| UNIT I FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS ETHICS |
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Reading 1.1: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits by Milton Friedman |
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Reading 1.2: The Ethics of Responsibility by Peter Drucker |
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Reading 1.3: Is Business Bluffing Ethical? by Albert Z. Carr |
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Reading 1.4: The Parable of the Sadhy by Bowen H. McCoy |
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Reading 1.5: Ethics Without the Sermon by Laura L. Nash |
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Reading 1.6: What’s the Matter with Business Ethics? by Andrew Stark |
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| UNIT II: INDIVIDUAL VALUES AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION |
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SECTION A: EMPLOYEE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST |
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Case 2.1: Commodities, Conflicts and Clintons |
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Case 2.2: The City Council Employee |
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Case 2.3: Conflicts of Interest in Referrals |
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Case 2.4: Barbara Walters and her Andrew Lloyed Webber Conflict |
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Case 2.5: The Loan Officer and the Debtors |
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SECTION B: INAPROPRIATE GIFTS |
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Case 2.6: The Secretary of Agriculture, Chicken Processors and Football, Skybox Seats |
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Case 2.7: The Purchasing Agents’ Wonder World Trip |
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SECTION C: SECURITY OF COMPANY RECORDS |
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Case 2.8: The Sale of Sand of the Saudis |
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Case 2.9: The Compliance Officer Who Strayed |
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(1) |
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Case 2.10: Espionage and Job-Hopping |
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(2) |
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SECTION D: PERSONAL HONESTY |
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Case 2.11: The Rigged Election |
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(1) |
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Case 2.12: Puffing in the Resume |
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(1) |
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Case 2.13: The Glowing Recommendation |
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(1) |
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Case 2.14: The Unofficial Government Contract and the Account Sale |
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(1) |
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Case 2.15: Radar Detectors and the Law |
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(1) |
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Case 2.16: The Ethics of Looking Busy |
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(1) |
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Case 2.17: The Employment Application Lie That Haunts the Applicant |
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(1) |
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Case 2.18: Travel Expenses: A Chance for Extra Income |
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(1) |
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Case 2.19: Do Cheaters Prosper? |
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| UNIT III: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION |
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SECTION A: CORPORATE DUE PROCESS |
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Case 3.1: Ann Hopkins, Price Waterhouse, and the Partnership |
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SECTION B: EMPLOYEE SCREENING |
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Case 3.2: Handwriting Analysis and Employment |
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Case 3.3: Health and Genetic Screening |
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(2) |
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SECTION C: EMPLOYEE PRIVACY |
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Case 3.4: The Smoking Prohibition |
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(1) |
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Case 3.5: DUI and Deliveries |
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(1) |
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Case 3.6: Corporate Anthropology: Is the Boss Spying Via Technology? |
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Case 3.7: The Athlete Role Model |
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SECTION D: SEXUAL HARASSMENT |
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Reading 3.8: A Matter of Definition by Anita Hill |
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Reading 3.9: Feminists and the Clinton Question by Gloria Steinhem |
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(2) |
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Case 3.10: Seinfeld in the Workplace |
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(1) |
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Case 3.11: Hooters: More Than a Waitress? |
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SECTION E: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY |
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Case 3.12: On-the-Job Fetal Injuries |
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Case 3.13: Denny’s: Discriminatory Service With a Smile |
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Case 3.14: Texaco: The Jelly Bean Diversity Fiasco |
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Reading 3.15: A Texaco Chairman Who Believed in the N.Y. Times by Paul Craig Roberts |
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Case 3.16: Hunter Tylo: Pregnancy is Not a BFOQ |
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SECTION F: EMPLOYMENT AT WILL |
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Case 3.17: Rudy Granser: From Chief Chef to Bottlewasher |
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Case 3.18: The Dilemmas in Job Hopping |
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SECTION G: WHISTLE-BLOWING |
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Case 3.19: Beech-Nut and the No-Apple-Juice Apple Juice |
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Case 3.20: New Era–If It Sounds Too Good to Be, True, It is Too Good to Be True |
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Case 3.21: Dow Corning and the Silicone Implants: Questions of Safety and Disclosure |
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Case 3.22: The Changing Time Cards |
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SECTION H: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS |
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Case 3.23: The Extension of Benefits to Partners of Homosexual Employees |
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(1) |
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Case 3.24: Cheap Labor: Children, Sweat Shops and the Fifty-Hour Work Week |
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(6) |
| UNIT IV: BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
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SECTION A: FINANCIAL AND CASH MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES |
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Case 4.1: BCCI and the Role of Internal Auditors |
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Case 4.2: Medical Billing Errors and Practices |
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(1) |
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Case 4.3: Creative Billing |
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(1) |
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Case 4.4: MiniScribe and the Auditors |
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(2) |
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Case 4.5: Phar-Mor Earnings |
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(2) |
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Case 4.6: The Ethics of Derivatives |
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Case 4.7: Overstated Earnings: Bausch & Lomb |
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(1) |
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Case 4.8: The Inside Scoop–Trading Stock on Inside Information |
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(2) |
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Case 4.9: The Inside Tract: Dan Dorfman |
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(1) |
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Case 4.10: The Ethics of Bankruptcy |
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(3) |
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SECTION B: CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CORPORATION’S ETHICAL CODE AND BUSINESS PRACTICES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES |
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(3) |
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(1) |
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Case 4.13: The Taboo of Women in Management |
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(2) |
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SECTION C: UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN OFFICIALS |
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(3) |
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Case 4.14: The Adoption Agency and Senior Jose’s Fees |
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Case 4.15: Facilities or Bribery: Cultural and Ethical Disparities |
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(2) |
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SECTION D: WORKPLACE SAFETY |
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Case 4.16: Electromagnetic Fields: Exposure for Workers and Customers |
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Case 4.17: Domino’s Pizza Delivers |
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(2) |
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SECTION E: PLANT CLOSURES AND DOWNSIZING |
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(7) |
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Case 4.18: The Generics of Downsizing |
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Case 4.19: The Closure of the Stroh’s Plant upon Merger |
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(1) |
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Case 4.20: GM Plant Closings and Efforts at Outplacement |
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(1) |
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Case 4.21: Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills |
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(1) |
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SECTION F: ENVIRONEMENTAL ISSUES |
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Case 4.22: Herman Miller and Its Rain Forest Chairs |
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(2) |
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Case 4.23: Green Marketing as a Business Bluff |
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(1) |
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Case 4.24: Exxon and Alaska |
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(3) |
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Case 4.25: The Death of the Great Disposable Diaper Debate |
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(2) |
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SECTION G: PURCHASING: CONFLICTS AND BRIBERY |
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(3) |
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Case 4.26: J.C. Penney and Its Wealthy Buyer |
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(1) |
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Case 4.27: Cars for Cars: Honda Executives’ Allocation System |
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(2) |
| UNIT V: BUSINESS AND ITS COMPETITION |
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SECTION A: ADVERTISING CONTENT |
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Case 5.1: Joe Camel: The Cartoon Character Who Sold Cigarettes and Nearly Felled an Industry |
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Case 5.2: The Sexist Beer Ads |
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Case 5.3: Alcohol Advertising: The College Focus |
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Case 5.4: The Obligation to Screen? The Obligation to Reject?–Soldier of Fortune Classifieds |
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Case 5.5: Aggressive Marketing of Prescription Drugs: Forms of Direct Sales |
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(3) |
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SECTION B: APPROPRIATION OF OTHERS’ IDEAS |
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(4) |
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Case 5.6: Ragu Thick and Zesty |
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Case 5.7: The Little Intermittent Windshield Wiper and its Little Inventor |
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Case 5.8: V-A-N-N-A: It Belongs to Me |
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Case 5.9: Unhappy Cameras and Copyrights |
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SECTION C: PRODUCT PRICING |
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Case 5.10: Caterers and the Duplication of Overhead Recovery |
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(1) |
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Case 5.11: Pharmaceuticals: Ethical Pricing of Life-Saving Cures |
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Case 5.12: Salomon Brothers and Bond Pricing |
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Case 5.13: Archer Daniels Midland: A Giant in Grain |
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(2) |
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SECTION D: COMPETITORS, THE PLAYING FIELDS AND COMPETITION |
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Case 5.14: Slotting: Facilitation, Costs or Bribery |
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Case 5.15: Mr. Gates: Genius and Fierce Competitor |
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| UNIT VI: BUSINESS AND ITS PRODUCTS |
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SECTION A: CONTRACT RELATIONS |
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Case 6.1: Intel and Pentium: What To Do When the Chips are Down |
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Case 6.2: Hidden Car Rental Fees |
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Case 6.3: Thinning Diet Industry |
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Case 6.4: The Sure Sale of the Paper Bags |
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Case 6.5: The Cluttered Apple Powder |
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Case 6.6: Sears and High-Cost Auto Repairs |
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Case 6.7: Magazine Contests: The Disclosure of Odds |
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(2) |
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SECTION B: PRODUCT SAFETY |
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Case 6.8: Tylenol: The Product Safety |
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(1) |
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Case 6.9: Ford and Its Pinto |
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Case 6.10: A Toy to Die For |
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Case 6.11: The Tobacco Industry |
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Case 6.12: ATVs: Danger on Wheels |
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Case 6.13: Tylenol: The Product Rescue |
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(2) |
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SECTION C: PRODUCT QUALITY |
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(3) |
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Case 6.14: Preventable Potholes |
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Case 6.15: Generic Consulting |
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(2) |
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SECTION D: CUSTOMER PRIVACY |
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Case 6.16: Credit Card and Buying Privacy |
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(3) |
| UNIT VII: BUSINESS AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS |
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SECTION A: SHAREHOLDERS’ INTERESTS |
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Case 7.1: Ice-T, The Body Count Album and Shareholder Uprisings |
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Case 7.2: Compensation-Fueled Dishonesty: Fraud to Get Results |
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SECTION B: EXECUTIVE SALARIES |
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Case 7.3: Levels of Executive Compensation: How Much Should the Boss Make? |
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SECTION C: CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Case 7.4: The Boy Scouts of America, U.S. West and Gay Rights |
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Case 7.5: Dayton-Hudson and Its Contributions to Planned Parenthood |
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Case 7.6: Giving and Spending the United Way |
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(2) |
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Case 7.7: The Chicago Inner-City School Experiments |
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Case 7.8: The Rock Music Warning Labels |
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Case 7.10: The Toys Parents and Teachers Hate |
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Case 7.11: Beavis, Butt-head and MTV |
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Case 7.12: Shock Jock: Howard Stern |
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Case 7.13: Retailers and Weapons: Self-Imposed Bans |
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Case 7.14: “It May Be Immoral, But Not Illegal. The Bottom Line is Money.” |
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SECTION E: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND RELATIONS |
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Case 7.15: E. Coli, Jack-in-the-Box and Cooking Temperatures |
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Case 7.16: “Dateline NBC”: Pick Up GM From the GM Pickup Story |
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(3) |
| UNIT VIII: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT |
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SECTION A: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES |
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Case 8.1: A Club in My Name |
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Case 8.2: The Fireman and His Family |
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Case 8.3: The Censured and Resigning Council Member |
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Case 8.4: IRS Employees and Sensitive Data |
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SECTION B: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS |
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Case 8.5: Stanford University and Government Overhead Payments |
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Case 8.6: The Degrees-for-Grants Program |
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Case 8.7: Casino Leases and the Country Supervisor |
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Case 8.8: Bids, Employees and Conflicts |
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SECTION C: GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES |
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Case 8.9: Orange Country: Derivative Capital of the United States |
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Case 8.10: Cars and Conflicts |
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