Business and Society : Corporate Strategy, Public Policy, Ethics

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Edition: 10th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-07-20
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Higher Education
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Author Biography

Anne T. Lawrence is a professor of organization and management at San Jose State University.

Table of Contents

Part One. The Corporation in Society

Chapter 1. The Corporation and Its Stakeholders

Chapter 2. Business and Public Issues

Part Two. Business and the Social Environment

Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter 4. Socially Responsive Management

Part Three. Business and the Ethical Environment

Chapter 5. Ethical Dilemmas in Business

Chapter 6. Ethical Reasoning and Corporate Programs

Part Four. Business and Government in a Global Society

Chapter 7. The Corporation and Public Policy

Chapter 8. Managing Business-Government Relations

Chapter 9. Antitrust, Mergers, and Global Competition

Part Five. The Corporation and the Natural Environment

Chapter 10. Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Global Business

Chapter 11. Managing Environmental Issues

Part Six. Business and Technological Change

Chapter 12. Technology: An Economic-Social Force

Chapter 13. Managing Technological Challenges

Part Seven. Responding to Stakeholders

Chapter 14. Stockholders and Corporate Governance

Chapter 15. Consumer Protection

Chapter 16. The Community and the Corporation

Chapter 17. Employees and the Corporation

Part Eight. Social Issues

Chapter 18. Managing a Diverse Workforce

Chapter 19. Business and the Media

Chapter 20. Social Issues in a New Century

CASE STUDIES IN CORPORATE SOCIAL POLICY

Odwalla and the E. Coli Outbreak

Salt Lake City and the Olympics Bribery Scandal (NEW)

Columbia/HCA and the Medicare Fraud Scandal (NEW)The Antitrust Case Against Microsoft (NEW)

Dow Corning and the Silicone Breast Implant Controversy

Nike's Dispute with the University of Oregon (NEW)

Shell in Nigeria

The Transformation of Shell (NEW)

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