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Book SynopsisCarefully review the decision-making process of business leaders today and discover common threads behind ethical challenges in Jennings' best-selling BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS, 10E. The latest cases, new examples and intriguing readings drawn from pop culture, business and history introduce today's ethical issues, the consequences and societal costs. You learn how to recognize and resolve ethical issues to become a stronger business leader. Probing questions prompt you to evaluate situations like actions of the NBA in China or the NFL's Taking-a-Knee issue. You learn how specific behaviors can lead to ethical or legal breaches as you work through real examples of business decisions gone awry. You study patterns and choices in examples such as how behaviors have changed during the pandemic, how employees gamed fitness devices for insurance discounts or how parents cheated to get their children into top universities.
Table of ContentsUNIT 1: Ethical Theory, Philosophical Foundations, Our Reasoning Flaws, Types of Ethical Dilemmas, and You. SECTION A Understanding Ourselves and Ethical Lapses. SECTION B Ethical Theory and Philosophical Foundations. SECTION C The Types of Ethical Dilemmas. SECTION D Our Reasoning Flaws. SECTION E Analyzing and Resolving Ethical Dilemmas. UNIT 2: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in Business. SECTION A Business, Ethics, and Individuals: How Do They Work Together? SECTION B What Gets in the Way of Ethical Decisions in Business? SECTION C Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Business. UNIT 3: Business, Stakeholders, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability. SECTION A Business and Society: The Tough Issues of Economics, Social Responsibility, Stakeholders, and Business. SECTION B Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory. SECTION C Government as a Stakeholder. UNIT 4: Ethics and Company Culture. SECTION A Temptation at Work for Individual Gain and That Credo. SECTION B The Organizational Behavior Factors. SECTION C Accounting and Governance Factor. SECTION D The Psychological and Behavior Factors. SECTION E The Structural Factors: Governance, Example, and Leadership. SECTION F Industry Practices and Legal Factors. SECTION G The Fear-and-Silence Factors. SECTION H Culture of Goodness. UNIT 5: Ethics and Contracts. SECTION A Contract Negotiations: All Is Fair and Conflicting Interests. SECTION B Promises, Performance, and Reality. UNIT 6: Ethics in International Business. SECTION A Conflicts between the Corporation���s Ethics and Business Practices in Foreign Countries. SECTION B Bribes, Grease Payments, and ���When in Rome ������ UNIT 7: Ethics, Business Operations, and Rights. SECTION A Workplace Safety. SECTION B Workplace Loyalty. SECTION C Workplace Diversity and Atmosphere. SECTION D Tough Issues and Confrontation in the Workplace. UNIT 8: Ethics and Products. SECTION A Advertising Content. SECTION B Product Safety. SECTION C Product Sales. UNIT 9: Ethics and Competition. SECTION A Covenants Not to Compete. SECTION B All���s Fair, or Is It? SECTION C Intellectual Property and Ethics. The Ethical Common Denominator (ECD) Index: The Common Threads of Business Ethics. Alphabetical Index. Business Discipline Index. Product/Company/Individuals Index. Topic Index.
