BUSINESS AND GLOBAL SOCIETY

PREFACE

I.    ETHICS, BUSINESS, AND SOCIETY:
      A BRIEF OVERVIEW

•    Senses of the Term “Ethics”

•    Mores, Manners, Custom, and Morality

•    Law, Laws, and Morality

•    Ethics as a Branch of Inquiry

•    Kinds of Ethical Problems

•    Ethical Problems, Ethical Theory, Ethical Theories

•    Theoretical Ethics and this Book’s Basic Theoretical Framework


II.   BUSINESS, ETHICS, BUSINESS ETHICS

•    Nature and Scope of Business Ethics

        •    The Changing World of Business and the Concerns it Prompts

        •    Business and Ethics: Do they Mix?

        •    Business as a Feedback System

•    On the Very Notion of Business Ethics

        •    Business Ethics and Casuistry

        •    Nuances in Applying Rules of Ethics

•    Markets, Ethics, and Practical Decisions

        •    Exchange, Competition, and the Decisions of Individuals:
             Consumers, Employees, or Citizens?

        •    Exchange, Competition, and the Decisions of Business Firms:
             Between Monopoly and Espionage

•    Morality and the Law

        •    Gifts Versus Market Exchanges

        •    Competition


III.   BUSINESS MANAGEMENT  AND THE MORAL
        STATUS OF BUSINESS FIRMS

•    Senses of the Term Management

•    Can a Business Firm Be a Moral Agent?

•    How Can a Business Firm Be Made Moral?
      Matters of Character and Matters of Structure
 
•    Balancing Social Responsibility and Regulation


IV.    RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
         OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND EMPLOYEES

•    Hiring, Promotion, and Retention Practices

•    Two Extreme Ethical Principles and Some
      Some Criteria for Assessing Them              

•    Utilitarianism

•   Principles of Justice and Rights

•   The Socioeconomic Context,  Considerations of Consequences,
      and Pragmatic Considerations


V.    BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND CONCEPTS

•    Dealing with Sexual Harassment

•    Privacy and Loyalty in Employment

•    Plant Closings and Relocations,
      and Labor Negotiations

•    Corporations and the Law

        •    Corporation's Legal Personhood

        •    Due Process

        •    Corporate Free Speech Rights

        •    Corporate/Union Rights


VI.   MORAL CONTROVERSIES IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

•     Financial Markets, Mergers, and Morally Controversial Stocks

•     Financial Accounting

•     Government, Nonprofits, and Financial Statements

•     Accounting, Finance, and the Law

        •    Inside Information

        •    Truth in Lending


VII.  MORAL  CONTROVERSIES IN MARKETING
        AND ADVERTISING

•     Marketing: Negligence, Warranties, and Strict Liability

•     Advertising:  Truth, Imagery, and Fairness

•     Marketing, Advertising, and the Law

        •    Unfair and Deceptive Sales Techniques

        •    Deceptive Advertising

        •    Product Liability

        •    Market Share Liability


VIII. MORAL CONTROVERSIES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

•      Closing Deals and Registering Products Abroad

•      Accomplices, Exploiters, or Forces for Change?

•      International Business and the Law

        •    The Legal Notion of a Foreign Corporation

        •    Damages Caused by Subsidiaries Abroad



IX.  BUSINESS AND ETHICS: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
       AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

•    Alternative Business Systems

•    Options for Further Business Ethics Development

•    Business Outlook and  Current Changes
       in Business' Legal and Social Environments


X.    CONSCIENCE AT WORK: ETHICS, TECHNOLOGY,
       AND BUSINESS POLICY AND DECISION

•    A World of Difficult Decisions

•    The Pinto Case

•    Between Heroism and Duty

•    Effectiveness and Limits of Legalistic Responses

•   Toward Nonadversarial Approaches

•    Merck and River Blindness

•    The Moral Equivalent of the Ozone Layer


INDEX

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