Business, government, and society : a managerial perspective : text and cases
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Business, government, and society : a managerial perspective : text and cases
（McGraw-Hill series in management）
McGraw-Hill, 1996
8th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This work examines the changing interrelationships between business, government and society, and how far these changes affect the attitudes, duties and decisions of managers, particularly those in larger corporations. This edition includes new topics, such as: emerging views of corporate social responsibility; human rights issues in China; current forces influencing managerial ethics; trade disputes with Japan; attitudes towards the natural environment; and corporate downsizing. There are 21 case studies.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 A framework studying business, government and society
- introduction to the field
- Exxon
- the business environment
- Enron corporation
- case: the American fur company business power
- the American tobacco company
- case: construction of the Central Pacific
- critics of business
- Sisters of Loretto
- case: time warner and rap critics. Part 2 The nature and management of social responsibility
- corporate social responsibility
- Merek
- case: Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal
- managing social issues
- Hewlett-Packard
- case: Levi Strauss and Co. in China. Part 3 Business ethics
- ethics in the business systems
- correct craft
- case: Dow Corning and breast implants
- making ethical decisions in business, J.C. Penney
- case: an application of ethical principles
- case: John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Trust. Part 4 Business and government
- the government-business relationship - an overview
- the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation "skunk works"
- case: the savings and loan debacle
- reforming the regulatory system
- advanced genetic sciences
- case: the Microsoft.
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