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- When in Rome (Case 1021)
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Authors: Ronald E. Bucknam
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to a serious decline in your local project backlog, you decide to open a new office in a foreign country, with the aid of an “associate” in that country, in hopes of making a lot of money....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.niee.org/Case_of_the_Month/1021%20-%20When%20in%20Rome.doc
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2001)127:4(144)Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-03 16:24
- Creating an Organizational Awareness of Ethical Responsibility about Information Technology
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Authors: Little, Joyce Currie ; Granger, Mary J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper addresses the urgent need for individuals in corporations to become more knowledgeable about computing technologies and their potential ethical impact ...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0045-3Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20
- Email, Voicemail, and Privacy: What Policy Is Ethical?
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Authors: Woodbury, Marsha
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper outlines a series of guidelines for businesses for dealing with email and voicemail, and the public reaction to these guidelines. ...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0051-xBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:52
- A Matter of judgment
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Authors: Jacoby, Frank.
Publication Type: Audiovisual
Secondary Title: Ethics at work;
Abstract: Presents five scenarios revolving around everyday challenges to the independence of judgement in the business world. Employees at various levels of management and in a variety of functions are shown in situations where the integrity...
Year: 1986Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 14:09
- Collective and corporate responsibility
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Authors: French, Peter A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The author develops, defends, and applies a metaphysical theory of corporate person hood and draws distinctions between collective and corporate responsibility. French also provides a concept of the moral states of corporations that...
Year: 1984Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 12:57
- Questionable Content: Editors and The Pressure of Falling Ad Revenue
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Authors: Silliman, Jessica
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A magazine editors job comes to include creating free advertisements for luxury products....
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/falling-ad-revenue.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-02 17:46
- A Right or a Wrong Way to Sell?
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Authors: Silliman, Jessica
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When hired as a contract sales representative for a company that sells high-end furniture to large companies, Ilene thinks that she will follow the strict chain-of custody that is common within contract sales. This is a custom in bu...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/rightway.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-03 11:37
- Pharmaceutical Decisions in Response to Epidemics: A Case Study
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Authors: Armitage, Bob ; Reid, J. Leighton ; Randall, Vernellia ; Meyer, Michael ; Bachman, Sarah ; Hanson, Kirk O.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As an epidemic spreads through a fictitious country in the developing world, various stakeholders debate the responsibility of a drug company with the patent on a life-saving treatment. This video presentation, from the Ethics Cente...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/pharmaceuticals-and-epidemics.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-10 11:31
- The Case of the Big Box Retailer
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Authors: Nadler, Judy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A revenue shortfall causes a city council to consider the tax benefits from a big-box retailer versus the potential harm to established small businesses....
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/economic_development.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-10 16:00
- The Case of the Long-Distance Treatment
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Authors: Shanks, Thomas, S. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: More than 65 million Americans are currently enrolled in managed care plans, which have been promoted as effective ways to deliver quality health care while containing costs. But these plans raise increasingly complicated ethical is...
Year: 1996
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/cancer.htmlBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-11 11:47
- On the Path to Fund Raising
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Authors: Stanford Biodesign, Stanford University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You think you have developed a highly exciting medical solution to a large health problem, and are in the process of creating a business plan and presentation to start a company to develop and market this idea. Your friends tell you...
Year: 2007
URL: http://biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/ethicscases/9pathtofundraising.jspBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-13 15:33
- Revenue vs. Customer Satisfaction: A Case Study for Use in Teaching Engineering and Business Ethics
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Authors: Fotheringham, Heather
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A software architect working for a technology company must decide whether to work with another to work with another software company to deliver the best product possible to his client, or to do all of the work himself and make a la...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/revenue-vs-customer-satisfaction.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-17 10:02
- French Engineers: A Case Study for Use in Engineering Ethics
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Authors: Fotheringham, Heather
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This scenario examines the problem of what to do when encountering unacceptable behaviour (drinking during work hours) while working abroad. It raises issues such as moral relativism; safety and risk; whistleblowing and professional...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/frenchengineers.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-16 17:34
- Codes of conduct : behavioral research into business ethics
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Authors: Messick, David M. Tenbrunsel Ann E.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Codes of Conduct probes the psychological and social processes by which companies and their managers respond to a wide array of ethical dilemmas, from risk and safety management to the treatment of employees. What leads companies to...
Year: 1996Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42
- Contemporary issues in business ethics
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Authors: McCall, John J. ; DesJardins, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume approaches business ethics from a social and political perspective, asking students to consider the proper place of business in society. The book focuses on the rights and responsibilities of employees, laying out a rigo...
Year: 2005Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42
- An introduction to business ethics
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Authors: DesJardins, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This text, ideal for a business ethics course, offers critical analysis and integrates the perspective of philosophy with management, law, economics, and public policy. ...
Year: 2009Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42
- Business, ethics, and the environment : imagining a sustainable future
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Authors: DesJardins, Joseph R.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Basic ethics in action;
Abstract: This volume examines business and management ethics from the viewpoints of sustainability and sustainable development. The author looks at how some companies are already adopting sustainable business practices, and reasons that in t...
Year: 2007Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-03 12:42
- The Service Manager's Dilemma
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Authors: Open University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: After the merger and reorganization of two government agencies, an employee is extremely disappointed in the leadership style of the new Chief Executive, who seems to make little or no effort to promote teamwork among departments an...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.ibe.org.uk/teaching/The%20Service%20Managercasestudy.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-01-22 15:12
- The Marketer's Dilemma
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Authors: Open University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A marketing manager is offered inside information on a competitor’s marketing plans by a disgruntled employee. The mole however expects something in return....
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.ibe.org.uk/teaching/The%20marketers%20dilemma.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-01-22 14:48
- Never-Never Land
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Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Robert Ladenson ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When the CEO of the German chemical company Degussa AG looks into the role the company played during the Nazi years, he was horrified to see that Degussa had collaborated with the Nazis and engaged in a number of shameful practice. ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Never-Never%20Land.pdfBiblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-04 12:11
- The Blackwell guide to business ethics
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Authors: Bowie, Norman E.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Blackwell philosophy guides;
Abstract: This anthology includes sixteen essays covering many aspects of business ethics, including theory and teaching, current sub-fields in business ethics, and future directions for business ethics. It looks into such areas of business a...
Year: 2002Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-24 15:07
- Ethics at work : basic readings in business ethics
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Authors: Shaw, William H.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This short anthology contains eleven essays on different aspects of business ethics. It includes: 1. Roger Crisp / A Defence ofPhilosophical Business Ethics 1 -- 2. J. R. Lucas / The Responsibilities of a Businessman 15 --Selected ...
Year: 2003Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01
- Ethics on the job : cases and strategies
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Authors: Pfeiffer, Raymond S. Forsberg Ralph P.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book seeks to present students with a framework to help them analyze an ethics case study, as well as providing a large number of case studies for discussion purposes. ...
Year: 1993Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-24 15:07
- Ethics and the business of biomedicine
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Authors: Arnold, Denis Gordon
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This anthology focuses on ethical questions raised by the changes that are sweeping healthcare worldwide, such as the availability of new expensive biotechnologies in industrialized nations, questions pertaining to the business of h...
Year: 2009Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01
- Ethical marketing
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Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Basic ethics in action;
Abstract: Ethical Marketing examines a range of issues that marketing managers face. The book begins with a discussion of relevant ethical concepts and theories, and devotes chapters to ethics in marketing research and target marketing, produ...
Year: 2005Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-23 16:01
