Moral Issues In Business


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  • Toc: Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 15 Ethics......Page 17 Moral versus Nonmoral Standards......Page 18 Religion and Morality......Page 24 Ethical Relativism......Page 26 Having Moral Principles......Page 28 Morality and Personal Values......Page 31 Individual Integrity and Responsibility......Page 33 Moral Reasoning......Page 37 Study Corner......Page 43 Case 1.1: Made in the U.S.A.-Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq . . .......Page 44 Case 1.2: Just Drop off the Key, Lee......Page 47 Case 1.3: The A7D Affair......Page 49 Reading 1.1: It's Good Business......Page 52 Reading 1.2: Moral Responsibility in the Age of Bureaucracy......Page 60 Introduction......Page 68 Consequentialist and Nonconsequentialist Theories......Page 70 Egoism......Page 71 Utilitarianism......Page 74 Kant's Ethics......Page 80 Other Nonconsequentialist Perspectives......Page 86 Utilitarianism Once More......Page 91 Moral Decision Making: A Practical Approach......Page 93 Study Corner......Page 96 Case 2.1: Hacking into Harvard......Page 97 Case 2.2: The Ford Pinto......Page 99 Case 2.3: Blood for Sale......Page 102 Reading 2.1: One Philosopher's Approach to Business Ethics......Page 104 Reading 2.2: When is "Everybody's Doing It" a Moral Justification?......Page 110 Introduction......Page 119 The Nature of Justice......Page 121 The Utilitarian View......Page 124 The Libertarian Approach......Page 128 Rawls's Theory of Justice......Page 134 Study Corner......Page 142 Case 3.1: Eminent Domain......Page 143 Case 3.2: Battling over Bottled Water......Page 145 Case 3.3: Poverty in America......Page 147 Reading 3.1: Income Distribution......Page 149 Reading 3.2: Is Inheritance Justified?......Page 157 Introduction......Page 164 Capitalism......Page 165 Key Features of Capitalism......Page 168 Two Arguments for Capitalism......Page 171 Criticisms of Capitalism......Page 174 Today's Economic Challenges......Page 182 Study Corner......Page 187 Case 4.1: Catastrophe in Bangladesh......Page 188 Case 4.2: Licensing and Laissez Faire......Page 190 Case 4.3: One Nation under Walmart......Page 193 Case 4.4: A New Work Ethic?......Page 195 Case 4.5: Casino Gambling on Wall Street......Page 196 Case 4.6: Paying College Athletes......Page 198 Reading 4.1: Globalization and Its Discontents......Page 200 Reading 4.2: The Ethics of Corporate Downsizing......Page 204 Reading 4.3: Buddhist Economics......Page 211 Introduction......Page 216 The Limited-Liability Company......Page 217 Corporate Moral Agency......Page 220 Rival Views of Corporate Responsibility......Page 223 Debating Corporate Responsibility......Page 230 Institutionalizing Ethics within Corporations......Page 235 Study Corner......Page 241 Case 5.1: Yahoo in China......Page 242 Case 5.2: Drug Dilemmas......Page 244 Case 5.3: Free Speech or False Advertising?......Page 246 Case 5.4: Corporations and Religious Faith......Page 248 Case 5.5: Charity to Scouts?......Page 249 Case 5.6: Corporate Taxation......Page 251 Reading 5.1: The Toxic Side Effects of Shareholder Primacy......Page 253 Reading 5.2: A Debat

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