Business, Institutions, and Ethics: A Text with Cases and Readings

Business, Institutions, And Ethics: A Text With Cases And Readings Is The First Text To Use The Analysis Of Social Institutions To Examine Business Ethics. It Explains Fundamental Concepts In Ethics And How To Apply Them To Business And Economics. The Author Shows How Social Institutions Are Constituted By An Integrated Set Of Ethical, Economic, And Legal Principles, And Then Uses. Principles To Study The Ethics Of Commerce At The Individual, Organizational, And Market Levels. This Unique Work Features Thirty-four Cases And Articles That Are Organized Into Economic Categories, Providing A Conceptual Unity And Flexibility Not Found In Similar Texts.--jacket. Part I. Markets, Organizations, And Individuals -- Chapter 1. Market Institutions, Organizational Practices, And Individual Decision Making -- Institutions / Douglass North -- Managing For Organizational Integrity / Lynn Sharp Paine -- Ethical Leadership And The Psychology Of Decision Making / David M. Messick And Max H. Bazerman -- Part Ii. Ethics, Economics, And Law : An Institutional Approach To Decision Making -- Chapter 2. Ethical Decision Making : Psychological Foundations -- Chapter 3. Ethical Decision Making : Exploring Alternative Values -- Chapter 4. Economics And Ethical Decision Making -- Chapter 5. Law And Ethical Decision Making -- Part Iii. Applying The Framework : Cases And Articles -- Chapter 6. Property -- Case -- Agrico, Inc. : A Software Dilemma / H. Jeff Smith -- The Social Responsibility Of Business Is To Increase Its Profits / Milton Friedman -- Deriving Ethical Principles From Theories Of The Firm / Philip L. Cochran -- A Stakeholder Theory Of The Modern Corporation / R. Edward Freeman -- Getting Real : Stakeholder Theory, Managerial Practice, And The General Irrelevance Of Fiduciary Duties Owed To Shareholders / Richard C. Marens And Andrew D. Wicks -- Case -- Diablo Canyon : Nuclear Energy And The Public Welfare / A.r. Gini -- People Or Penguins : The Case For Optimal Pollution / William F. Baxter -- Morality, Money, And Motor Cars / Norman Bowie -- Case -- Plasma International / T.w. Zimmerer And P.l. Preston -- Ethical Dilemmas For The Multinational Enterprise : A Philosophical Overview / Richard T. De George -- The Moral Responsibility Of Multinational Corporations To Be Socially Responsible / Patricia H. Werhane -- International Business Ethics : The Aluminum Companies In Jamaica / Manuel Velasquez -- Case -- U.s. And Mexico Confront A Toxic Legacy / Colum Lynch -- The Ethics Of Development And The Dilemmas Of Global Environmentalism / David P. Hanson -- Chapter 7. Risk-reward Relationships -- Case -- Kate Simpson / Cara F. Jonassen -- Employment At Will And Due Process / Patricia H. Werhane And Tara J. Radin -- Case -- Johnson Controls And Protective Exclusion From The Workplace / Anne T. Lawrence -- The Right To Risk Information And The Right To Refuse Workplace Hazards / Ruth R. Faden And Tom L. Beauchamp -- Case -- Merck & Co., Inc. / The Business Enterprise Trust -- The Moral Authority Of Transnational Corporate Codes / William C. Frederick -- Case -- Wait International And Questionable Payments / Charles R. Kennedy, Jr. -- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Of 1988 : Death Of A Law / Bartley A. Brennan -- Chapter 8. Information -- Case -- Natural Cereals / Norman E. Bowie And Patrick E. Murphy -- Advertising And Behavior Control / Robert L. Arrington -- Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, And The Creation Of Desire / Roger Crisp -- Case -- The Case Of The Willful Whistle-blower / Sally Seymour -- Whistleblowing And Employee Loyalty / Ronald Duska -- Case -- The Transfer Of Dangerous Industries To Underdeveloped Countries / Richard T. De George -- Chemical Exports And The Age Of Consent : The High Cost Of International Export Control Proposals / Michael P. Walls -- Chapter 9. Competition -- Case -- Seizure Of The S.w. Parcel / Tom L. Beauchamp -- Some Ethical Consequences Of Economic Competition / James H. Michelman -- Case -- Tee-shirts And Tears : Third World Suppliers To First World Markets / Laura B. Pincus -- Case -- Two Roads To China : Nice, And Not So Nice / David E. Sanger -- The Moral Obligations Of Multinational Corporations / Norman Bowie. John W. Dienhart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.