1st Edition

Business Students Focus on Ethics

By Wojciech W. Gasparski Copyright 2000
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

The study of business ethics seeks to understand business institutions, practices and activities in light of normative behavior. The ethical concern is for the rightness or wrongness of human action. Business Students Focus on Ethics brings together essays written by twenty-five MA and MBA students from seven countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific Rim. Collectively, they... Read more
Editorial; Introduction; One: Praxiological and Ethical Framework; Organizational Transformation and Strategic Success: The Role of Values; Postindustrial Business Ethics; Understanding Different Interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States; Basic Ethical Aspects of American Companies Operating in Poland; Ethical Issues in Multilevel Marketing; American and Polish Trademarks: The Culture and Ethics Behind Them; Preservation of the Amazon Rainforest: The Importance of the Ethical Dimension; Two: Social Issues: Compensation and Labor; “Same Job, Same Pay.” On Fairness in Compensation Packages for Local and Expatriate Staff; Adequate Salaries in Developing Countries; Life in the Fields: An Exploration of Migrant Labor in America’s Agricultural Industries; Child Labor in the Orange Juice Industry in Brazil; Three: Ethical Issues in the Health Care; The Commercialisation of Gene Therapy; Health Food Products in China: Are They Really Healthy?; Ethical Dilemmas of Addictive Products’ Promotion in America and in Poland; Four: Corporate Case Studies; Values Behind Strategic Management: the Alima-Gerber Case; The Liberian Ship Registry: An Ethical Evaluation; Advertising – the Art of Manipulation. Cultural Determinants in Effectiveness of Advertising, Polish and American Cases; The Grameen Bank: Lessons to Be Learned; The Fall of Barings: An Analysis of Ethical Issues and Contributing Factors; Shell in Nigeria

Biography

Wojciech W. Gasparski