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Autore |
Weiss Joseph W. |
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Titolo |
Business ethics : a stakeholder and issues management approach / / Joseph W. Weiss ; cover design, Dan Tesser ; indexer, Robert Swanson |
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San Francisco, California : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-62656-142-7 |
1-62656-141-9 |
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Edizione |
[Sixth edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (649 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Business ethics |
Social responsibility of business |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Case Authorship; Chapter 1 Business Ethics, the Changing Environment, and Stakeholder Management; 1.1 Business Ethics and the Changing Environment; Seeing the "Big Picture"; Point/CounterPoint; Environmental Forces and Stakeholders; Stakeholder Management Approach; 1.2 What Is Business Ethics? Why Does It Matter?; What Is Ethics and What Are the Areas of Ethical Theory?; Unethical Business Practices and Employees; Ethics and Compliance Programs; Why Does Ethics Matter in Business?; Working for the Best Companies; 1.3 Levels of Business Ethics |
Asking Key QuestionsEthical Insight 1.1; 1.4 Five Myths about Business Ethics; Myth 1: Ethics Is a Personal, Individual Affair, Not a Public or Debatable Matter; Myth 2: Business and Ethics Do Not Mix; Myth 3: Ethics in Business Is Relative; Myth 4: Good Business Means Good Ethics; Myth 5: Information and Computing Are Amoral; 1.5 Why Use Ethical Reasoning in Business?; 1.6 Can Business Ethics Be Taught and Trained?; 1.7 Plan of the Book; Chapter Summary; Questions; Exercises; Real-Time Ethical Dilemma; Cases; 1. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC: Wall Street Trading Firm |
2. Cyberbullying: Who's to Blame and What Can Be Done?Notes; Chapter |
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2 Ethical Principles, Quick Tests, and Decision-Making Guidelines; 2.1 Ethical Reasoning and Moral Decision Making; Three Criteria in Ethical Reasoning; Moral Responsibility Criteria; 2.2 Ethical Principles and Decision Making; Ethical Insight 2.1; Utilitarianism: A Consequentialist (Results-Based) Approach; Universalism: A Deontological (Duty-Based) Approach; Rights: A Moral and Legal Entitlement-Based Approach; Justice: Procedures, Compensation, and Retribution; Virtue Ethics: Character-Based Virtues; The Common Good |
Ethical Relativism: A Self-Interest ApproachImmoral, Amoral, and Moral Management; 2.3 Four Social Responsibility Roles; 2.4 Levels of Ethical Reasoning and Moral Decision Making; Personal Level; Organizational Level; Industry Level; Societal, International, and Global Levels; 2.5 Identifying and Addressing Ethical Dilemmas; Ethical Insight 2.2; Moral Creativity; Ethical Dilemma Problem Solving; 12 Questions to Get Started; 2.6 Individual Ethical Decision-Making Styles; Communicating and Negotiating across Ethical Styles; 2.7 Quick Ethical Tests; 2.8 Concluding Comments |
Back to Louise Simms . . .Chapter Summary; Questions; Exercises; Real-Time Ethical Dilemma; Cases; 3. Ford's Pinto Fires: The Retrospective View of Ford's Field Recall Coordinator; 4. Jerome Kerviel: Rogue Trader or Misguided Employee? What Really Happened at the Société Générale?; 5. Samuel Waksal at ImClone; Notes; Chapter 3 Stakeholder and Issues Management Approaches; 3.1 Stakeholder Theory and the Stakeholder Management Approach Defined; Stakeholders; Stakes; 3.2 Why Use a Stakeholder Management Approach for Business Ethics?; Stakeholder Theory: Criticisms and Responses |
3.3 How to Execute a Stakeholder Analysis |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ethics for Today This is a pragmatic, hands-on, up-to-date guide to determining right and wrong in the business world. Joseph Weiss integrates a stakeholder perspective with an issues-oriented approach so students look at how a business's actions affect not just share price and profit but the well-being of employees, customers, suppliers, the local community, the larger society, other nations, and the environment. Weiss uses a wealth of contemporary examples, including twenty-three customized cases that immerse students directly in recent busine |
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