Annual Editions: Business Ethics 08/09 - Brossura

Richardson, John E

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ISBN 10: 0073528498 ISBN 13: 9780073528496

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008

Riassunto

This Twentieth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: BUSINESS ETHICS 08/09 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an online instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

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Contenuti:

UNIT 1. Ethics, Values, and Social Responsibility in Business

1. 18234 Thinking Ethically, Manuel Velasquez et al., Issues in Ethics, Winter 1996

Outlined here are key steps and five different approaches to dealing with moral issues and helping to resolve ethical dilemmas.

2. 45316 Ethical Leadership, Ronald E. Berenbeim, Leadership Excellence, September 2006

For an example of ethical leadership, Ronald Berenbeim discusses the case of Jawaharlal Nehru.

3. 41660 Business Ethics, William I. Sauser, Jr., Society for Advancement of Management, 2005

William Sauser gives an eight-point action list for establishing a strong ethical culture. He also provides a decision checklist when ethical dilemmas loom.

4. 47039 The Value of an Ethical Corporate Culture, Curtis C. Verschoor, Strategic Finance, November 2006

Research shows that a company’s ability to maintain an ethical culture is key to the attraction, retention, and productivity of employees.

5. 47040 Building an Ethical Framework, Thomas R. Krause and Paul J. Voss, The CRO, May/June 2007

The authors discuss 10 questions that should be considered to build an ethical framework and to encourage an ethical corporate culture.

6. 47041 Moral Leadership, Deborah L. Rhode, Leadership Excellence, January 2007

Deborah Rhode explores why there needs to be ethical leadership.

7. 45336 Ethics After Enron, Cheryl Rosen, Business-Ethics.com, Summer 2006

Cheryl Rosen describes ways that the Enron case will likely affect discussions and decisions in corporate boardrooms for years to come.

8. 38410 Why Good Leaders Do Bad Things, Charles D. Kerns, Graziadio Business Report, Fall 2003

In making ethical decisions, Charles Kerns advocates letting virtuous values guide one’s judgments while being aware of the mental games that can undermine ethical decision making.

9. 30220 Best Resources for Corporate Social Responsibility, Karen McNichol, Business Ethics, Summer 2001

In this Business Ethics journal, Karen McNichol provides a list of some of the best Web sites on corporate social responsibility. They are listed with addresses in this article.

UNIT 2. Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in the Workplace

Part A. Employee Rights and Duties

10. 45317 Your Privacy for Sale, Consumer Reports, October 2006

Consumer Reports investigates how our personal information is being bought, sold, and sometimes stolen.

11. 47042 Employers Look Closely at What Workers Do on Job, Stephanie Armour, USA Today Newspaper, November 8, 2006

Stephanie Armour discusses how companies have become more vigilant in the surveillance of employees with new high-tech tools.

Part B. Organizational Misconduct and Crime

12. 47043 Con Artists’ Old Tricks, Kathy M. Kristof, Los Angeles Times, August 19, 2007

Kathy Kristof discloses situations surrounding why 5 million seniors are victimized by some sort of financial fraud each year.

13. 38413 Corruption: Causes and Cures, Joseph T. Wells, Journal of Accountancy, April 2003

The article reveals ways auditors can help deter bribery and kickbacks.

Part C. Sexual Treatment of Employees

14. 41666 Gender Issues, Jennifer Gill, Inc. Magazine, April 2005

Jennifer Gill contends that smaller companies are particularly vulnerable to sex-discrimination lawsuits because they tend to have less structured atmospheres and are less likely to have sex-discrimination policies in place.

15. 47044 Toyota’s Sex-Harassment Lawsuit Could Set Standard, Jayne O’Donnell and Chris Woodyard, USA Today Newspaper, August 8, 2006

The authors convey how a recent sex-harassment lawsuit involving Toyota could have significant legal repercussions in the future.

Part D. Discriminatory and Prejudicial Practices

16. 47045 Hiring Older Workers, Stephen Bastien, The Costco Connection, July 2007

Stephen Bastien explains how hiring older workers can often contribute unique skills that can contribute to a reliable and dedicated workforce that results in significant cost savings in both the short and long term.

17. 38415 Where Are the Women?, Linda Tischler, Fast Company, February 2004

Linda Tischler investigates why there are still so few women at the top when the managerial pipeline is stuffed with capable, talented female candidates for senior positions.

18. 45321 Crippled by Their Culture, Thomas Sowell, The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2005

Thomas Sowell scrutinizes what could explain large disparities of “representation” among three groups of blacks and analyzes the significance of different patterns of behavior and different cultures and values behind their behavior.

Part E. Downsizing of the Work Force

19. 47046 Fear of Firing, Michael Orey, Business Week, April 23, 2007

Michael Orey explains how workers in an expanding list of categories— women, gays, white men alleging bias—have companies scared to lower the ax, even if workers’ job performance falls seriously short.

20. 47047 Workplace Abuses That Guarantee Trouble, Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, January 7, 2006

Kevin Smith provides a list compiled by Steffan & Co. Inc. of “10 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Fired.”

Part F. Whistle-Blowing in the Organization

21. 41672 Birth of the Ethics Industry, James C. Hyatt, Business Ethics, Summer 2005

James Hyatt reveals that there has been a recent mushrooming of attention to business ethics and the seeking of consultants to help companies as they struggle to cope with the complexities of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, passed in 2002 in the wake of financial scandals.

22. 45322 Learning to Love Whistleblowers, Darren Dahl, Inc. Magazine, March 2006

Darren Dahl relates that some businesses that once feared whistleblowers are now giving workers new ways to report wrongdoing.

23. 41671 On Witnessing a Fraud, Don Soeken, Business Ethics, Summer 2004

A case is presented where saying “no” to the scam was easy, but deciding whether to report it was considerably harder.

Part G. Handling Ethical Dilemmas at Work

24. 47048 Erasing ‘Un’ from ‘Unemployable’, Amy Merrick, The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2007

Amy Merrick discusses how Walgreen’s program trains the disabled to take on regular wage-paying jobs.

25. 47049 The Ethics of Edits, Shel Horowitz, Business Ethics, Summer 2006

A case in Business Ethics magazine offers an interesting ingredient where civil and moral law coincide.

26. 20140 The Parable of the Sadhu, Bowen H. McCoy, Harvard Business Review, May/June 1997

The parable presented in this reading has significance for managers as they encounter ethical dilemmas that involve merging the individual ethic ( personal va...

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0073528498
• ISBN 13: 9780073528496
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208