Business Ethics

Preface.
Introduction.
Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS: VIRTUE AND VALUES.
Section A: Defining Ethics.
Section B: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas.
Unit II: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS: VIRTUE, VALUES, AND BUSINESS.
Section A: Defining Business Ethics.
Section B: Resolution of Business Ethics Dilemma.
Unit III: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY?
SHAREHOLDERS VS. STAKEHOLDERS.
Section A: The Role of Business in Society.
Section B: Applying Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory.
Unit IV: Individual Values and the Business Organization.
Section A: Trust and Employment.
Section B: Taking Advantage.
Unit V: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
Section A: Corporate Due Process.
Section B: Employee Screening.
Section C: Employee Privacy.
Section D: Sexual Harassment.
Section E: Diversity, Equal Employment, and Affirmative Action.
Section F: Whistle-Blowing.
Section G: Employee Rights.
Unit VI: BUSINESS OPERATIONS: FINANCIAL ISSUES.
Section A: Financial Reports: Earnings, Transparency, and Management.
Section B: Personal Ambition and Hubris.
Section C: Culture and Governance.
Unit VII: BUSINESS OPERATIONS: WORKPLACE SAFETY RISKS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS.
Section A: Conflicts between the Corporation s Ethics and Business Practices in Foreign Countries.
Section B: Workplace Safety.
Section C: Plant Closures and Downsizing.
Section D: Environmental Issues.
Section E: Purchasing: Conflicts and Bribery.
Unit VIII: BUSINESS AND ITS COMPETITION.
Section A: Advertising Content.
Section B: Appropriation of Others Ideas.
Section C: Pricing.
Section D: Competitors, the Playing Field, and Competition.
Section E: Business and Its Shareholders.
Unit IX: BUSINESS AND ITS PRODUCT.
Section A: Contract Relations.
Section B: Product Safety.
Section C: Product Social Issues.
Unit X: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT.
Section A: Government Employees.
Section B: Government Contracts.
Section C: Government