Business Ethics: Violations of the Public Trust

ISBN-13: 9780471545910 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 336 str.

Robert Hartley; John Williams Hartley

Opis

This collection of case studies covers a number of contemporary issues in business ethics, and can be used either on its own or as a supplement to a core text on the principles of management or organizational behaviour. Its use of international companies makes situations instantly recognizable.

Spis treści

Partial table of contents:

CLASSIC ETHICAL VIOLATIONS.

Union Carbide: Assault on the Ohio Valley.

STP: Oh, Such Product Claims.

ITT: Heavy–Handed Interference in a Foreign Government.

The Dalkon Shield: Spurning User Safety.

CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES.

Union Carbide′s Bhopal Catastrophe.

Beech–Nut: Adulterated Apple Juice––for Babies.

The Savings & Loan Disaster: Repudiating Management′s Trusteeship Responsibility.

Raiders: Raping American Corporations.

PowerMaster Beer: Targeting the Ghetto.

Recent Cigarette Controversies.

CONCLUSIONS.

Johnson & Johnson: Tylenol, a Shining Example of Responsible Business Conduct––And Yet...?

Conclusions: What Can Be Learned?.