Law and Ethics in the Business Environment 8th Edition by Terry Halbert, Elaine Ingulli ISBN 1285428560 9781285428567

Chapter 1: Law, Ethics, and Business: An Introduction

• Introduction
• Freedom versus Responsibility: A Duty to Rescue?
• Justifying the “No Duty to Rescue” Rule
• Ethical Decision Making: A Toolkit
• Corporate Governance
• Corporations, Public Policy, and Money
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Walking the Talk?

Chapter 2: Whistleblowing: Conflict of Loyalties

• Introduction
• Employment-at-Will
• Blowing the Whistle for Food Safety
• Public Employees and Freedom of Speech
• False Claims Act Qui tam Whistleblowers
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Stakeholder Ethics Role-Play

Chapter 3: Privacy and Technology

• Introduction
• Surveillance at Work
• The Value of Privacy
• Lifestyle Control
• Privacy under the Constitution
• Social Media and Privacy
• Privacy in Genetic Information
• Privacy and Corporate Personhood
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Team Exercise: Writing a Model Corporate Privacy Policy

Chapter 4: Valuing Diversity: Stereotyping versus Inclusion

• Introduction
• Equal Protection
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Work–Life Balance
• Gender Inequity: A Global Perspective
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Alternative Dispute Resolution: Cyberbullying

Chapter 5: Workers’ Rights as Human Rights: Health and Safety in the Global Workplace

• Introduction
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Perspectives on Risk in the Workplace
• Corporate Criminal Liability
• Health and Safety on the Global Assembly Line
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Ethical Roundtable: An Accord on Factory and Building Safety

Chapter 6: Environmental Law and Justice: Responsibility and Survival

• Introduction
• Environmental Regulation and the New Environmental Challenge
• Politics and Climate Change
• Philosophical Perspectives
• Private Property, Regulation, and the Constitution
• Environmental Justice
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Campus Sustainability: Solar Demonstration Project at City University?

Chapter 7: Marketing and Technology: Choice and Manipulation

• Introduction
• Free Speech and Commercial Speech
• Advertising and Economics
• Federal versus Industry Self-Regulation
• Children, Obesity, and Marketing Junk Food
• Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Debate: Soft Drink Ban in Public Schools?

Chapter 8: Allocating Risk and Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace: Product Liability

• Introduction
• Government Regulation of Product Safety
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Contract Law
• Contract Law and Tort Law
• An Alternative Approach
• Chapter Problems
• Chapter Project: Legislative Activism

Chapter 9: Ownership, Creativity, and Innovation: Intellectual Property

• Introduction
• Copyright
• Traditional Copyright Law
• Fair Use