Ethics and the Conduct of Business

by Boatright, John R.

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6th

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9780131947214

ISBN10:

0131947214

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Pub. Date:

7/7/2009 4:21:00 PM

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Prentice Hall

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"Ethics and the Conduct of Business, Fifth Edition, frames each issue and examines the arguments on each side with rigor and clarity. Numerous short cases and real-life examples increase understanding and stimulate classroom discussion. The revised and updated Fifth Edition retains the familiar structure of previous editions, although the material on ethical theory, formerly in three chapters, has been reorganized and reduced to two chapters. Of the forty-five cases in the book, eight are new. The chapter on marketing has been extensively rewritten."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

Ethics in the World of Business

(29)

Case 1.1 Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Crisis

(2)

Introduction

(1)

Business Decision Making

(9)

Case 1.2 The Ethics of Hardball

(1)

Ethics, Economics, and Law

(5)

Ethics and Management

(4)

Business Ethics and Ethical Theory

(3)

Case 1.3 A Sticky Situation

(1)

Case 1.4 Argus Incorporated: A Leasing Triangle

(4)

Welfare, Rights, and Justice

(34)

Case 2.1 Beech-Nut's Bogus Apple Juice

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Utilitarianism

(5)

Rights and Justice

(8)

The Market System

(7)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

(5)

Case 2.2 Exporting Pollution

(1)

Case 2.3 An Auditor's Dilemma

(6)

Equality, Liberty, and Virtue

(28)

Case 3.1 Big Brother at Procter & Gamble

(2)

Introduction

(1)

Kantian Ethics

(6)

Rawls's Egalitarian Theory

(4)

Libertarianism

(4)

Virtue Ethics

(5)

Case 3.2 Clean Hands in a Dirty Business

(2)

Case 3.3 Executive Compensation

(5)

Whistle-Blowing

(24)

Case 4.1 Time's Persons of the Year

(3)

Introduction

(1)

What Is Whistle-Blowing?

(2)

The Justification of Whistle-Blowing

(7)

Is There a Right to Blow the Whistle?

105

(4)

Developing a Whistle-Blowing Policy

109

(2)

Case 4.2 A Whistle-Blower Accepts a ``Deal''

111

(1)

Case 4.3 Better Late than Never?

112

(4)

Trade Secrets and Conflict of Interest

116

(29)

Case 5.1 The Aggressive Ad Agency

116

(1)

Introduction

117

(1)

Trade Secret Protection

118

(9)

Competitor Intelligence Gathering

127

(2)

Conflict of Interest

129

(12)

Case 5.2 The Conflict of an Insurance Broker

141

(1)

Case 5.3 Procter & Gamble Goes Dumpster Diving

142

(3)

Privacy

145

(29)

Case 6.1 Psychological Testing at Dayton Hudson

145

(1)

Introduction

146

(1)

Challenges to Privacy

147

(4)

The Meaning and Value of Privacy

151

(7)

The Privacy of Employee Records

158

(5)

Privacy on the Internet

163

(6)

Case 6.2 Three Challenges to Employee Privacy

169

(1)

Case 6.3 Ford Meter Box

170

(4)

Discrimination and Affirmative Action

174

(33)

Case 7.1 Discrimination at Texaco

174

(2)

Introduction

176

(1)

What is Discrimination?

177

(6)

Arguments Against Discrimination

183

(2)

Avoiding Discrimination

185

(4)

Affirmative Action

189

(12)

Case 7.2 The Alaskan Salmon Cannery

201

(1)

Case 7.3 The Walkout at Wilton's

202

(5)

Women and Family Issues

207

(28)

Case 8.1 Jacksonville Shipyards

207

(2)

Introduction

209

(1)

Sexual Harassment

209

(7)

Comparable Worth

216

(10)

Family and Work

226

(4)

Case 8.2 Sexual Harassment or Business as Usual?

230

(1)

Case 8.3 Is Family-Friendly Always Fair?

231

(4)

Unjust Dismissal

235

(24)

Case 9.1 The Firing of Robert Greeley

235

(1)

Introduction

236

(1)

Property Rights and Employment

237

(6)

The Freedom of Contract Argument

243

(3)

Efficiency and Employment at Will

246

(5)

Protecting Against Unjust Dismissal

251

(3)

Case 9.2 Waiving the Right to Sue

254

(1)

Case 9.3 A ``State-of-the-Art'' Termination

255

(4)

Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety

259

(44)

Case 10.1 Selling Hope

259

(2)

Introduction

261

(1)

Marketing

262

(10)

Advertising

272

(12)

Product Safety

284

(11)

Case 10.2 Volvo's ``Bear Foot'' Misstep

295

(1)

Case 10.3 The Ford-Firestone Brawl

296

(7)

Occupational Health and Safety

303

(29)

Case 11.1 When Is an Accident a Crime?

303

(1)

Introduction

304

(1)

The Scope of the Problem

305

(9)

Case 11.2 Whirlpool Corporation

314

(1)

The Right to Know About and Refuse Hazardous Work

314

(7)

Case 11.3 Johnson Controls, Inc.

321

(1)

The Problem of Reproductive Hazards

322

(6)

Case 11.4 Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern

328

(4)

Ethics in Finance

332

(32)

Case 12.1 Merrill Lynch and the Nigerian Barge Deal

332

(2)

Introduction

334

(1)

Financial Services

334

(5)

Financial Markets

339

(4)

Insider Trading

343

(5)

Hostile Takeovers

348

(9)

Case 12.2 The Salomon Brothers Bond Trading Scandal

357

(2)

Case 12.3 Strong Financial Management Mutual Funds

359

(5)

Ethics and Corporations

364

(40)

Case 13.1 Competing Visions at Malden Mills

364

(2)

Introduction

366

(1)

Social Responsibility

367

(9)

Corporate Governance

376

(12)

Case 13.2 Bath Iron Works

388

(1)

Corporate Ethics

389

(9)

Case 13.3 Sears Auto Centers

398

(6)

International Business Ethics

404

(37)

Case 14.1 Nike in Southeast Asia

404

(1)

Introduction

405

(1)

What to Do in Rome

406

(9)

Wages and Working Conditions

415

(5)

Foreign Bribery

420

(4)

Cultural Differences

424

(8)

Case 14.2 H. B. Fuller in Honduras

432

(2)

Case 14.3 Shell Oil in Nigeria

434

(2)

Case 14.4 Merck and AIDS in South Africa

436

(5)

Index

441

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