Business Ethics For Dummies
by Bowie, Norman E.; Schnieder, MegFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-03-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
The tools you need to deal with ethical dilemmas in businessIn today's world, it's increasingly important for all businesses and government agencies to implement ethical conduct in the workplace. Therefore, business ethics has become required coursework for most students in undergraduate and postgraduate business programs.Mapping to a business ethics course, Business Ethics For Dummies examines ethical theory and discusses the moral issues facing corporate America. It covers topics such as conflicts of interest, trade secrets and insider trading, product safety and product liability, hiring, drug testing, sexual harassment, diversity, and much more. The basics of ethics and making ethical decisions How-tos on incorporating business ethics in the workplace A discussion of moral issues facing corporate AmericaPacked with easy-to-understand explanations and examples, Business Ethics For Dummies is a helpful resource for students, professors, business owners, managers, and CEOs who seek a clear understanding of the importance of ethics.
Author Biography
Norman E. Bowie is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. He received the first lifetime achievement award in scholarship from the Society for Business Ethics. Meg Schneider is an award-winning writer who has experience in television, radio and print journalism, and public relations.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Discovering What Ethics Is and Where It Fits in Business | |
| Putting Ethics to Work in Business | |
| Exploring Religion-Based Ethics | |
| Examining the Study of Ethics | |
| Exploring Common Business Ethics Issues | |
| Identifying (And Handling) Conflicts of Interest | |
| Mixing Marketing and Ethics | |
| Understanding Public and Government Relations | |
| Spreading the Wealth: Executive Pay, Bonuses, and Incentives | |
| Managing People: Discrimination, Privacy, and Safety | |
| Looking at Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility | |
| Identifying the Stakes and the Stakeholders | |
| Contributing to Charity | |
| Protecting the Environment | |
| Treating Competitors Fairly | |
| Applying Business Ethics in the 21st Century | |
| Establishing a Company's Ethical Culture | |
| Examining the Relationship between Ethics and Profits | |
| Cooking the Books: Accounting after Enron | |
| Gathering, Using, and Protecting Information | |
| Going Global: Ethical Issues for the Multinational Company | |
| The Part of Tens | |
| Ten Ethical Issues That Most Businesses Face | |
| Ten Common Obstacles to Ethical Business Behavior | |
| Ten Ways Managers Can Keep Their Companies Ethical | |
| Ten Universal Ethical Guideposts | |
| Appendix: An Interfaith Declaration: A Code of Ethics on International Business for Christians, Muslims, and Jews | |
| Index. | |
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