Ethics in the 21st Century (A Longman Topics Reader)

by Trent, Mary Alice

• ISBN13: 9780321243331
• ISBN10: 0321243331
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-29
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Part of the "Longman Topics" reader series,Ethics in the 21st Century Workplace: Voices Across the Professional Disciplinesprovides a comprehensive exploration of ethical issues in the workplace. This engaging collection contains a broad range of readings that raise questions of ethics pertaining to a variety of situations. Selections discuss issues of ethics in the classroom, the media, law and humanities, the business world, and medical and scientific research.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Ethics and Education	1	(38)
The Streets of Life	2	(10)
William J. Byron
Archaeology, Ethics, and Character: Using Our Cultural Heritage to Teach Citizenship	12	(9)
Jeanne M. Moe
Carolee Coleman
Kristie Fink
Kirsti Krejs
Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue	21	(6)
Martin E. Marty
Jonathan Moore
What Sidetracked Choice Advocacy?	27	(12)
John Merrifield
Changing the World, One Child at a Time (student essay)	36	(2)
Sarah Hutchins
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	38	(1)
Ethics and Journalism	39	(36)
The Search for Objectivity in Journalism	40	(8)
Howard A. Myrick
Totem and Taboo: The Culture of the News Media	48	(10)
Caryl Rivers
The Changing Face of News	58	(7)
Benjamin Radford
Politicians and Polls: Everything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You	65	(10)
Matthew Robinson
Public Relations and Advertising: The Unyielding Juggernauts of Capitalism (student essay)	72	(1)
Brendan Smith
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	73	(2)
Ethics and Law	75	(30)
Puff, the Magic Settlement	76	(5)
Walter Olson
Fundamental Rights and the Right to Bear Arms	81	(6)
Cynthia A. Stark
Laws and Civil Liberties in Cyberspace	87	(7)
Karen Judson
All the Court's a Stage, and All the Lawyers Players: Leading and Misleading the Jury	94	(11)
Richard Zitrin
Carol M. Langford
A Profession of Love (student essay)	101	(2)
Christopher John Alexis
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	103	(2)
Ethics and Business	105	(40)
Is Marketing to Kids Ethical?	106	(7)
Matthew Grimm
Scandal in Corporate America: An Ethical, Not a Legal, Problem	113	(7)
Bruce Frohnen
Leo Clarke
Just Because It's Legal, Is It Right?	120	(9)
Jeffrey L. Seglin
Ethics in International Business	129	(16)
John R. Boatright
The Three Keys to Marketing Success (student essay)	140	(2)
Blair Masching
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	142	(3)
Ethics and Medicine	145	(50)
Changing Ethics in Life and Death Decision Making	147	(14)
Peter Singer
High-Tech Stealth Being Used to Sway Doctor Prescriptions	161	(8)
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Jeff Gerth
Stem Cells: Shaping the Future in Public Policy	169	(11)
Margaret R. McLean
Cloning Human Beings: An Assessment of the Ethical Issues Pro and Con	180	(15)
Dan W. Brock
A Pretty Pill (student essay)	191	(3)
Toni Sanchez
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	194	(1)
Ethics, Plagiarism, and Computer Crimes	195	(28)
A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism Seems on the Rise	196	(3)
Sara Rimer
Brilliant or Plagiarized? Colleges Use Sites to Expose Cheaters	199	(3)
Verne G. Kopytoff
Viruses, Worms, and Other Sinister Programs	202	(7)
Karen Judson
Cybercrime Crackdown	209	(3)
John Knittel
Michael Soto
Integrity, Ethics, and Character Education	212	(11)
Ann Lathrop
Kathleen Foss
Questions for Making Connections Within the Chapter	221	(2)
Making Connections Across the Chapters	223	(2)
Credits	225