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Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 6/E
John R. Boatright, Loyola University of Chicago

ISBN-10: 0205667503
ISBN-13: 9780205667505

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 480 pp
Published: 10/17/2008

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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. 

 

Hallmark features of Ethics and the Conduct of Business:

  • Ethics and the Conduct of Business creates a foundation for approaching business ethics:
    • Focus of the text is primarily on ethical issues that corporate decision-makers face in developing policies about employees, customers, and the general public.
    • Stresses the importance of ethical theory as essential for a full understanding of the main issues in business ethics without allowing theoretical concepts to overwhelm the text and other discussion elements.
    • Numerous examples are used throughout the book to explain points and show the discussion's relevance to real-life business practices.
  • Ethics and the Conduct of Business utilizes up-to-date, real-life examples:
    • This book employs forty-seven case studies that firmly illustrate the wide variety of issues pertaining to business ethics and enable students to engage in ethical decision making:
      • The case studies are not confined to a single academic discipline, but rather are widely debated by legislators, judges, government regulators, business leaders, journalists, and, indeed, virtually everyone interested in business.
    • The substantial number of cases included provide ample opportunity for a case-study approach or a combined lecture–discussion format.
  • Ethics and the Conduct of Business incorporates the relation of business ethics to business law:
    • Substantial amount of legal material is contained within the book, not only because the law addresses many ethical issues, but also because management decision-making must take account of relevant legal practices.

New to the 6th edition of Ethics and the Conduct of Business:

  • NEW! Revised chapter on employment rights:
    •  Retains original discussion pertaining to unjust dismissal, but now includes

       additional material on right expression and participation in the workplace,

       and issues in just compensation.

  • NEW! In-depth study of corporate governance and accountability:
    • Previous edition’s chapter on corporate social responsibility has been divided and expanded into two new chapters that give more attention and detail to social responsibility, corporate governance, ethics, and accountability.
    • Discussion topics include more coverage of the bearing of the Sarbenes-Oxley Act and the issues arising from scandals engulfing Enron, WorldCom and Arthur Andersen.
  • NEW! 14 new, up-to-date case studies providing discussion and direction for ethical decision-making. Among 14 new cases are:
    • KPMG
    • Google
    • Hewlett-Packard
    • Wal-Mart
    • Saturn
    • Starbucks
    • Martha Stewart and insider trading

Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 6th Edition

 

1) Ethics in the World of Business

Business Decision Making

Ethics, Economics, and Law

Ethics and Management

Business Ethics and Ethical Theory

2) Welfare, Rights, and Justice

Utilitarianism

Rights and Justice

The Market System

Cost-Benefit Analysis

3) Equality, Liberty, and Virtue

Kantian Ethics

Rawls’s Egalitarian Theory

Libertarianism

Virtue Ethics

4) Whistle-Blowing

What is Whistle-Blowing?

The Justification of Whistle-Blowing

Is There a Right to Blow the Whistle?

Developing a Whistle-Blowing Policy

5) Trade Secrets and Conflict of Interest

Trade Secret Protection

Competitor Intelligence Gathering

Conflict of Interest

6) Privacy

Challenges to Privacy

The Meaning and Value of Privacy

The Privacy of Employee Records

Privacy on the Internet

7) Discrimination and Affirmative Action

What is Discrimination?

Sexual Harassment

Arguments Against Discrimination

Avoiding Discrimination and Harassment

Affirmative Action

8) Employment Rights

Unjust Dismissal

Expression and Participation

Just Compensation

9) Occupational Health and Safety

The Scope of the Problem

The Right to Know About and Refuse Hazardous Work

The Problem of Reproductive Hazards

10) Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety

Marketing

Advertising

Product safety

11) Ethics in Finance

Financial Services

Financial Markets

Insider Trading

Hostile Takeovers

12) Corporate Social Responsibility

The Debate Over CSR

The Business Case for CSR

Implementing CSR

13) Corporate Governance and Accountability

Corporate Governance

Corporate Ethics

Corporate Accountability

14) International Business Ethics

What to do in Rome

Wages and Working Conditions

Foreign Bribery

Cultural Differences

    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.

  • 0131947214Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 5/E
    Boatright
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 450 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131947214 | ISBN-13: 9780131947214
    Brief Description

 

Ethics

and the

Conduct of Business

Sixth Edition

 

John R. Boatright

 

Comprehensive and thorough in scope, Ethics and the Conduct of Business, sixth edition, frames each issue and examines the arguments for each side with rigor and clarity.  Numerous real-life examples and case studies increase understanding of issues and stimulate class discussion.  The revised and updated sixth edition retains previous editions' familiar structure.  A chapter on employee rights has been expanded to include not only unjust dismissal but also expression and participation in the workplace and just compensation.  The coverage of corporate social responsibility has been expanded and new material on corporate accountability has been added.  Of the forty-seven cases in the book, fourteen are new.

 

FEATURES

  • Uses ethical theory in an easy-to-understand form as a foundation for approaching business ethics.
  • Offers forth-seven cases that illustrate a wide variety of issues and enable students to engage in ethical decision making.
  • Covers the full range of business ethics issues in substantial depth and provides the necessary background for productive case discussion.
  • Explains the legal background of issues and related business ethics to business law.

 

John R. Boatright, the Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, is a past president and past executive director of the Society for Business Ethics.  He serves on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business and Society Review, and he is the author of Ethics in Finance, second edition.

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