For courses in Business Ethics, Moral Issues in Business, Social Issues in Business, Business and Society, International Business Ethics, and Issues in International Business. This systematic, integrated investigation of the field of business ethics is presented from an informed philosophical point of view. It argues that ethics is the glue as well as the oil that makes business possible, addressing the full gamut of issues: from such macro considerations as the moral justification of economic systems to such micro issues as proper computer use by employees. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit TheeBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access yourdigitalebookproducts whilst you have yourBookshelf installed.
Preface xi Introduction Chapter 1: Ethics and Business 1 Horatio Alger and Stock Options 1 The Myth of Amoral Business 3 The Relation of Business and Morality 5 Business Ethics and Ethics 9 The Case of the Collapsed Mine 18 Study Questions 20 Moral Reasoning In Business Chapter 2: Conventional Morality and Ethical Relativism 21 Purchasing Abroad: A Case Study 21 The Levels of Moral Development 22 Subjective and Objective Morality 24 Descriptive Relativism 26 Normative Ethical Relativism 27 Moral Absolutism 31 Moral Pluralism 32 Pluralism and American Business 33 Pluralism and International Business 33 Pluralism, Business, and the Law 35 Business and Religious Ethics 36 Approaches to Ethical Theory 38 Study Questions 41 Chapter 3: Utility and Utilitarianism 43 An Airplane Manufacturing Case 43 Utilitarianism 43 Act and Rule Utilitarianism 47 Objections to Utilitarianism 50 Utilitarianism and Justice 52 Applying Utilitarianism 53 Utilitarianism and Bribery 56 Study Questions 60 Chapter 4: Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice 61 The Johnson Controls Case 61 Deontological Approaches to Ethics 62 Reason, Duty, and the Moral Law 63 Application of the Moral Law 67 Imperfect Duties, Special Obligations, and Moral Ideals 71 Rights and Justice 73 Study Questions 81 Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics and Moral Reasoning 82 The Case of Dora and Joe 82 Virtue 82 Applying Moral Reasoning 87 Study Questions 97 Chapter 6: Moral Responsibility: Individual and Corporate 98 The Love Canal Case 98 Moral Responsibility 99 Excusing Conditions 100 Liability and Accountability 104 Agent and Role Moral Responsibility 106 The Moral Status of Corporations and Formal Organizations 108 Study Questions 112 Moral Issues in Business Chapter 7: Justice and Economic Systems 114 The Case of the Two Slaveholders 114 Moral Evaluation of Economic Systems 115 Moral Evaluation of Contemporary Systems 119 Economic Models and Games 120 A Capitalist Model 121 Capitalism and Government 125 A Socialist Model 128 Comparison of Models and Systems 130 Economic Systems and Justice 131 Study Questions 133 Chapter 8: American Capitalism: Moral or Immoral? 134 The Case of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet 134 The American Economic System 136 Relation of the American Government to the American Economic System 138 The Marxist Critique 141 Non-Marxist Moral Critiques of American Capitalism 146 The Moral Defense of the American Free-Enterprise System 148 Non-Socialist Alternatives to Contemporary American Capitalism 152 Philanthropy 156 Study Questions 157 Chapter 9: The International Business System, Globalization, and Multinational Corporations 159 The WTO and Agriculture: A Case Study 159 Justice and the International Economic System 161 The Globalization of Business 164
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