Business and society : stakeholders, ethics, public policy
- 14th Ed
- New Delhi McGraw Hill education 2018
- xviii,569 p Pbk
Gratis from the publisher
PART ONE: BUSINESS IN SOCIETY. 1. The Corporation and Its Stakeholders -- 2. Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships -- 3. Corporate Social Responsibility -- PART TWO: BUSINESS AND ETHICS. 4. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning -- 6. Organizational Ethics and the Law -- PART THREE: BUSINESS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD. 6. The Challenges of Globalization -- 7. Global Corporate Citizenship -- PART FOUR: BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY. 8. Business-Government Relations -- 9. Influencing the Political Environment --PART FIVE: BUSINESS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 10: Ecology and Sustainable Development in Global Business -- 11. Managing Environmental Issues -- PART SIX: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY. 12. Technology, Organizations, and Society -- 13. Managing Technology and Innovation. PART SEVEN: BUSINESS AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS. 14. Stockholder Rights and Corporate Governance -- 15. Consumer Protection -- 16. Employees and the Corporation -- 17. Managing a Diverse Workforce -- 18. The Community and the Corporation -- 19. Managing Public Relations -- CASES IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY: 1. Moodys Credit Ratings and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown -- 2. Google in China -- 3. Merck, the FDA, and the Vioxx Recall -- 4. Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines -- 5. Hewlett-Packards Secret Surveillance of Directors and Journalists -- 6. The Solidarity Fund and Gildan Activewear, Inc. -- 7. Kimpton Hotels EarthCare Program -- 8. Mattel and Toy Safety -- 9. The Collapse of Enron.
The authors believe that businesses have social (as well as economic) responsibilities to society; that business and government both have important roles to play in the modern economy; and that ethics and integrity are essential to personal fulfillment and to business success.