AuthorHartley, Robert F
TitleBusiness ethics : violations of the public trust / Robert F. Hartley
Imprint New York : John Wiley, 1993
Descript vii, 324 p. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Part 1: Classic ethical violations -- General Motors' Corvair vs. Ralph Nader: triggering the age of consumerism -- Union Carbide: assault on the Ohio Valley -- STP: oh, such product claims -- The famous price-fixing conspiracy of the electrical equipment industry -- ITT : heavy-handed interference in a foreign government -- Lockheed Corporation: overseas bribery gone rampant -- General dynamics : fleecing U.S. taxpayers -- The Dalkon Shield : spurning user safety -- Nestle's Infant Formula : an unsafe product in Third World Countries? -- Part 2: Contemporary ethical controversies -- Union Carbide's Bhaopal Catastrophe -- Beech-Nut : adulterated apple juice-for babies -- Burroughs Wellcome: price gouging by pharmaceutical firms -- The saving & loan disaster: repudiating management's trusteeship respnsibility -- Raiders : Raping American Corporations -- The Alaskan Oil Spill: how much corporate responsibility? -- Down Corning and Silicone Breast Implants: another dalkon shield? -- PowerMaster Beer: targeting the ghetto -- Recent cigarette controversies -- Potpourri of abusive practices toward customers -- Part 3: Conclusions -- Johnson & Johnson: tylenol, a shining example of responsible busienss conduct - and yet...? -- Conclusions: what can be learned?


SUBJECT

  1. Business ethics -- Case studies

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Sasin Library174.4 H332B 1993 CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library174.4 H332B CHECK SHELVES
Chula Business School Library174.4 H332B 1993 CHECK SHELVES
Architecture Library (4th Floor)174.4 H331B CHECK SHELVES