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- List of Case Studies
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Ethical Decision-Making Framework
- PART I •THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES
- Chapter 1 •Why Capitalism?
- What Is Capitalism?
- Property Rights
- Free and Open Market
- Archetypes of Capitalism
- State-Guided Capitalism
- Oligarchic Capitalism
- Big-Firm Capitalism
- Entrepreneurial Capitalism
- Comparing the Archetypes
- Capitalism and Its Critics
- Capitalist Excesses
- Capitalism and Income Inequality
- Government Institutions and Market Failures
- Moral Culture and Modern Managers
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 2 •Corporate Moral Agency, Purpose, and Responsibilities
- The Corporation and the Triumph of Corporate Rights
- Corporate Moral Agency
- Corporate Purpose
- The Property Model
- The Social Entity Model
- Limitations of the Models
- The Modified Entity Model
- Corporate Accountability and Economic Mission
- A Decision-Making Framework
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 3 •Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Plato, Aristotle, and Virtue Ethics
- Consequences and Utilitarianism
- Ethics as Duty
- Natural Rights
- Synthesis and Application
- Scope of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- PART II •PERSONAL INTEGRITY IN THE WORKPLACE
- Chapter 4 •The Person and the Corporation
- An Overview of the Cases
- CASE STUDY 4.1: Trouble in the Recruiting Office
- CASE STUDY 4.2: Conscience and the Workplace
- CASE STUDY 4.3: Karen Preston’s New Boss
- CASE STUDY 4.4: Confessions of an Appliance Salesman
- CASE STUDY 4.5: The “Perfect” Job Offer
- CASE STUDY 4.6: The Product Manager
- CASE STUDY 4.7: Telling the Truth about the Probable Sale of a Division
- CASE STUDY 4.8: Should an Engineer Inform the FAA about a Defective Fuselage Design?
- CASE STUDY 4.9: Who’s Responsible?
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Appendix: How to Analyze a Case
- PART III •CORPORATE VALUES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Chapter 5 •The Rights of the Modern Corporation
- An Overview of the Cases
- CASE STUDY 5.1: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Citizens United
- Citizens United at the Supreme Court
- Reactions to the Decision
- CASE STUDY 5.2: The Hobby Lobby Case
- Hobby Lobby Inc.
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Hobby Lobby and Religious Freedom
- The Supreme Court Decision
- The Dissent
- Ramifications of Hobby Lobby
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 6 •Ethics in the Investment and Financial Services Industries
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing on Insider Trading
- Classical Theory of Insider Trading
- Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading
- CASE STUDY 6.1: Texas Gulf Sulphur
- CASE STUDY 6.2: All in the Family: The Stewart Insider Trading Case
- CASE STUDY 6.3: Manipulating the LIBOR
- Barclays and the Banking Industry
- What Is LIBOR?
- Barclays and the LIBOR
- Penalties and Reforms
- CASE STUDY 6.4: Fraud or Shrewd Business? The Case of Goldman Sachs
- Goldman Sachs: A Brief History
- Subprime Mortgages, CDOs, and Credit Swaps
- Goldman Sachs and Paulson
- The SEC Complaint and Goldman’s Settlement
- CASE STUDY 6.5: The Wells Fargo Sales Scam
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- The CEO and Board of Directors
- Community Banking
- Culture and Sales Ethos
- Cross-Selling
- The Sales Scam
- Corporate Reaction
- The Fallout and the Future
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 7 •Patients, Patents, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
- An Overview of the Cases
- A Note on Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
- What Is Intellectual Property?
- Legal Protection
- Normative Justifications
- Summation
- Briefing on Big Pharma and Industry Regulations
- Big Pharma: The Major Players
- Origins of the U.S. Drug Industry
- Regulating a Growth Industry
- Internal Growth Followed by Industry Consolidation
- The Road Ahead: Challenges and Controversies
- CASE STUDY 7.1: The New Economics of Drug Pricing: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
- The Valeant Business Model
- A Deal with Marathon Pharmaceuticals LLC
- The Philidor Connection
- Valeant’s Defense
- Turing Pharmaceutical Joins the Fray
- Working toward Resolution
- CASE STUDY 7.2: Big Pharma Confronts AIDS
- The AIDS Epidemic
- HIV/AIDS in Africa
- Big Pharma Responds
- CASE STUDY 7.3: Myriad Genetics: Patenting the Genome
- Myriad Genetics
- Genes and DNA: An Overview
- The Myriad Genetics Patents
- The Case against Gene Patents
- The Case for Gene Patents
- The Supreme Court Decides
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 8 •Protecting the Consumer: Product Safety and Marketing
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing: Spotlight on the Tobacco Industry
- Industry Origins and Growth
- Health and Safety Issues
- The Tobacco Industry’s Strategic Response: A Search for New Markets
- Current Industry Structure and Strategy
- Epilogue
- CASE STUDY 8.1: Plain Packaging and the Ongoing Trials of Big Tobacco
- Briefing on Safety and the U.S. Automotive Industry
- The U.S. Automotive Industry
- Industry Indifference: “Safety Doesn’t Sell”
- The Safety Crusade Begins
- “Driverless Cars” and the Future of Automotive Safety
- CASE STUDY 8.2: The Chevy Cobalt Ignition Switch Crisis
- The Chevy Cobalt and General Motors
- Choosing an Ignition Switch for the Cobalt
- Cobalt’s Fatal Accidents
- The Recall and Settlement
- CASE STUDY 8.3: Takata’s Airbag: Unsafe in Any Car?
- Takata AG
- Airbag Technology and the Airbag Industry
- The Takata Recalls
- Manipulating the Test Data
- Postscript
- CASE STUDY 8.4: The Samsung Recall: A Galaxy of Troubles
- Samsung Electronics
- The Galaxy Smartphone Series
- Exploding Batteries
- Testing Batteries and Diagnosing the Problem
- Restoring the Samsung Brand
- Conclusion
- Review Questions
- Discussion Questions
- PART IV •GLOBAL CAPITALISM, CULTURE, AND JUSTICE
- Chapter 9 •Business and the Environment
- An Overview of the Cases
- CASE STUDY 9.1: Poisoned Land: The Tragic History of Love Canal
- Developing Love Canal
- Hooker Chemical Corporation
- Love Canal Site Purchased by Niagara Falls School Board
- Hooker’s Moral and Legal Liability
- Postscript
- CASE STUDY 9.2: Deepwater Horizon: BP on the Edge
- BP: A Short History
- Macondo
- The Deepwater Horizon Explosion
- The Causes of the Deepwater Blowout
- Environmental and Economic Effects of the Oil Spill
- The Aftermath: BP on Trial
- CASE STUDY 9.3: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate
- Company History
- The Diesel Engine and the Emissions Scandal
- Exposing “Clean Diesel”
- The Volkswagen Culture
- Fines and Criminal Prosecutions
- CASE STUDY 9.4: Chevron in the Amazon: Anatomy of Environmental Degradation and Its Aftermath
- Texaco in Ecuador
- Environmental Degradation
- Lawsuits and Reparations
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 10 •Informational Privacy and Cybersecurity
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing on Privacy Rights and Security
- What Is Privacy?
- The Right to Privacy
- Privacy and Security
- CASE STUDY 10.1: Data Breaches at Yahoo
- The Rise and Fall of Yahoo
- Security at Google and Yahoo
- The 2014 Data Breach
- A New Yahoo Breach Startles Users
- Verizon and Yahoo
- CASE STUDY 10.2: Going Dark: Apple versus the FBI
- From Apple Computer to Apple Inc.
- What Is Encryption?
- Going Dark: Apple Takes on the FBI
- Ethical Questions: Security versus Privacy
- Postscript
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 11 •Fair Competition in the Era of Informational Capitalism
- An Overview of the Cases
- CASE STUDY 11.1: Microsoft Accused: The Browser Wars and the Antitrust Case
- The Microsoft Corporation
- The Browser Wars
- The Antitrust Trial Begins
- The Government’s Case against Microsoft
- Exclusionary Deals and Tying
- Microsoft’s Defense
- The Outcome
- CASE STUDY 11.2: Challenging the Google Monopoly
- Google’s History
- Advertising and Ad Auctions
- Google, the FTC, and the European Union
- The EU Fines Google
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 12 •Employee Rights and Sexual Harassment
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing on Duties to Employees
- Employment-at-Will and Job Security
- Employee Rights
- Sexual Harassment
- CASE STUDY 12.1: Sexual Harassment or Imprudence?
- CASE STUDY 12.2: Voluntary Redundancies at PSA Group
- Company History
- Restructuring and Layoffs
- French Labor Reform
- CASE STUDY 12.3: GPS Monitoring and Employee Privacy Rights: Excerpts from Cunningham v. New York State Department of Labor
- Summary and Appeals Court Decision
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- PART V •GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
- Chapter 13 •Global Politics and Disinvestment Strategies
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing on the History and Challenges of Globalization
- Globalization: A Brief History
- Challenges for Multinationals
- Summation
- CASE STUDY 13.1: ITT in Chile: Corporate Executives and Marxist Presidents
- The Rise of ITT
- Early Ethical Controversies
- ITT and Allende’s Chile
- Expropriation
- Aftermath
- CASE STUDY 13.2: Rubber at Any Price: Firestone and the African Strongman
- Firestone Tire and Rubber
- Firestone in Liberia
- Charles Taylor and Liberia’s Civil War
- Firestone’s Bargain with Taylor
- Firestone Responds
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 14 •Bribery and Corruption in Foreign Markets
- An Overview of the Cases
- Briefing on Bribery and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- International Corruption and Bribery: A Perennial Problem
- Bribing Foreign Officials
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Bribery Never Ends
- CASE STUDY 14.1: GlaxoSmithKline in China
- GlaxoSmithKline
- China and Bribes to Chinese Doctors
- The Relevant Laws
- China’s Health Care System
- GSK Convicted of Bribery
- CASE STUDY 14.2: Seeds of Scandal at Monsanto
- Monsanto’s History
- Monsanto and GMOs
- The Bribery Scandal
- Aftermath
- CASE STUDY 14.3: The Resource Curse and Equatorial Guinea
- ExxonMobil in Equatorial Guinea
- Postscript
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 15 •Responsible Outsourcing: Fair Wages and Worker Safety
- An Overview of the Cases
- CASE STUDY 15.1: Worker Abuses in the Supply Chain: The Disturbing Case of Apple in China
- From Apple Computer to Apple Inc.
- Production and Manufacturing
- Apple and Foxconn
- Apple and Pegatron
- Postscript
- CASE STUDY 15.2: Sweatshops and Deathtraps: The Garment Industry in Bangladesh
- The Country and Economy of Bangladesh
- Working Conditions in the Clothing Industry
- The Tazreen Factory Fire
- The Rana Plaza Building Collapse
- Retailers and Clothing Companies Respond
- Postscript
- Conclusion
- Review Question
- Discussion Questions
- Glossary
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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