Business And Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy / Edition 14

by Anne T. Lawrence, James Weber

Overview

Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy, 14e by Lawrence and Weber has continued through several successive author teams to be the market-leader in its field. This new edition highlights why government regulation is sometimes required as well as new models of business-community collaboration. 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. In addition, this textbook has long been popular with students because of its lively writing, up-to-date examples, and clear explanations of theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780078029479
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Edition description:	List
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James Weber is a professor of management and business ethics at Duquesne University. He also serves as the executive director of the Institute for Ethics in Business, and coordinates the Masters of Science in Leadership and Business Ethics program at Duquesne. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and has taught at the University of San Francisco, University of Pittsburgh, and Marquette University. His areas of interest and research include managerial and organizational values, cognitive moral reasoning, business ethics, ethics training and education, eastern religions' ethics, and corporate social audit and performance. His work has appeared in Organization Science, Human Relations, Business & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management Perspectives, and Business Ethics Quarterly. He received the SIM Sumner Marcus Award for lifetime contribution to the Social Issues in Management division of the Academy of Management in 2013, and the Best Reviewer Award from Business & Society in 2015. He was recognized by the Social Issues in Management division with the Best Paper Award in 1989 and 1994, and received the Best Article Award from the International Association for Business and Society (IABS) in 1998. He has served as division and program chair of the Social Issues in Management division of the Academy of Management. He has also served as president and program chair of the IABS.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: BUSINESS IN SOCIETY
Chapter 1: The Corporation and Its Stakeholders
Chapter 2: Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships
Chapter 3: Corporate Social Responsibility
PART TWO: BUSINESS AND ETHICS
Chapter 4: Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
Chapter 5: Organizational Ethics and the Law
PART THREE: BUSINESS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
Chapter 6: The Challenges of Globalization
Chapter 7: Global Corporate Citizenship
PART FOUR: BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 8: Business-Government Relations
Chapter 9: Influencing the Political Environment
PART FIVE: BUSINESS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 10: Ecology and Sustainable Development in Global Business
Chapter 11: Managing Environmental Issues
PART SIX: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Chapter 12: Technology, Organizations, and Society
Chapter 13: Managing Technology and Innovation
PART SEVEN: BUSINESS AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS
Chapter 14: Stockholder Rights and Corporate Governance
Chapter 15: Consumer Protection
Chapter 16: Employees and the Corporation
Chapter 17: Managing a Diverse Workforce
Chapter 18: The Community and the Corporation
Chapter 19: Managing Public Relations
Cases in Business and Society:
1. The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
2. The Carlson Company and Protecting Children in the Global Tourism Industry
3. Carolina Pad and the Mommy Bloggers
4. Moody’s Credit Ratings and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
5. Merck, the FDA, and the Vioxx Recall
6. Kimpton Hotel’s EarthCare Program
7. Ventria Biosciences and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines
8. The Solidarity Fund and Gildan Activewear
9. Mattel and Toy Safety