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Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 5/E
John R. Boatright, Loyola University of Chicago

ISBN-10: 0131947214
ISBN-13: 9780131947214

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 450 pp
Published: 12/29/2005

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For undergraduate /MBA-level courses in Business Ethics in the departments of Philosophy or Business.

 

Ethics and the Conduct of Business teaches students ethical decision-making through a brief theoretical overview, and forty-five short cases, with each case presenting more than one side of the issue.

How do you show the practical applications of theory?

  • A single text that contains all the material necessary for a business ethics course built around the case method.  Many anthologies and single-author texts provide a treatment of business ethics issues, often in a point-counterpoint format, that allows for good classroom discussion of these issues.  However, few provide sufficient cases that relate the issues to business practice.  As a result, either the course focuses on abstract issues without the benefit of concrete cases or else the instructor needs to supplement the book with cases from other sources.  The alternative of choosing a casebook is that the course lacks sufficient background material.  This book solves the problem of a single, comprehensive text by providing forty-five short cases that supplement the thorough treatment of issues in each chapter.
  • The book opens with two comprehensive chapters on theory; the remainder of the text is case-based, organized around the major topic areas of business ethics. Each chapter begins with a case. Three or four major issues raised by this case are then spotlighted, followed by the main pro and con arguments for each ethical position. This organization gives students the material they need to imagine ethical dilemmas, engage in effective classroom discussion, and practice analytic decision-making.
  • Chapters 1 and 2 on ethical theory provide the basis for the arguments used in the other chapters.  This provides students with enough background material to participate in intelligent discussions.

How do you ensure that your students understand the material?

  • Appropriate mix of concreteness and abstraction.  The advantage of this book is that it begins with concrete problems as they arise in business practice and steadily moves toward more sophisticated positions and arguments.  There is a progression in each chapter from the concrete to the abstract that enable students to delve into the issues as deeply as they are able.  As a result, the text works well with students at all levels of ability.
    • This development enables students to learn and fine-tune analytical thinking, and as a result, the text works well with students at all levels of ability.

How do you engage your students in the study of business ethics?

  • ABC News Business Ethics Video CD-ROM (ISBN 0-13-193009-5).  Prentice Hall with ABC News is pleased to provide this collection of videos from ABC News' award-winning programs that relate the concepts of business ethics to real-life stories and events. The programs present substantial content that will work well in the classroom and give the student a deeper understanding of the application of Business Ethics in the workplace. The programs included are: Enron; Unocal; AIDS; Microsoft Antitrust Trial; To Drill or Not to Drill; Ford and Firestone; Ralph's; Saipan. The videos are available on CD-ROM. Contact your local rep to package with your text.
  • Has full chapters on some of the most important, current issues in business: international business, finance, privacy, and occupational health and safety.
  • REVISED!  The chapter on marketing, now titled "Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety," has been extensively revised in order to present a broader range of more up-to-date ethical issues. 
    • The section on marketing now offers a framework for marketing ethics and organizes the problems under the headings of "sales practices and labeling" and "pricing and distribution." 
    • The section on advertising focuses primarily on deceptive advertising and the social impact of advertising, including a discussion of ethical issues in social marketing. 
  • NEW!  Eight completely new cases: 
    • "Selling Hope" (on state lottery advertising)
    • Ford-Firestone tire problem
    • Whistleblowing
    • "When Is an Accident a Crime?" and "Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern" (worker health and safety)
    • “Merrill Lynch and the Nigerian Barge Deal” and  “Strong Financial Management” (ethics in finance)
    • “Competing Visions at Malden Mills” (corporate social responsibility)
    • Updates also included on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Affirmative Action decision involving University of Michigan.

How do you prepare for your course?

  • Instructor's Manual with Tests.  This all-in-one resource organizes the instructor’s manual, the test item file, and other resources by each chapter in order to facilitate class preparation.  Designed for both the novice and seasoned professor, this invaluable guide includes resources for each chapter such as: an overview, objectives, outline, lecture and discussion ideas, and further resources. The test bank consists of multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions.

  • REVISED!  The chapter on marketing, now titled "Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety," has been extensively revised and rewritten in order to present a broader range of more up-to-date ethical issues. 
    • The section on marketing now offers a framework for marketing ethics and organizes the problems under the headings of "sales practices and labeling" and "pricing and distribution." 
    • The section on advertising focuses primarily on deceptive advertising and the social impact of advertising, including a discussion of ethical issues in social marketing. 

    • NEW!  Completely new cases have been written.  The new cases include the issues of
      • "Selling Hope" (on state lottery advertising)
      • Ford-Firestone tire problem
      • Whistleblowing
      • "When Is an Accident a Crime?" and "Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern" (worker health and safety)

      • “Merrill Lynch and the Nigerian Barge Deal” and  “Strong Financial Management” (ethics in finance)

      • “Competing Visions at Malden Mills” (corporate social responsibility)

      • Updates also included on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Affirmative Action decision involving University of Michigan.

    Preface

     

    Acknowledgments

     

    1 Ethics in the World of Business

    CASE 1.1 Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Crisis 

    INTRODUCTION

    BUSINESS DECISION MAKING

    CASE 1.2 The Ethics of Hardball     

    ETHICS, ECONOMICS, AND LAW

    ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT

    BUSINESS ETHICS AND ETHICAL THEORY

    CASE 1.3 A Sticky Situation

    CASE 1.4 Argus Incorporated: A Leasing Triangle

    2 Welfare, Rights, and Justice

    CASE 2.1 Beech-Nut’s Bogus Apple Juice

    INTRODUCTION

    UTILITARIANISM

    RIGHTS AND JUSTICE

    THE MARKET SYSTEM

    COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

    CASE 2.2 Exporting Pollution

    CASE 2.3 An Auditor’s Dilemma

     

    3 Equality, Liberty, and Virtue

    CASE 3.1 Big Brother at Procter & Gamble

    INTRODUCTION

    KANTIAN ETHICS

    RAWLS’S EGALITARIAN THEORY

    LIBERTARIANISM

    VIRTUE ETHICS

    CASE 3.2 Clean Hands in a Dirty Business

    CASE 3.3 Executive Compensation

    4 Whistle-Blowing

    CASE 4.1 Time’s Persons of the Year

    INTRODUCTION

    WHAT IS WHISTLE-BLOWING?

    THE JUSTIFICATION OF WHISTLE-BLOWING

    IS THERE A RIGHT TO BLOW THE WHISTLE?

    DEVELOPING A WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICY

    CASE 4.2 A Whistle-Blower Accepts a “Deal”

    CASE 4.3 Better Late than Never?

    5 Trade Secrets and Conflict of Interest

    CASE 5.1 The Aggressive Ad Agency

    INTRODUCTION

    TRADE SECRET PROTECTION

    COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING

    CONFLICT OF INTEREST

    CASE 5.2 The Conflict of an Insurance Broker

    CASE 5.3 Procter & Gamble Goes Dumpster Diving

    6 Privacy

    CASE 6.1 Psychological Testing at Dayton Hudson

    INTRODUCTION

    CHALLENGES TO PRIVACY

    THE MEANING AND VALUE OF PRIVACY

    THE PRIVACY OF EMPLOYEE RECORDS

    PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET

    CASE 6.2 Three Challenges to Employee Privacy

    CASE 6.3 Ford Meter Box

    7 Discrimination and Affirmative Action

    CASE 7.1 Discrimination at Texaco

    INTRODUCTION

    WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION?

    ARGUMENTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

    AVOIDING DISCRIMINATION

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

    CASE 7.2 The Alaskan Salmon Cannery

    CASE 7.3 The Walkout at Wilton’s

     

    8 Women and Family Issues

    CASE 8.1 Jacksonville Shipyards

    INTRODUCTION

    SEXUAL HARASSMENT

    COMPARABLE WORTH

    FAMILY AND WORK

    CASE 8.2 Sexual Harassment or Business as Usual?

    CASE 8.3 Is Family-Friendly Always Fair?

    9 Unjust Dismissal

    CASE 9.1 The Firing of Robert Greeley

    INTRODUCTION

    PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EMPLOYMENT

    THE FREEDOM OF CONTRACT ARGUMENT

    EFFICIENCY AND EMPLOYMENT AT WILL

    PROTECTING AGAINST UNJUST DISMISSAL

    CASE 9.2 Waiving the Right to Sue

    CASE 9.3 A “State-of-the-Art” Termination

    10 Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety

    CASE 10.1 Selling Hope

    INTRODUCTION

    MARKETING

    ADVERTISING

    PRODUCT SAFETY

    CASE 10.2 Volvo’s “Bear Foot” Misstep

    CASE 10.3 The Ford-Firestone Brawl

    11 Occupational Health and Safety

    CASE 11.1 When Is an Accident a Crime?

    INTRODUCTION

    THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

    CASE 11.2 Whirlpool Corporation

    THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT AND REFUSE HAZARDOUS WORK

    CASE 11.3 Johnson Controls, Inc.

    THE PROBLEM OF REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS

    CASE 11.4 Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern

    12 Ethics in Finance

    CASE 12.1 Merrill Lynch and the Nigerian Barge Deal

    INTRODUCTION

    FINANCIAL SERVICES

    FINANCIAL MARKETS

    INSIDER TRADING

    HOSTILE TAKEOVERS

    CASE 12.2 The Salomon Brothers Bond Trading Scandal

    CASE 12.3 Strong Financial Management Mutual Funds

    13 Ethics and Corporations

    CASE 13.1 Competing Visions at Malden Mills

    INTRODUCTION

    SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

    CASE 13.2 Bath Iron Works

    CORPORATE ETHICS

    CASE 13.3 Sears Auto Centers

    14 International Business Ethics

    CASE 14.1 Nike in Southeast Asia

    INTRODUCTION

    WHAT TO DO IN ROME

    WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS

    FOREIGN BRIBERY

    CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

    CASE 14.2 H. B. Fuller in Honduras

    CASE 14.3 Shell Oil in Nigeria

    CASE 14.4 Merck and AIDS in South Africa

    Index

      For undergraduate or graduate level courses on Business Ethics.

       

      Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 6/e is a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the most prominent issues in the field of business ethics and the major positions and arguments on these issues.  Numerous real-life examples and case studies are used throughout the book to increase understanding of issues, stimulate class discussion, and show the relevance of the discussion to real-life business practice.

       

      The focus of Ethics and the Conduct of Business is primarily on ethical issues that corporate decision makers face in developing policies about employees, customers, and the general public. The positions and arguments on these issues are taken from a wide variety of sources, including economics and the law. 

       

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    "The text is great-it is interesting to read and has a great blend of theory and practice...I think the foundation supporting research on the various theories was particularly well done.  Whistle blowing chapter was a gem and so on target"--Thomas E. Griffin, Indiana Wesleyan University

     

    "The cases in the textbook are excellent in all of the chapters.  They are current and there is a nice variety of issues/subjects/parties involved in the cases."--Peter L. Stone, Spartanburg Technical College

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