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100 1 _aWeiss, Joseph W.
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245 1 0 _aBusiness ethics :
_b a stakeholders and issues management approach /
_c Joseph W. Weiss.
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aAustralia ;
_a Mason, OH :
_b South-Western Cengage Learning,
_c c2009.
300 _axxxvi, 510 p. :
_b ill., map ;
_c 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aBusiness Ethics, the Changing Environment, and Stakeholder Management -- Stakeholder and Issues Management Approaches -- Ethical Principles, Quick Tests, and Decision-Making Guidelines -- The Corporation and External Stakeholders: Corporate Governance in a "Free Market." -- Stakeholder Responsibilities of Corporations in the Marketplace -- The Corporation and Internal Stakeholders: Values-Based Moral Leadership, Culture, Strategy, and Self-Regulation -- Employee Stakeholders and the Corporation -- Stakeholder Management and Multinational Corporations in the Global Environment.
520 _aEthical decisions do not take place in a vacuum, and many people, faced with their own interests and standards, need reliable guidelines to address the moral implications of business decisions. With a unique, highly practical approach to teaching business ethics, this text focuses on the relationships among various stakeholders, including individuals, groups, corporations, and even nations. The new fifth edition includes the latest research, current cases, and practical examples to help students examine the role of ethics in today's business world, from the boardroom to the classroom. Updates also include the addition of new, real-world ethical dilemmas presenting actual encounters by managers and students; an easy, step-by-step guide to implement a stakeholder analysis; tips to help students apply ethical principles in their personal and professional lives; and comprehensive coverage of employee workplace issues and highly relevant topics such as risk management, preferential hiring, corporate legitimacy, and moral accountability. The text also explores today's increasingly interconnected global business environment with coverage of multinational corporations and important issues such as the digital divide, bribery, corruption, human rights, and the environment. This text gives students the practical tools they need to handle complex moral dilemmas in the workplace and the world.
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