Business And Society: Corporate Strategy, Public Policy 9th Ed

Description: This was the first book to be published in the field of business and society and is now market leader. For over thirty years, it has been updated and reinvented in response to society's relationship to business. Post, Lawrence and Weber discuss the social and ethical impacts of business, and highlight why government regulation is sometimes required as well as dealing with new models of business-community collaboration. The authors believe that businesses have social as well as economic responsibilities to society; that business and government both have important roles to play in the modern economy; and that ethics and integrity are essential to personal fulfilment and to business success.


Contents: Part One. The Corporation in Society. 1. The Corporation and Its Stakeholders. 2. Business and Public Issues. Part Two. Business and the Social Environment. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility. 4. Socially Responsive Management. Part Three.Business and the Ethical Environment. 5. Ethical Dilemmas in Business. 6. Ethical Reasoning and Corporate Programs. Part Four. Business and Government in a Global Society. 7. The Corporation and Public Policy. 8. Managing Business-Government Relations. 9. Antitrust, Mergers, and Global Competition. Part Five. The Corporation and the Natural Environment. 10. Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Global Business. 11. Managing Environmental Issues. Part Six. Business and Technological Change. 12. Technology as a Social Issue. 13. Managing Technological Change. Part Seven. Responding to Stakeholders. 14. Stockholders and Corporate Governance. 15. Consumer Protection. 16. The Community and the Corporation. 17. Employees and the Corporation. Part Eight. Social Issues in Management. 18. Managing a Diverse Workforce. 19. Business and the Media. 20. Social Issues in a New Century. Case Studies in Corporate Social Policy. Odwalla and the E. Coli Outbreak. The Salt Lake City Olympics Bribery Scandal. Columbia/HCA and the Medicare Fraud Scandal. The Tobacco Wars. The Antitrust Case Against Microsoft. Dow Coming and the Silicone Breast Implant Controversy. Nike's Dispute with the University of Oregon. Shell in Nigeria. The Transformation of Shell.