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Tables of Contents for Managing Values and Beliefs in Organisations
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
About the author
xv
Author's acknowledgements
xvi
Publisher's acknowledgements
xvii
Part I Corporate social responsibility, business ethics and corporate governance
1
106
The integration of corporate social responsibility, business ethics and corporate governance
3
18
Learning objectives
3
1
Introduction
3
1
The rise of corporate social responsibility
3
3
The rise of business ethics
6
3
The rise of corporate governance
9
3
Integrating corporate social responsibility, business ethics and corporate governance
12
1
Synopsis
13
1
Review and discussion questions
14
1
Case study
15
3
Notes and references
18
3
Moral reasoning and applied ethics
21
24
Learning objectives
21
1
Introduction
21
1
Moral reasoning
22
1
Subjective and objective morality
23
1
Requirements of moral reasoning
24
1
Causal and moral responsibility
25
1
Excusing conditions
26
1
Liability and moral responsibility
26
2
Levels of moral development
28
2
The legal and moral status of organisations
30
2
The myth of amoral business
32
1
Perpetuating the amoral business myth in the UK
33
2
Synopsis
35
2
Review and discussion questions
37
1
Case study
37
5
Notes and references
42
3
Values, beliefs and ideologies
45
24
Learning objectives
45
1
Introduction
45
1
Values, beliefs and ideologies
45
1
The impact of three ideologies on organisations
46
1
Capitalism
47
3
Liberalism
50
1
Socialism
51
2
The moral justification of capitalism
53
1
Values and beliefs in religion
54
1
The main universal religions
55
5
Religious values in the working environment
60
1
Humanism
60
1
Synopsis
61
1
Case study
62
5
Notes and references
67
2
Means/ends analysis and its practical applications
69
38
Learning objectives
69
1
Introduction
69
1
Ethical values as means and ends
69
2
Means (as deontology) and ends (as teleology) analysis
71
1
Descriptive and analytical ethics
72
1
The Moral Compass exercise
72
4
The simple 8-point Moral Compass
76
10
Detailed 16-point Moral Compass
86
9
Synopsis
95
1
Review and discussion questions
96
1
Case study
96
7
Notes and references
103
4
Moral Compass exercise, Part I
105
2
Part II The internal environment
107
72
Individual morality in organisations
109
22
Learning objectives
109
1
Introduction
109
1
Duty, rights and justice in employment
110
1
Deontological aspects of employment
110
1
Moral attributes of individuals
111
3
Moral rights of individuals in organisations
114
1
Civil liberties in organisations
115
5
Commonly accepted employee rights
120
1
Whistleblowing
120
3
Synopsis
123
1
Review and discussion questions
124
1
Case study
124
5
Notes and references
129
2
Unethical behaviour by individuals in organisations
131
22
Learning objectives
131
1
Introduction
131
1
Dysfunctional behaviour in organisations
131
1
The main forms of unethical behaviour by individuals
132
6
Dealing with dysfunctional behaviour in organisations
138
1
Professional ethics
139
5
Synopsis
144
1
Review and discussion questions
145
1
Case study
145
7
Notes and references
152
1
The individual and computer/information ethics
153
26
Learning objectives
153
1
Introduction
153
1
The rise of computer and information ethics
153
1
The uniqueness of computers
154
1
Ethical issues relating to computer technology
154
15
Synopsis
169
1
Review and discussion questions
170
1
Case study
171
4
Notes and references
175
4
Moral Compass exercise, Part II
176
3
Part III Groups
179
46
Employment issues
181
18
Learning objectives
181
1
Introduction
181
1
Employment and human rights
182
1
Employment rights
182
9
Enforcing rights at work
191
1
Synopsis
191
2
Review and discussion questions
193
1
Case study
193
5
Notes and references
198
1
Discrimination and equal opportunities
199
26
Learning objectives
199
1
Introduction
199
1
Discrimination
200
1
Equality
201
1
Racial discrimination
202
2
Equal opportunities and sexual discrimination
204
4
Discrimination against women
208
2
Sex discrimination and employment legislation
210
1
Discrimination against the disabled
211
1
Ageism/age discrimination
212
2
Synopsis
214
1
Review and discussion questions
214
1
Case study
215
5
Notes and references
220
5
Moral Compass exercise, Part III
222
3
Part IV The external environment
225
44
Marketing and consumers
227
20
Learning objectives
227
1
Introduction
227
1
Marketing ethics
228
1
Utilitarian and libertarian views on consumerism
228
2
Potential conflict areas in marketing ethics
230
10
The allocation of responsibility and moral remedies
240
1
Synopsis
241
1
Review and discussion questions
242
1
Case study
242
4
Notes and references
246
1
Environmental protection
247
22
Learning objectives
247
1
Introduction
247
1
Organisations and the environment
248
1
Responsible action towards the environment
249
3
The greenhouse effect
252
1
Global warming
253
1
Environmental pollution
253
1
Divergent views on environmental pollution
254
1
Sustainable development
255
1
The polluter pays principle
256
1
Sustainable production and consumption management
257
3
Synopsis
260
1
Review and discussion questions
260
1
Case study
261
4
Notes and references
265
4
Moral Compass exercise, Part IV
267
2
Part V Organisations in a global context
269
52
International business and the Third World
271
26
Learning objectives
271
1
Introduction
271
1
Poverty in the developed world
272
1
Widening income disparities in organisations
273
1
The concept of distributive justice
274
1
Three theories of distributive justice
274
4
Evaluation of the three theories of distributive justice
278
2
Relative and absolute poverty
280
1
First, Second and Third World comparisons
281
3
International development and trade
284
3
Transnational corporations and the Third World
287
1
Distributive justice in action
288
2
Non-governmental international organisations (NGOs)
290
1
Synopsis
291
1
Review and discussion questions
292
1
Case study
292
3
Notes and references
295
2
Ethical investment
297
24
Learning objectives
297
1
Introduction
297
1
What is ethical investment?
298
1
Negative and positive forms of ethical investment
298
2
Animal rights
300
3
Animal experimentation
303
2
Animal rights and ethical investment
305
1
Other leading ethical investment `target' industries
306
2
Ethical investment in the social economy
308
1
Ethical investment and the individual shareholder
309
1
Synopsis
310
1
Review and discussion questions
310
1
Case study
311
5
Notes and references
316
5
Moral Compass exercise, Part V
318
3
Part VI Managing values and beliefs in organisations
321
54
Organisational culture and stakeholder theory
323
24
Learning objectives
323
1
Introduction
323
1
Culture in society and organisations
324
1
Culture in a business and organisational context
324
4
Stakeholder theory
328
4
The case against stakeholder theory
332
1
Stakeholder theory and management theory
333
1
Impact of stakeholder theory on corporate strategy
334
1
Stakeholder theory and organisational behaviour
335
3
Synopsis
338
1
Review and discussion questions
338
1
Case study
339
5
Notes and references
344
3
Corporate social performance, ethical leadership and reputation management
347
28
Learning objectives
347
1
Introduction
347
1
The status of corporate social responsibility, business ethics and corporate governance
348
3
Placing business ethics on a legitimate footing
351
1
International aspects of corporate governance
352
2
Corporate social performance
354
3
Application of the corporate social performance (CSP) model
357
1
Ethical leadership
357
2
Reputation management
359
2
Tomorrow's Company
361
3
Synopsis
364
1
Review and discussion questions
364
1
Case study
365
4
Notes and references
369
6
Moral Compass exercise, Part VI
371
4
Appendix: Calculating your Moral Compass scores
375
4
Index
379