Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments
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Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments prepares students for the modern workplace by exploring the opportunities and challenges they will face in today′s interconnected, global economy. The author team discusses legal and ethical issues throughout and uses real-world cases to provide students with a holistic understanding of stakeholder issues. Chapters on social media and citizen movements, big data and hacking, and privacy in the digital age provide in-depth coverage of how technology is transforming the relationship between organizations and consumers.
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| ISBN-13: | 9781506388083 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication date: | 07/24/2020 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 456 |
| Sales rank: | 743,207 |
| File size: | 18 MB |
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About the Author
Cynthia E. Clark, Ph.D. is the John W. Poduska Professor of Governance at Bentley University. She primarily teaches Business&Society and Corporate Governance in the Undergraduate, MBA and PhD programs. She has worked with multiple CEOs, c-suite executives and boards of directors on various business and society issues. Recently published work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization&Environment, and Business&Society. Professor Clark serves on the editorial board of two journals: Business&Society and Academy of Management Perspectives. She is also the author of Giving Voice to Values in the Boardroom (2021). Additionally, she is a governance fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), is a member of the Society for Governance Professionals, the Society for Corporate Compliance&Ethics, the Private Directors Association (PDA) and is active in 50/50 Women on Boards; she presents regularly at all. She has been widely cited in the media including The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, The Boston Globe, CNN, Forbes and Reuters and has appeared on multiple podcasts as a noted expert. Prior to joining Bentley, Clark was a member of the faculty at Boston University, following a career in the banking and securities industry. She holds a PhD from the honors program at Boston University, a master’s degree from Northwestern University, and a BA from Boston College.
Kabrina K. Chang is an Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a clinical associate professor of business law and ethics in the Markets, Public Policy, and Law Department at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business . She teaches Introduction to Business Law, Employment Law, and Business, Justice, and Responsibility in the undergraduate program and Business Law and Discrimination, and Employment Law in the MBA program. Professor Chang also developed and co-coordinated Business, Society, and Ethics, a gateway course for all Questrom School of Business students. Professor Chang’s research focuses on employment matters, in particular social media, and how that impacts employment and management decisions and also on corporate social advocacy. Her work has been published in academic journals and news outlets such at the New York Times, Quartz.com, Bloomberg, and the Boston Globe as well as in magazines such as Forbes and Harvard Business Review. Professor Chang has won several awards for her teaching and writing. Before her academic career, Professor Chang was a trial lawyer in private practice.
Sean P. Melvin is an Associate Professor of Business Law and has taught at E-town since 2000. Dr. Melvin is the author of five books (including two textbooks), has contributed over two dozen scholarly and professional articles and case studies to various publications, and is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. His most recent textbook, The Legal Environment of Business: A Managerial Approach as published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin in October 2010 and is in use at over one hundred colleges and universities. His recent article Case Study of a Coffee War: Starbuck v. Charbucks won “Best Case Study” and “Distinguished Proceedings” at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and was published in the Spring 2012 volume of Journal of Legal Studies Education. Before his academic career, Professor Melvin was a corporate lawyer in a large Philadelphia-based law firm and went on to become vice-president and general counsel at a publicly-traded technology company in King of Prussia, PA. Melvin earned his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in Business Organizations.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I • MANAGING IN TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD
CHAPTER 1 • STAKEHOLDER AND SHAREHOLDER THEORIES OF THE FIRM
Introduction
Defining Stake and Stakeholder
Stakeholder Versus Shareholder Theories
The Stakeholder and Shareholder Debate
Stakeholder Types: Interests, Issues, Legitimacy, and Power
Managing Stakeholders
Summary
CHAPTER 2 • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility Defined
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Strategy
Different Corporate Social Responsibility Views and Schools of Thought
Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Limitations
Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies and Trends
Summary
CHAPTER 3 • ETHICS AND ETHICAL REASONING
Introduction
Morals, Ethics, and the Law
Motivations And Rationalizations
The Origin of Ethics
Organizational Ethics and Creating an Ethical Climate
Summary
CHAPTER 4 • ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Introduction
Role of Business in Shaping Laws and Policy
Evolution of Lobbying: Opportunities for Influence
Creating Public Policy
Public–Private Partnerships
Ethical Dimensions of Influencing Policy
Summary
CHAPTER 5 • LIABILITY, BUSINESS AGREEMENTS, AND MANAGING RISK
Introduction
Risk of Injury
Respondeat Superior and Product Liability
Contracts
Limiting Risk Through Contracts
Summary
CHAPTER 6 • GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
Introduction
Anticompetitive Behavior and Antitrust Regulation
Protection of Consumers and Creditors
Protecting Investors
Summary
PART II • BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
CHAPTER 7 • ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
Environmentalism: Definitions and Policy Objectives
Green Management and Competitive Advantage
Sustainable Development
Global Environmental Trends: Climate Change
Government Regulation and Protection
Summary
CHAPTER 8 • EMPLOYEES AND THE CORPORATION
Introduction
The Employment Relationship
Employment at Will
Workplace Protections
Employee Privacy
Summary
CHAPTER 9 • MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE
Introduction
Diversity and Inclusion
Bias and Discrimination
Intersectionality
Laws to Protect Against Discrimination
Summary
CHAPTER 10 • FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY
Introduction
Roles of Finance in Society
Main Street to Wall Street
The Global Financial Crisis
Alternative Financing and Payday Loans
Financial Market Regulation
Summary
CHAPTER 11 • INTERNATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Introduction
Cultural Competence
International Customs and Law
Doing Business Around the World
Summary
PART III • CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ISSUES IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
CHAPTER 12 • SOCIAL MEDIA AND CITIZEN MOVEMENTS
Introduction
The Evolution of Social Media
The Business Model of Social Media
How Businesses Use Social Media
Society, Democracy, and Social Media
What Rules Apply to Social Media?
Summary
CHAPTER 13 • BIG DATA AND HACKING
Introduction
The Digital Revolution
The Digital Divide
Big Data and the Organization
Digital Security and Safety
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Big Data
Summary
CHAPTER 14 • PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Introduction
What Is the Right to Privacy?
Collecting Personal Information: Benefits and Harms
Right to be Forgotten, Right to Erasure, and Surveillance
What Can Managers Do?
Summary
CHAPTER 15 • CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
Introduction
Corporate Personhood
Regulation of Business Through the Commerce Clause
Regulation Through the Tax and Spend Clause
Summary
CHAPTER 16 • GLOBALIZATION
Introduction
Globalization and Its Impact
International Trade
Human Aspects of Globalization
Summary
Glossary
Notes
Index