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Taking sides. Clashing views in business ethics and society / selected, edited and with introductions by Lisa H. Newton, Elaine E. Englehardt, Michael S. Pritchard.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: McGraw-Hill contemporary learning seriesPublication details: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, c2012.Edition: 12th edDescription: xxvi, 373 p. ; 24 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 9780073527352
  • 0073527351
Other title:
  • Clashing views in business ethics and society
  • Business ethics and society
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.8408
Contents:
Can capitalism lead to human happiness? -- Is risk the best theory for capitalism? -- Is increasing profits the only social responsibility of business? -- Can individual virtue survive corporate pressure? -- Can ethics codes build "true" corporate ethics? -- Was the financial industry responsible for the economic meltdown of 2008? -- Should the government be responsible to bailout financial institutions to avert an economic disaster? -- Are the risks of derivatives manageable? -- Should price gouging be regulated? -- Does blowing the whistle violate company loyalty? -- Is employer monitoring of employee social media justified? -- Is "employment-at-will" good social policy? -- Is CEO compensation justified by performance? -- Should advertising directed at children be restricted? -- Should homeowners employ strategic default options with mortgages? -- Should we require labeling for genetically modified food? -- Are multinational corporations free from moral obligation? -- Are sweatshops an inhumane business practice? -- Should patenting genes be understood as unethical? -- Should the world continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy?
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General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 658.8408 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 69107

Includes bibliographical references.

Can capitalism lead to human happiness? -- Is risk the best theory for capitalism? -- Is increasing profits the only social responsibility of business? -- Can individual virtue survive corporate pressure? -- Can ethics codes build "true" corporate ethics? -- Was the financial industry responsible for the economic meltdown of 2008? -- Should the government be responsible to bailout financial institutions to avert an economic disaster? -- Are the risks of derivatives manageable? -- Should price gouging be regulated? -- Does blowing the whistle violate company loyalty? -- Is employer monitoring of employee social media justified? -- Is "employment-at-will" good social policy? -- Is CEO compensation justified by performance? -- Should advertising directed at children be restricted? -- Should homeowners employ strategic default options with mortgages? -- Should we require labeling for genetically modified food? -- Are multinational corporations free from moral obligation? -- Are sweatshops an inhumane business practice? -- Should patenting genes be understood as unethical? -- Should the world continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy?

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