Law & Ethics In The Business Environment

by Halbert, Terry; Ingulli, Elaine

• ISBN13: 9780324204902
• ISBN10: 0324204906
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

This text provides balanced, in-depth coverage of controversial and timely topics in the areas of law and ethics within the businessenvironment. Its goal is to bring to life the complex situations where business imperatives, legal rules, and ethical concepts collide,and to give students the tools for and practice with making some of the tough ethical choices and decisions they may be confronted withas business managers.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Law, Ethics, Business: An Introduction	1	(30)
Freedom vs. Responsibility: A Duty to Rescue?	3	(10)
Yania v. Bigan (Pennsylvania, 1959)	3	(1)
Hurley v. Eddingfield (Indiana, 1901)	4	(1)
The Oath of Hippocrates	4	(2)
On Liberty	6	(1)
The Duty to Rescue: A Liberal-Communitarian Approach	7	(3)
Roger L. McClung v. Delta Square (Tennessee, 1996)	10	(3)
Ethical Decision Making: A Toolkit	13	(14)
The IBM Principles	23	(1)
A Primer of Feminist Theory and Tort	24	(3)
Chapter Problems	27	(2)
Chapter Project	29	(1)
Stakeholder Ethics Role Play	29	(2)
The Duty of Loyalty: Whistleblowing	31	(34)
Donn Milton, Dr., v. IIT Research Institute (Fourth Circuit, 1998)	32	(2)
Employment-at-Will	34	(12)
Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. (New Jersey, 1980)	37	(6)
Survey of Whistleblowers Finds Retaliation but Few Regrets	43	(1)
Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act	44	(2)
The Question of Loyalty	46	(7)
Just Pucker and Blow: An Analysis of Corporate Whistleblowers	47	(6)
Public Employees and Freedom of Speech	53	(1)
Corporate Governance and the Gatekeepers	54	(6)
Understanding Enron: ``It's About the Gatekeepers, Stupid''	55	(5)
Chapter Problems	60	(4)
Chapter Project	64	(1)
Enron Stakeholder Role Play	64	(1)
Privacy and Technology	65	(38)
Surveillance at Work	66	(4)
Michael A. Smyth v. The Pillsbury Company (United States District Court, 1996)	66	(4)
The Value of Privacy	70	(4)
The Functions of Privacy	70	(4)
Alan Westin
Lifestyle Control	74	(3)
State of New York v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (N.Y. App. Div., 1995)	75	(2)
Testing	77	(4)
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corporation (California, 1991)	77	(4)
Consumer Privacy	81	(3)
Timothy v. Chase Manhattan Bank (New York, 2002)	82	(2)
Privacy Under the Constitution	84	(1)
Counter-Terrorism: Security vs. Privacy	85	(3)
Spying for Fun and Profit	86	(2)
Privacy in Medical Information	88	(8)
Norman-Bloodsaw v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Ninth Circuit, 1997)	89	(3)
Brave New Workplace: Genetic Breakthroughs and the New Employment Discrimination	92	(4)
Chapter Problems	96	(4)
Chapter Project	100	(1)
Mock Trial	100	(3)
Valuing Diversity: Discrimination, Accommodation, and Affirmative Action	103	(42)
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (Massachusetts, 2003)	104	(3)
Equal Protection	107	(6)
Back v. Hastings On Hudson Union Free School (Second Circuit, 2004)	109	(2)
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Maternal Wall as a Barrier to Gender Equality	111	(2)
Joan C. Williams
The Civil Rights Act of 1964	113	(9)
Oiler v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc. (Louisiana, 2002)	114	(4)
Bibby v. Phila. Coca Cola Bottling Company (Third Circuit, 2001)	118	(2)
The Sanitized Workplace	120	(2)
Vicki Schultz
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabled Workers	122	(2)
Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities (Americans with Disabilities Act)	123	(1)
Affirmative Action	124	(10)
Gratz v. Bollinger (United States, 2003)	127	(3)
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference	130	(1)
Two Views of the River: A Critique of the Liberal Defense of Affirmative Action	131	(3)
Charles R. Lawrence III
Families and Work	134	(3)
Family and Medical Leave Act	136	(1)
International Perspectives	137	(4)
Policies That Make Work More Family Friendly, Economic Policy Institute	138	(1)
Unbending Gender: Market Work and Family Work in the 21st Century	139	(2)
Joan C. Williams
Chapter Problems	141	(2)
Chapter Project	143	(1)
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Accommodating Parents	143	(2)
Workers Rights as Human Rights: Health and Safety in the Workplace	145	(37)
Workers' Compensation	145	(4)
Delgado v. Phelps Dodge Chino, Inc. (New Mexico, 2001)	146	(3)
Risk in the Workplace	149	(6)
Achieving Environmental Justice: The Role of Occupational Health	150	(2)
George Friedman-Jiminez
Echazabal v. Chevron USA, Inc. (Ninth Circuit, 2000)	152	(3)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)	155	(9)
Irving v. United States (First Circuit, 1998)	158	(2)
Grading the Government	160	(4)
Richard W. Parker
Safety Concerns in the Global Economy	164	(13)
Kasky v. Nike (California, 2000)	165	(3)
Leveling the Playing Field for Developing-Country Workers, Claire Moore Dickerson	168	(2)
The Perils and Promises of Transnational Labor Solidarity	170	(2)
James Atleson
Slavery: Alive and Thriving in the World Today	172	(3)
Kevin Bayles
Exporting Hazards	175	(2)
Henry Shue
Chapter Problems	177	(4)
Chapter Project	181	(1)
Evaluating Workplace Health and Safety	181	(1)
Justice and a Sustainable Economy: Environmental Protection	182	(40)
Environmental Equity	182	(7)
South Camden Citizens v. New Jersey DEP (New Jersey, 2001)	183	(6)
Environmental Protection Strategies	189	(12)
Bill Moyers Interview of Hunter Lovins	192	(2)
Dirty Secrets	194	(6)
Shareholder Resolution on Climate Change	200	(1)
Environmental Philosophy	201	(8)
Second Treatise of Government	202	(2)
A Sand County Almanac	204	(2)
Why I am Not an Environmentalist	206	(3)
Private Property, Regulation, and the Constitution	209	(6)
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (United States, 1992)	210	(5)
Globalization, Fairness and the Environment	215	(3)
The Myths of Globalization Exposed: Advancing toward Living Democracy	215	(3)
Chapter Problems	218	(3)
Chapter Project	221	(1)
Business Ethics Fairy Tales	221	(1)
Marketing and Information: Advertising	222	(39)
Commercial Speech	223	(5)
Hornell Brewing Co., Inc. v. Brady (New York, 1993)	223	(5)
Advertising and Economics	228	(3)
The Dependence Effect	228	(3)
Federal vs. Industry Self-Regulation	231	(10)
FTC v. Silueta Distributors, Inc. and Stanley Klavir (California, 1995)	233	(3)
Pharmacia Corporation v. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (D. New Jersey, 2003)	236	(5)
Market Manipulation	241	(8)
A Case Study in Market Manipulation: The Tobacco Industry	241	(5)
Saray Perez v. Wyeth Laboratories Inc. (New Jersey, 1999)	246	(3)
Fighting Spam	249	(3)
Anti-Spam Measures	250	(2)
The Branding of Culture	252	(4)
No Logo	252	(4)
Chapter Problems	256	(3)
Chapter Project	259	(1)
Legislative Hearing: Hard Liquor Advertising on Network Television	259	(2)
Risk Allocation: Products Liability	261	(41)
Unsafe Products	262	(10)
Green v. Smith & Nephew AHP, Inc. (Wisconsin, 2001)	262	(7)
Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company (Fourth District, 1981)	269	(3)
The Debate Over Tort Reform	272	(5)
Firestone/Ford Makes the Case for the Tort System, Fred Baron	272	(1)
A Proposal for Federal Product Liability Reform	273	(4)
Victor E. Schwartz
Mark A. Behrens
The Uniform Commercial Code	277	(5)
Denny v. Ford Motor Company (New York, 1995)	277	(3)
Transport Corporation of American v. IBM (Eighth Circuit, 1994)	280	(2)
Government Regulation of Product Safety	282	(7)
Wood v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Division of American Home (Kentucky, 2002)	286	(3)
Manufacturer Liability for Consumer Uses	289	(2)
Foister v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. (Kentucky, 2003)	289	(2)
Enterprise Liability	291	(4)
Enforcing the Social Compact Through Representative Litigation	292	(3)
Elizabeth Carbraser
Global Perspectives	295	(3)
Are the Clinical HIV Vaccine Trials in Africa Unjust?	295	(3)
Ruquaijah Yearby
Chapter Problems	298	(2)
Chapter Project	300	(1)
Mock: Legislative Hearing: Dietary Supplements	300	(2)
Ownership and Creativity: Intellectual Property	302	(39)
Copyright Law	303	(7)
In re: Aimster Copyright Litigation Appeal of: John Deep, Defendant (Seventh Circuit, 2003)	304	(3)
Two Relationships to a Cultural Public Domain, Negativland	307	(3)
Traditional Copyright Law	310	(17)
MasterCard International Incorporated v. Nader 2000 Primary Committee, Inc. (U.S. District Court, 2004)	312	(2)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Eric Corley (Second Circuit, 2001)	314	(3)
Recovering Collectivity, Angela Riley	317	(4)
The Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig	321	(2)
White v. Samsung and Deutsch Associates (Ninth Circuit, 1992)	323	(4)
Global Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)	327	(8)
Trade Secrets: Protecting Indigenous Ethnobiological (Medicinal) Knowledge	328	(5)
Gelvina Rodriguez Stevenson
The Structural Power of Strong Pharmaceutical Patent Protection	333	(2)
James Thuo Gathii
Chapter Problems	335	(4)
Chapter Project	339	(1)
Ethics Roundtable: Protecting Collective Property	339	(2)
Appendices	341	(16)
A: Evaluating Internet Sources	341	(2)
B: An Introduction to Legal Research	343	(5)
C: Stakeholder Ethics Role Play	348	(2)
D: Mock Trial Materials	350	(3)
E: Alternative Dispute Resolution	353	(2)
F: Legislative Hearing	355	(2)
Glossary	357	(10)
Index	367