It's Good Business

Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy and Business and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of two other books about business ethics, Above the Bottom Line and Ethics and Excellence. He regularly consults and designs programs for a variety of corporations and organizations concerned about business ethics in the United States and abroad.

Solomon takes an often addressed topic and presents it in a clear and readable manner. . . .The wide range of issues and case studies covered, coupled with clarity and creativity of presentation, makes this book especially valuable to readers seeking an introduction to business ethics....This will be a welcome addition to both academic and professional libraries. Upper-division undergraduates and above.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Ethics and Business: Business as EthicsChapter 5 The One-Minute MoralistChapter 6 Some Opening CasesChapter 7 Why Ethics? The Myth of Amoral BusinessChapter 8 A Personal Ethical AuditChapter 9 Fantasies of Black and White: In Defense of ColorsChapter 10 Compliance, Contributions, and Consequences: The Meaning of IntegrityChapter 11 Ethics and the LawChapter 12 The Limits of Ethics: Business ScumChapter 13 Practices Make Perfect: A Better Way to Look at BusinessChapter 14 The Question of QualityChapter 15 The Question of Quantity: Is Big So Bad? Strategic EthicsChapter 16 The Forces of Change: Ten Ongoing Ethical ChallengesChapter 17 The Strategic Ethical ResponseChapter 18 Thinking Ethics: The Rules of the GameChapter 19 How to Make a Decision: Eleven Steps to Ethical Problem SolvingChapter 20 The Buck Stops Somewhere: ResponsibilityChapter 21 From Micro to Macro: Seven Levels of Business EthicsPart 22 Part II: Motivation, Money, and Morals: Micro-EthicsChapter 23 Beyond the Profit MotiveChapter 24 The Entrepreneur: A Hero for Our Time? Business and the Good LifeChapter 25 Having Fun—and Looking Out for Number OneChapter 26 Everything Money Can BuyChapter 27 Playing Games: Business and the Casino CultureChapter 28 The Ethics of Game TheoryChapter 29 Business and Poker: A Dangerous AnalogyChapter 30 Is It Ever Right to Lie? (On Truth in Advertising)Chapter 31 Morality: The Basic RulesChapter 32 The Motivation of MoralityChapter 33 Ethical StylesChapter 34 An Ethical Styles QuestionnaireChapter 35 Strategic Planning—For the Good LifePart 36 Part III: In, Out, and Up The Organization: Molar EthicsChapter 37 What Do You Do? Corporate CulturesChapter 38 Corporate EthicsChapter 39 Corporate Culture and Ethics ChecklistChapter 40 Ends, Means, and Methods: The Rationality of BusinessChapter 41 Ethics, Efficiency, and EffectivenessChapter 42 As Easy as X, Y, Z: The Meaning of ManagementChapter 43 Pressure and Pyramids: Authority and AutonomyChapter 44 Lost in the Corporation: Moral MazesChapter 45 Corporate Codes of EthicsChapter 46 The Ethical Advocate: The Board of DirectorsChapter 47 Corporate LoyaltyChapter 48 A Good Day's Work: The Eclipse of MeritChapter 49 Corporate Poison, The System ProblemChapter 50 Corporate pathologyChapter 51 Blowing the WhistleChapter 52 The Internal Ethical AuditPart 53 Part IV: Social Responsibility: Society and the StakeholderChapter 54 Why Social Responsibility? "Impact" and the StakeholderChapter 55 Friedman's ParadoxChapter 56 The Puzzle of Corporate ResponsibilityChapter 57 The Seven Deadly Corporate SinsChapter 58 Mergers and Acquisitions: The Ethical DimensionChapter 59 Liability in a Litigious SocietyChapter 60 Fairness in the Corporation, Justice in the MarketplaceChapter 61 The Tragic Antagonism Between Labor and ManagementChapter 62 Equality and Equal OpportunityChapter 63 Legal Rights, Civil Rights, Human RightsChapter 64 The Right to Dignity: "Harassment" and Sex in the OfficeChapter 65 The Environment: The Silent StakeholderChapter 66 Noblesse Oblige: Business and CultureChapter 67 The Social-Responsibility AuditPart 68 Part V: The New World of Business: A Macro-Ethical ViewChapter 69 Is the Free Market Fair? Spinoza's WormChapter 70 Economics and Ethics: An Untenable DualismChapter 71 Why Business? The Judgment of History: The Ascent of Free EnterpriseChapter 72 Classical Capitalism: Adam SmithChapter 73 The Marx Brothers: Questions That Won't Go AwayChapter 74 An Ethical View of Capitalism: Costs and BenefitsChapter 75 Beating the Bogeyman: Regulation and Business RevisitedChapter 76 International Ethics: When in Rome, or Tokyo, or . . .Chapter 77 Conclusion: What Do We Stand For? People or Profits?Chapter 78 Index