Preliminaries: Why Study Business Ethics? |
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11 | (4) |
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``Ill-Founded Criticisms of Business Ethics'' |
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15 | (5) |
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``Does Business Ethics Make Economic Sense?'' |
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20 | (9) |
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Systems of Moral Evaluation |
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``Kantian Business Ethics'' |
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29 | (6) |
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``Caring as an Ethical Perspective'' |
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35 | (7) |
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42 | (4) |
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``Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and the Recommendations of Morality'' |
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46 | (7) |
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53 | (12) |
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Unit 1 Corporate Social Responsibility |
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``Corporate Social Responsibility'' |
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63 | (2) |
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``The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits'' |
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65 | (4) |
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``A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation'' |
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69 | (10) |
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``The Normative Theories of Business Ethics: A Guide for the Perplexed'' |
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79 | (20) |
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``Private Corporations and Public Welfare'' |
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99 | (11) |
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``Business Ethics Without Stakeholders'' |
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110 | (21) |
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Globalization and Its Ethical Significance |
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``The Ethics of Risk in the Global Economy'' |
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131 | (12) |
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``International Business, Morality, and the Common Good'' |
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143 | (11) |
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``The Great Non-Debate Over International Sweatshops'' |
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154 | (16) |
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``Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home'' |
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170 | (11) |
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``Ethics and the Gender Equality Dilemma for US Multinationals'' |
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181 | (8) |
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Environmental Responsibility |
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``At the Monument to General Meade, or On the Difference Between Beliefs and Benefits'' |
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189 | (25) |
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``A Defense of Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis'' |
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214 | (11) |
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Kristin Shrader-Frechette |
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``Reconciling the Irreconcilable: The Global Economy and the Environment'' |
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225 | (7) |
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``Environmentalism Humanized'' |
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232 | (23) |
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Case Study 1: Actions Speak Louder than Words: Rebuilding Malden Mills |
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246 | (2) |
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Case Study 2: Charity Begins at Home: Nepotism |
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248 | (5) |
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Unit 2 Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers |
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``Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers'' |
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253 | (2) |
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``Employment at Will and Due Process'' |
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255 | (4) |
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``In Defense of the Contract at Will'' |
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259 | (8) |
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267 | (7) |
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``Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty'' |
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274 | (5) |
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``Drug Testing in Employment'' |
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279 | (12) |
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``Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing'' |
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291 | (11) |
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``The Employer-Employee Relationship and the Right to Know'' |
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302 | (10) |
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``Human Rights, Workers' Rights, and the `Right' to Occupational Safety'' |
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312 | (12) |
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Case Study 3: Lifestyles and Your Livelihood: Getting Fired in America |
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316 | (2) |
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Case Study 4: E-Mail and Privacy: A Novel Approach |
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318 | (5) |
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Unit 3 Justice and Fair Practice |
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``Justice and Fair Practice'' |
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323 | (1) |
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Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, 497 U.S. 547 (1990) |
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324 | (2) |
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``What Is Wrong with Reverse Discrimination?'' |
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326 | (11) |
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``The Moral Status of Affirmative Action'' |
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337 | (19) |
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``The Definition of Sexual Harassment'' |
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356 | (10) |
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``A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment'' |
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366 | (14) |
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``Sexual Harassment and the Rights of the Accused'' |
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380 | (20) |
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``Is Business Bluffing Ethical?'' |
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400 | (9) |
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``Second Thoughts about Bluffing'' |
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409 | (23) |
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``Business Bluffing Reconsidered'' |
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432 | (7) |
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``Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: A Legal and Moral Analysis'' |
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439 | (8) |
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``A Traveler's Guide to Gifts and Bribes'' |
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447 | (20) |
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Case Study 5: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace |
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458 | (2) |
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Case Study 6: The Ethics of Bluffing: Oracle's Takeover of PeopleSoft |
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460 | (5) |
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Unit 4 Distributive Justice |
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465 | (2) |
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Classical Theories of Contracts, Property, and Capitalism |
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467 | (8) |
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Excerpts from The Second Treatise of Human Government |
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475 | (8) |
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Excerpts from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
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483 | (7) |
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490 | (8) |
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Contemporary Theories of Distribution and Property |
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Excerpts from A Theory of Justice |
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498 | (15) |
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Excerpts from Anarchy, State and Utopia |
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513 | (20) |
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``A Moral Case for Socialism'' |
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533 | (6) |
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``Illusions About Private Property and Freedom'' |
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539 | (11) |
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``Justifying Intellectual Property'' |
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550 | (14) |
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``Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger'' |
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564 | (20) |
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Case Study 7: Intellectual Property Across National Borders |
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577 | (2) |
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Case Study 8: Copy That, Red Leader: Is File-Sharing Piracy? |
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579 | (4) |
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Unit 5 Advertising, Marketing, and the Consumer |
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``Advertising, Marketing, and the Consumer'' |
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583 | (1) |
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Truth and Deception in Advertising |
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``Advertising: The Whole Truth or Only Some of the Truth?'' |
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584 | (8) |
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``The Making of Self and World in Advertising'' |
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592 | (7) |
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Creation of Desire in Advertising |
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``Persuasive Advertising, Autonomy, and the Creation of Desire'' |
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599 | (6) |
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``Advertising and Behavior Control'' |
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605 | (10) |
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``Children as Consumers: An Ethical Evaluation of Children's Television Advertising'' |
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615 | (11) |
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``Marketing to Inner-City Blacks: PowerMaster and Moral Responsibility'' |
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626 | (19) |
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Case Study 9: Nestle and Advertising: An Ethical Analysis |
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640 | (2) |
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Case Study 10: Children and Targeting: Is it Ethical? |
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642 | (3) |
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