Business, government, and society : a managerial perspective : text and cases
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Business, government, and society : a managerial perspective : text and cases
Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c2000
9th ed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This text deals with inter-relationships among businesses, government and society, and how this relationship affects business managers. It includes the latest thinking on the ethical implications of business and its relation to society.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Framework for studying business, government, and society: introduction to the field
- the business environment, case - the American Fur Company
- business power, case - John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
- critics of business, case - Time Warner and Rap Critics. Part 2 The nature and management of social responsibility: corporate social responsibility,
- case - Union Carbide Corporation and Bhopal
- implementing corporate social programs, case - Levi-Strauss & Co. in China. Part 3 Business ethics: ethics in the business system, case -Dow Corning and breast implants
- making ethical decisions in business, case - Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.
- an application of ethical principles. Part 4 Business and government: the government-business relationships - an overview, case - airline deregulation
- reforming the regulatory system, case - Microsoft and antitrust
- business and the political process, case - Federal Express. Part 5 Global management issues: multinational corporations and government relationships, case - North American Free Trade Agreement
- global trends affecting the BGS relationship, case - Caterpillar Inc. Part 6 Pollution and environment: industrial pollution and environmental policy, case - owls, loggers, and old growth forests
- assessing and managing pollution risks, case - asbestos litigation "bankrupts" Manville. Part 7 Business and the consumer: business and the consumer, case - advertising alcohol and tobacco. Part 8 Human resources: the changing face of organizational life, case - drug testing in the workplace - employer's rights versus employees' rights civil rights at work, cases - a new plant manager, Adarand versus Pena
- Cotton Springfield. Part 9 Corporate governance: reforming corporate governance, case - US versus Michael R. Milken.
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