Business Ethics

Höfundur Richard A. Spinello

Útgefandi SAGE Publications, Inc. (US)

Snið ePub

Print ISBN 9781506368054

Útgáfa 1

Útgáfuár 2020

8.390 kr.

Description

Efnisyfirlit

  • 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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