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• Snoeyenbos, Milton.
• Almeder, Robert F.
• Humber, James M.

Description

556 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Business ethics > Case studies
• Business ethics

Genre/Form

• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 556).

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Ethics and Organizations. Ethics within Organizations. Case Study: Organizational Decision Making at Aero Products. Morality and the Ideal of Rationality in Formal Organizations / John Ladd. Ladd on Morality and Formal Organizations / C. Richard Long and Milton Snoeyenbos. Business and Social Responsibility. Case Study: Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Ford Pinto. The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits / Milton Friedman. Milton Friedman Responds / Milton Friedman. Morality in the Marketplace / Robert Almeder. Corporate Policy Statements. Morals, Management, and Codes. Management and Morals / Milton Snoeyenbos -- 3. Employee Obligations. Agents' Duties. Duties of Agent to Principal / C.G. Luckhardt. Conflict of Interest. Inorganic Chemicals Company's Conflict of Interest Policy / Sorrel M. Mathes and G. Clark Thompson. Conflict of Interest / Robert E. Frederick. Gifts and Entertainment. Case Study: Corporate Gift-Giving. Morality and Gift-Giving / Robert Almeder. Corporate Policy Statements. Trade Secrets and Patents. Case Study: Trade Secrets at Atlas Chemical Corp. Trade Secrets, Patents, and Morality / Robert E. Frederick and Milton Snoeyenbos. Corporate Policy Statement. Honesty In Communication. Case Study: A Communication Decision at Von Products, Inc. Honesty in Organizational Communication / James M. Humber. Corporate Policy Statement -- 4. Employee Rights. Hiring. Case Study: Hiring Procedures at World Imports Inc. Ethical Hiring Practices / Milton Snoeyenbos and Robert Almeder. Reverse Discrimination. Case Study: United Steelworkers v. Weber. Reverse Discrimination: A Brief Against It / Ernest van den Haag. Reversing the Arguments Against Reverse Discrimination / James M. Humber. Corporate Policy Statements. Discharge. Case Study: Discharge Policy at Pacemakers Inc. Ethics and the Termination of Employees / Milton Snoeyenbos and John Wesley Roberts. Privacy. Case Study: Employee Records at Fantenetti Valve Corporation. Case Study: Integrity Testing at Marvex Distributors. Case Study: Drug Testing at Explo Inc. Privacy in the Corporation / James M. Humber. Corporate Policy Statements. Worker Safety. Case Study: AIDS on the General Motors Assembly Line. Working Conditions: Health and Safety / Manuel G. Velasquez. The Moral Right to Know in the Workplace / Robert Almeder and J.D. Millar. Whistleblowing. Case Study: Whistleblowing at Northern Airlines. Whistleblowing / Norman E. Bowie and Ronald F. Duska. Whistleblowing: Loyalty and Dissent in the Corporation / Alan F. Westin -- 5. Ethics and Finance. Insider Trading. Scenarios. Case Study: Waste Management Case Reflects Murkiness of Insider-Trading Laws. In Defense of Insider Trading / Henry G. Manne. Insider Trading: Immoral / Milton Snoeyenbos. Corporate Takeovers. Case Study: RJR Nabisco. Leveraged Buyouts: America Pays the Price / Robert B. Reich. In Defense of Sharks: Moral Issues in Hostile Liquidating Takeovers / Robert Almeder and David Carey. Ethics and Accounting. Case Study: Dilemma of a Accountant. Accounting Ethics / Milton Snoeyenbos and Ray D. Dillon -- 6. Business and the Consumer. Product Safety. Case Study: Biss v. Tenneco Inc. Case Study: Austin v. Ford Motor Co. Strict Products Liability and Compensatory Justice / George G. Brenkert. Let's Restore Balance to Product Liability Law / Robert H. Malott. Product Safety: Who Should Absorb the Cost? / Beverly C. Moore, Jr. Corporate Policy Statement. Advertising. Case Study: FTC v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. Case Study: FTC v. Sterling Drug Inc. Case Study: Toy Wars / Manuel G. Velasquez. The Advertising Code of American Business. Ethics and Advertising / John Z. Miller. In Defense of Advertising / Charles Collins. Corporate Policy Statement. Selling. Case Study: Roger Hixon: Let the Buyer Beware / Clinton L. Oaks. A Moral Evaluation of Sales Practices / David M. Holley. Corporate Policy Statement -- 7. Business and the Environment. Environmental Responsibility. Case Study: High Tech Spills / Manuel G. Velasquez. Case Study: Macklin Mining Company. The Case for Economic Growth / Wilfred Beckerman. Ethics and Ecology / William T. Blackstone. Utilitarianism and the Environment / Manuel G. Velasquez. Nonhuman Rights. Case Study: Sierra Club v. Morton. Should Trees Have Standing? -- Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects / Christopher D. Stone. Only Humans Have Rights / Clayton Hobbs -- 8. Multinational Corporations. Multinational Decision Making. Case Study: Union Carbide and Bhopal. Ethical Complexities Involving Multinational Corporations / James Kiersky. Multinational Decision Making: Reconciling International Norms / Thomas Donaldson. International Marketing. Case Study: Selling the Lockheed TriStar. Ethics and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / Mark Pastin and Michael Hooker. Justifying the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / James M. Humber. Corporate Policy Statements.

ISBN

• 0879757256
• 9780879757250

LCCN

92008931

OCLC

• ocm25508736
• 25508736
• SCSB-1982586

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library