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Pressure from MADD to eliminate advertising of alcohol, lawsuits against cigarette companies, the Microsoft antitrust case these are some of the cases described and discussed in the text. Velasquez (Santa Clara U.) has included chapters on ethical principles, the free market, the marketplace, the environment, consumer production, marketing, job discrimination, and the individual and the organization. Within each chapter two or more cases highlighting the issues are described at length, followed by discussion questions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book provides readers with a clear, straightforward writing style, an abundance of examples, detailed real-life cases, and current data and statistics. It aims to 1) introduce ethical concepts that are relevant to resolving moral issues in business, 2) develop the reasoning and analytical skills needed to apply ethical concepts to business decisions, 3) identify the moral issues involved in the management of specific problem areas in business, and 4) examine the social and natural environments within which moral issues in business arise. Chapter topics cover ethics and business, ethical principles in business, the business system, ethics in the marketplace, ethics and the environment, the ethics of consumer production and marketing, the ethics of job discrimination, and the individual in the organization. For anyone in business.
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