Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy

by Lawrence, Anne; Weber, James

• ISBN13: 9781259315411
• ISBN10: 125931541X
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-03-07
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Table of Contents

PART ONE

Business in Society

1. The Corporation and Its Stakeholders 

2. Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships 

3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Citizenship 

4. Business in a Globalized World

PART TWO

Business and Ethics

5. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning 

6. Organizational Ethics

PART THREE

Business and Public Policy

7. Business–Government Relations

8. Influencing the Political Environment

PART FOUR

Business and the Natural Environment

9. Sustainable Development and Global  Business

10. Managing for Sustainability 

PART FIVE

Business and Technology 231

11. The Role of Technology

12. Regulating and Managing Information Technology

PART SIX

Business and Its Stakeholders

13. Shareholder Rights and Corporate Governance

14. Consumer Protection 

15. Employees and the Corporation 

16. Managing a Diverse Workforce 

17. Business and Its Suppliers 

18. The Community and the Corporation 

19. The Public and Corporate Reputation 

CASES IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

1. After Rana Plaza 

2. Google and the Right to Be Forgotten

3. General Motors and the Ignition Switch Recalls 

4. Sustainability at Holland America Line 

5. The Carlson Company and Protecting Children in the Global Tourism Industry 

6. Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines

7. Moody’s Credit Ratings and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown 

8. The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster 513

9. Carolina Pad and the Bloggers 523