Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings - Softcover

Jennings, Marianne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324110804 ISBN 13: 9780324110807

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This text provides real-life examples of ethical dilemmas, poor ethical choices, and wise ethical decisions from newspapers, business journals and the author's experiences as a consultant and board member. This text not only assists in fulfilling the AACSB's curriculum requirement but exposes students to a critical issue---the strong sense of values that is essential to principled and successful leadership in the business world. The cases also apply theory to reality in order to nurture or reinforce a needed sense of values in future business leaders.

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Marianne M. Jennings, J.D., Emeritus Professor of Legal and Ethical Studies, has taught at the WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University since 1977. She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981, 1987, 2000, and 2010. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999. Ms. Jennings has written six textbooks and four monographs in the areas of business ethics, ethical culture, and legal environment. She was director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics from 1995 to 1999. Ms. Jennings has worked with government agencies, professional organizations, colleges and universities, and Fortune 100 companies on ethics training and culture. She is a contributing editor of the Accounting and Compliance Alert and the Real Estate Law Journal. Two of her books have been named Library Journal’s book of the year. Her books have been translated into three languages. Her book, The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse, published by St Martin’s Press, has been used as an audit tool and a primer by numerous organizations for creating and sustaining an ethical culture. In 2011, Ms. Jennings was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America and in 2012, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere magazine. Ms. Jennings served on the board of directors for Arizona Public Service (now Pinnacle West) who owned the Palo Verde Nuclear Station from 1987 through 2000. She has served on INPO’s advisory council since 2005. In 2015, she was named an affiliated scholar with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University. She conducts ethics training and ethical culture assessments for businesses, including Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations.

Synopsis

To show that "business ethics" is not an oxymoron, Jennings (legal and ethical studies, Arizona State U.) overviews the foundations of business ethics; provides 100-plus case studies in areas of ethical challenges from accounting (including Enron's Arthur Andersen) to whistle-blowing; and readings (1968-2003) by such pundits as Milton Friedman. Cha

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0324110804
• ISBN 13: 9780324110807
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 416