Ethics and Business : an Introduction.

Ethics and Business : an Introduction.

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Author / Creator:Gibson, Kevin.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (274 pages)
Language:English
Series:Cambridge Applied Ethics
Cambridge applied ethics.
Subject:
Business ethics.
Social responsibility of business.
Corporate profits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects.
Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects.
Business ethics.
Corporate profits -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11831617
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ISBN:9781107096011
1107096014
9780511806148
0511806140
9781107089716
1107089719
9781299706255
1299706258
0521682452
9780521682459
0521863791
9780521863797
0521682452
9780521682459
Notes:Corporate promotion of diversity.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:General issues for discussion; Case - fool's gold; Some questions from the case; 4 Feminism; Morgan Stanley; Women at work; Feminism in business ethics; Women's nature; The female voice; Ethics of care; Issues of equality in the workplace; Private lives and public work; Disproportionate burdens; Summary; General issues for discussion; Case - time off or time out?; Some questions from the case; 5 Responsibility; The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster; Meanings of responsibility; Role responsibility; Legal liability and moral responsibility; Cause; Corporations as moral agents.
This 2007 undergraduate textbook captures the dynamic nature of business ethics in the era of globalization.
Other form:Print version: Gibson, Kevin. Ethics and Business : An Introduction. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2007 9780521863797
Standard no.:9780521682459
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Ethics and Business; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 An overview of business ethics; The Bhopal disaster; The philosophical contribution; Two meanings of business ethics; Instrumental or prudential approaches; Rule-based approaches; Principle-based approaches; Ethical relativism; Egoism; Machiavelli and Hobbes; Game theory; Nike; Morality and strategy; Responses to egoism; Summary; General issues for discussion; Case
  • pornography; Some questions from the case; 2 Insights from ethical theory; Gleaning at the grocery; The value of theory; Justice.
  • UtilitarianismSome issues in utilitarianism; Supererogation; Partiality; Utility is not always fair; Duty-based theories; Some issues in Kantian capitalism; Kantian principles; Kantian capitalism and stakeholders; Virtue theory; The virtuous corporation; Summary; General issues for discussion; Case
  • terminator seeds; Some questions from the case; 3 The capitalist system and its ethical implications; The Body Shop; Features of capitalism; The invisible hand; Market morality; Market failures; Consolidation; Externalities; Commons; Regulation of the market; Globalization and its implications.
  • Inalienable responsibilityReluctant agency and omission; The doctrine of double effect; Codes and compliance; Moral censure; Three dimensions of business responsibility; Summary; General issues for discussion; Case
  • the aging air fleet; Some questions from the case; 6 Rights; Le Clemençeau; Rights in the workplace; Positive and negative rights; Rights and privileges; Recent initiatives; The Niger delta; Sweatshops; Rights and accountability; Communitarian challenges; Insights from Asian philosophy; Non-human rights; Summary; General questions for discussion; Case
  • human guinea pigs.
  • Some questions from the case7 Autonomy; CortiSlim; Autonomy defined; Intentionality; Understanding; Voluntariness; Limits on autonomy; Let the buyer beware; Advertising and autonomy; Autonomy in the workplace; Autonomy and drug testing; Autonomy and psychological testing; Autonomy and discrimination; Whistleblowing; Summary; General issues for discussion; Case
  • Jodie Brooks; Some questions from the case; 8 Beneficence; Wal-Mart; Degrees of beneficence; Corporate beneficence; Motivations for beneficence; Corporate philanthropy; Corporate social intervention overseas.

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