Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in business ethics and society /

Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in business ethics and society / Clashing views on controversial issues in business ethics and society Issues for 2006- have title: Taking Sides. Clashing views in business ethics and society selected, edited and introductions by Lisa H. Newton & Maureen M. Ford. - 6th edition. - Guilford, Conn. : Dushkin Pub. Group, c2000. - x, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Biennial - 1st ed.- - Contemporary Learning Series .

Contents;

Part 1: Capitalism and corporations in theory and practice
Issue 1. Classic dialogue: Can capitalism lead to human happiness?
Issue 2. Are corporate codes of ethics just for show?
Issue 3. Does ethics matter in business
Issue 4. Is game theory devastating to business ethics?

Part 2: Current issues in business
Issue 5. Are business and medicine ethically incompatible?
Issue 6. Are pharmaceutical price control justifiable?
Issue 7. Should casino gambling be prohibited?
Issue 8. Are derivative instruments purchases just gambling?

Part 3: Human resources: The corporation and the employee
Issue 9. Does blowing the whistle violate company loyalty?
Issue 10. Should concern for drug abuse overrule concerns for employee?

Part 4: Moving the product: Marketing and consumer dilemmas
Issue 11: Are marketing and advertising fundamentally exploitive?
Issue 12. Product liability: Was ford to blame in the pinto case?

Part 5: International operations: Global obligations
Issue 13: Are multinational corporations free from moral obligations?
Issue 14: Are sweatshops necessarily evil?
Issue 15: Should patenting life be forbidden?
Issue 16: Should we encourage international trade in tobacco products?
Issue 17: Should we export pesticides to developing nations?

Part 6: Environmental policy and corporate responsibility
Issue 18: Is CEO compensation justified by performance?
Issue 19: Can green marketing save tropical rain forests?



Index : p. 350-355.

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