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Packed with real-world examples and cases, this fully updated edition of Understanding Business Ethicsprepares students for the ethical dilemmas they may face in their chosen careers by providing broad, comprehensive coverage of business ethics from a global perspective. The book′s 26 cases profile a variety of industries, countries, and ethical issues, including online privacy, music piracy, Ponzi schemes, fraud, product recall, insider trading, and dangerous working conditions, such as four cases that emphasize the positive aspects of business ethics. In addition to unique chapters on information technology, the developing world, and the environment, the authors present AACSB recommended topics such as the responsibility of business in society, ethical decision making, ethical leadership, and corporate governance.

Taking a managerial approach, the second edition of this best seller is designed to provide a clear understanding of the contemporary issues surrounding business ethics through the exploration of engaging and provocative case studies that are relevant and meaningful to students′ lives. With an emphasis on applied, hands-on analysis of the cases presented, this textbook will instill in your students the belief that business ethics really do matter!Cases:Case 1: Bernard Madoff: How "One Big Lie" Can Destroy Thousands of Lives 258Case 2: Siemens: How the Greased Wheels Slid off the Ethical Track 265Case 3: TOMS Shoes: Helping Soles All Over the World 270Case 4: Boeing: How Low Can They Fly? 273Case 5: World Food Programme: A Quarter a Day Keeps the Hunger Away 280Case 6: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation: All the News That′s Fit to Hack 285Case 7: Enron: Were They The Crookedest Guys in the Room? 291Case 8: Google: Don′t Be Evil Unless . . . 308Case 9: HealthSouth: The Rise and Fall of the Scrushy Empire 316Case 10: De Beers and the Conflict Diamonds: A Monopoly Doesn′t Last Forever 323Case 11: Interface: More Than Just a Carpet Company 330Case 12: Facebook and Privacy: Big Brother "Likes" Us 335Case 13: Outsourcing at Mattel: Elmo Sad . . . Elmo Covered in Lead Paint 342Case 14: Martha Stewart and ImClone: What Color Goes With Prison Gray? 346Case 15: McWane: A Dangerous Business 353Case 16: Merck′s Vioxx: How Would You Interpret the Data? 361Case 17: Music Industry: Ethical Issues in a Digital Age 371Case 18: Apple Outsourcing in China: iSweatshop? 383Case 19: Patagonia: Don′t Buy Our Stuff 388Case 20: Tokyo Electric Power and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Disaster:A Tsunami of Problems 392Case 21: Tyco: I′m Sure That It′s a Really Nice Shower Curtain 400Case 22: Olympus: A Corporate Governance Picture That Was Out of Focus 412Case 23: Wal-Mart: But We Do Give Them a 10% Employee Discount 419Case 24: WorldCom: Can You Hear the Lawsuits Now? 429Case 25: BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: "I Would Like My Life Back" 444Case 26: Greyston Bakery: The Zen of Philanthropy 453

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Peter A. Stanwick is an associate professor in the Department of Management at Auburn University. His research has been published in various journals, including The Journal of Business Ethics , Management Decision , The Journal of Corporate Citizenship , The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance , Business Strategy and the Environment , Eco-Management and Auditing , and American Business Review . He also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Business Ethics. He was invited to present papers in 2004 and 2011 at Oxford University. Dr. Stanwick has received two grants from the Daniel F. Breeden Endowments for Faculty Enhancement and a Pursell Ethics Grant. In 1995, Dr. Stanwick received the Graduate Faculty Member Award for Excellence by the Association of Graduate Business Students at Auburn University. Dr. Stanwick teaches strategic management and business ethics at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as international management at the undergraduate level. Sarah D. Stanwick is an associate professor in the School of Accountancy at Auburn University. Her research has been published in various journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics , Advances in Accounting , The Accounting Educators′ Journal , The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance , and The Journal of Corporate Citizenship . She has received two Daniel F. Breeden Endowments for Faculty Enhancement, a Pursell Ethics Grant, and a grant from the World Resources Institute to write an instructional case on the pulp and paper industry in Alabama. She has taught financial and managerial/cost accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels and accounting ethics at the graduate level. Her research interests include the areas of environmental accounting, ethical issues for managers and accountants, and social responsibility issues. She is the advisor for the Auburn University chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma (the international honor society for achievement in the study of business).