Essentials of Economics or Business Ethics

Essentials of Economics

Author: Bradley R Schiller

Contains Quick Review, Learning Objectives, Using Key terms, True or False, Multiple Choice, Problems and Applications, Common Errors.

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Business Ethics: Ethical Decisison Making And Cases

Author: O C Ferrell

Business Ethics fulfills the need for a practical, applied text at the core of the ethics course or used as a supplement in other undergraduate and graduate courses. This accessible, up-to-date text covers the complex environment in which managers confront ethical decision making. Through this managerial framework, the authors cover the overall concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics programs—helping students to see how ethics can be integrated into key strategic business decisions. Pedagogical tools help students to prepare for real-world ethical dilemmas instead of focusing on intellectual reasoning or a philosophical discussion of ideas.

Table of Contents:

Contents

• I. An Overview of Business Ethics
  1. The Importance of Business Ethics
  2. Emerging Business Ethics Issues
  3. Ethics as a Dimension of Social Responsibility

  II. The Ethical Decision-Making Process

  4. Understanding Ethical Decision Making and Corporate Governance

  5. Individual Factors: Moral Philosophies and Cognitive Moral Development

  6. Organizational Factors: Corporate Culture

  7. Organizational Factors: Structure, Relationships, and Conflicts

  III. Implementing Business Ethics in a Global Economy

  8. Developing an Effective Ethics Program

  9. Implementing and Auditing Ethics Programs

  10. Business Ethics in a Global Economy

  VI. Cases

  Case 1 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse

  Case 2 Tyco International: Leadership Crisis

  Case 3 Global Crossing: Inflated Sales Lead to Bankruptcy

  Case 4 WorldCom: Actions Lead to Corporate Reform

  Case 5 Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices

  Case 6 Sunbeam Corporation: "Chainsaw Al" and Greed

  Case 7 Martha Stewart: Insider-Trading Scandal

  Case 8 Astra USA: A Sexual Discrimination Scandal

  Case 9 Firestone: A Reputation Blowout

  Case 10 Exxon Valdez: Revisited

  Case 11 Tobacco Under Fire: Advertising a Harmful Product

  Case 12 Microsoft: Antitrust Battles

  Case 13 HCA—The Healthcare Company: Learning from Past Mistakes

  Case 14 Ethics Officer Association: Sharing Best Practices

  Case 15 Ben & Jerry's Homemade: Managing Social Responsibility and Growth

  Case 16 New Belgium Brewing: Environmental and Social Responsibilities

  Case 17 Mattel: Ethics Is No Game

  Case 18 Conoco'sDecision: The First Annual President's Award for Business Ethics