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Marcus, Alfred Allen,

Business and society : strategy, ethics, and the global economy / Alfred A. Marcus. - 2nd ed. - Chicago, Ill. : Irwin, c1996. - xxii, 583 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Earlier ed. published under title: Business & society.

Part 1. Introduction: the Strategic Business Environment
Chapter 1. Managing the Turbulent Times
Chapter 2. Adjusting to Changes in the Strategic Business Environment
Chapter 3. The Contest for Corporate Control: Shareholders, Stakeholders, and Public Policies
Chapter 4. Financial and Social Performance

Part 2 Values and the Corporations Relationship to Society
Chapter 5. Why Ethics Matter
Chapter 6. Reasoning about Ethics: Groups Norms and the Individual
Chapter 7. Reasoning about Ethics: Means versus Ends
Chapter 8. Reasoning about Ethics: Inequality and Diversity

Part 3. Government and Global Competition
Chapter 9. Benefiting from Public Policies: International Trade
Chapter 10. Why governments are needed
Chapter 11. Government Support for Industry Competitiveness
Chapter 12. Global Competition

Part 4. Energy and the Environment
Chapter 13. From nature: energy policies
Chapter 14. To Nature: Environmental Philosophy and Economics
Chapter 15. Worldwide Environmental Issues

Part 5 The Social and Legal Effects of Technology
Chapter 16. The promise of technology: economic growth and prosperity
Chapter 17. The Impact of Technology : who might be harmed
Chapter 18. Product Liability: a Firm's Obligation

ISBN: 0256162026

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Business ethics.
Social responsibility of business.
Business and politics.

LC Class. No.: HF5387 / .M3454