Ethical Theory and Business

Denis G. Arnold, Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman E. Bowie

Cambridge University Press, Dec 19, 2019 - Business & Economics - 614 pages

For forty years, successive editions of Ethical Theory and Business have helped to define the field of business ethics. The 10th edition reflects the current, multidisciplinary nature of the field by explicitly embracing a variety of perspectives on business ethics, including philosophy, management, and legal studies. Chapters integrate theoretical readings, case studies, and summaries of key legal cases to guide students to a rich understanding of business ethics, corporate responsibility, and sustainability. The 10th edition has been entirely updated, ensuring that students are exposed to key ethical questions in the current business environment. New chapters cover the ethics of IT, ethical markets, and ethical management and leadership. Coverage includes climate change, sustainability, international business ethics, sexual harassment, diversity, and LGBTQ discrimination. New case studies draw students directly into recent business ethics controversies, such as sexual harassment at Fox News, consumer fraud at Wells Fargo, and business practices at Uber.

Contents

• Ethical Theory and Business Practice: 1
• Chapter: 6
• The Training Program: 39
• The Rights and Responsibilities of Employees: 42
• Legal Perspective: 80
• Outsourcing at Any Cost? Do Corporations Ever Have a Moral Obligation: 81
• BPs Disastrous Safety Culture: 86
• Managing Leading and Governing: 88
• Chapter 3: 89
• 1: 147
• Shareholder Losses and Executive Gains Bank of Americas Acquisition of Merrill Lynch: 153
• Diversity Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: 159
• Chapter 4: 161
• Hiring Discrimination at Bass Pro Shops: 194
• Freedom of Expression at American Plastics Products: 200
• Corporate Social Responsibility: 204
• The 5000 Percent Price Hike Turing Pharmaceuticals Acquisition of Daraprim: 251
• From Tension to Cooperative Dialogue Holcim: 258
• Ethics and Information Technology: 261
• Jeroen van den Hoven: 267
• What Is to Be Done? Amitai Etzioni: 273
• Privacy at MyFriends Com: 289
• Implanting Microchips in Workers Improving Efficiency or Invading Privacy?: 290
• Social Media and the Modern Worker The Use of Facebook as an Organizational Monitoring and Management Tool: 291
• Facebooks Emotional Contagion Study: 293
• Doing Business in China: 294
• Marketing Ethics: 295
• Chapter 7: 297
• 61: 323
• Persistent Threats to Commercial Speech Jonathan H Adler: 325
• Commission 1980: 348
• Advice for Sale How Companies Pay TV Experts for OnAir Product Mentions: 349
• Hucksters in the Classroom: 352
• The Exposure of Children to Erectile Dysfunction Advertising: 354
• Kraft Foods Inc The Cost of Advertising on Childrens Waistlines: 355
• Let Them Drink Soda CocaColas Effort to Influence Public Health Research: 359
• Merck Company The Vioxx Recall: 361
• Pfizer Repeat Offender: 365
• Environmental Sustainability: 369
• Chapter 8: 372
• 68: 403
• 75: 409
• The Cruise Industry Exotic Promises and Toxic Waters: 415
• Texaco in the Ecuadorean Amazon: 417
• Interface Corporation and Sustainable Business: 419
• What Does It Mean to Be Truly Green? Environmental Sustainability at FritoLay North America: 420
• Driving Sustainability at Tesla: 427
• The Dirty Truth Volkswagens Diesel Deception: 429
• Ethical Issues in International Business: 432
• Chapter 9: 434
• United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit John Doe I et al v Unocal Corp et: 468
• The United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 and the United States Foreign Corrupt: 474
• Foreign Assignment: 475
• Blood Sweat and Tears Child Labor in the Chocolate Supply Chain: 476
• Chrysler and Gao Feng Corporate Responsibility for Religious and Political Freedom in China: 477
• Should Walmart Do More? A Case Study in Global Supply Chain Ethics: 479
• The Hidden Price of Low Cost Subcontracting in Bangladeshs Garment Industry: 481
• FIFAs Red Card Corruption and World Cup Soccer: 487
• Walmart de México Millions in Bribes Fuel Growth: 489
• Ethical Markets: 492
• Chapter 10: 493
• Should Everything Be for Sale?: 532
• Like Taking Candy from a Baby? Mylans Pricing of the EpiPen: 533
• The Big Fix How Big Banks Colluded to Rig Interest Rates: 535
• Predatory Lending at Countrywide Financial: 536
• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc An Accusation of Insider Trading: 539
• Economic and Global Justice: 542
• Index: 589

About the author

Denis G. Arnold is the Surtman Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. One of the world's leading experts in business ethics, he is a former Editor in Chief of the prestigious scholarly journal Business Ethics Quarterly, published by Cambridge University Press, and a past-president of the Society for Business Ethics. His research includes scores of articles and chapters and several books. A distinguished teacher praised by students at the undergraduate, M.B.A., doctoral, and executive levels, he has provided ethics training for leaders at Fortune 500 companies, smaller enterprises, and non-profit organizations. Tom L. Beauchamp holds graduate degrees from Yale University and The Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1970. He then joined the faculty of the Philosophy Department at Georgetown University, Washington, DC and a joint appointment at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics as Senior Research Scholar. He is the author of Case Studies in Business, Society, and Ethics (2003); and Philosophical Ethics (2001). He is co-author of The Human Use of Animals (2008), Principles of Biomedical Ethics (2012), and A History and Theory of Informed Consent (1986). Many of his articles were republished under the title Standing on Principles: Collected Works. Norman E. Bowie is the author or editor of 18 books in business ethics, ethics, and political philosophy. His Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective (Cambridge, 2017), which has been translated into Japanese and Chinese, has just appeared in a much revised and expanded 2nd edition. Other books include Business Ethics in the 21st Century (2013) and Business Ethics for Dummies (2011). He is past president of the Society for Business Ethics and former Executive Director of the American Philosophical Association. In 2009, the Society for Business Ethics honored him with an award for scholarly achievement. The festschrift Kantian Business Ethics was devoted to his work.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ethical Theory and Business
• Authors: Denis G. Arnold, Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman E. Bowie
• Editors: Denis G. Arnold, Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman E. Bowie
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019
• ISBN: 1108422977, 9781108422970
• Length: 614 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Business & Economics / Corporate Governance; Business & Economics / Industries / General; Business & Economics / International / General; Law / Consumer; Law / International; True Crime / White Collar Crime