Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings, 7th ed.
Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings, 7th ed.
Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings, 7th ed.
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<strong>Case</strong> 7.12 Toyota: Sudden Acceleration or Bad Drivers or Pesky Floor Mats? 458<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.13 E. coli, Jack-in-the-Box, <strong>and</strong> Cooking Temperatures 461<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.14 Peanut Corporation of America <strong>and</strong> Salmonella 462<br />
SECTION C<br />
Product Sales 464<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.15 Pfizer <strong>and</strong> the $2.3 Billion Fine for Sales Tactics 464<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.16 The Mess at Marsh McLennan 465<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.17 Frozen Coke <strong>and</strong> Burger King <strong>and</strong> the Richmond Rigging 468<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.18 Slotting: Facilitation, Costs, or Bribery? 472<br />
SECTION D<br />
Contracts 478<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.19 Intel <strong>and</strong> the Chips: When You Have Made a Mistake 478<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.20 Sears <strong>and</strong> High-Cost Auto Repairs 481<br />
SECTION E<br />
Products <strong>and</strong> Social Issues 487<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.21 The Mommy Doll 487<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.22 Stem-Cell Research 487<br />
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<strong>Case</strong> 7.23 Toro <strong>and</strong> Its Product Liability Program 489<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 7.24 Fast Food Liability 490<br />
U N I T <strong>Ethics</strong> <strong>and</strong> Competition<br />
SECTION A<br />
Covenants Not to Compete 495<br />
Reading 8.1 A Primer on Covenants Not to Compete: Are They Valid? 495<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.2 Boeing, Lockhe<strong>ed</strong>, <strong>and</strong> the Documents 496<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.3 Starwood, Hilton, <strong>and</strong> the Suspiciously Similar New Hotel Designs 501<br />
SECTION B<br />
All’s Fair, or Is It? 505<br />
Reading 8.4 Adam Smith: An Excerpt from The Theory of Moral Sentiments 505<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.5 The Coke Employee Who Offer<strong>ed</strong> Inside Information to Pepsi 506<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.6 The Compliance Officer Who Stray<strong>ed</strong> 508<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.7 Jonathan Leb<strong>ed</strong>: The Middle School Tycoon 510<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.8 Simmons, Mervyn’s, <strong>and</strong> the Private Equity Firms That Bankrupt Them 511<br />
SECTION C<br />
Intellectual Property <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ethics</strong> 514<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.9 Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, eBay, L<strong>and</strong>lords, <strong>and</strong> Knock-Offs 514<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.10 Copyright, Songs, <strong>and</strong> Charities 518<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.11 Microsoft vs. Google <strong>and</strong> “Snippets” of Books 519<br />
<strong>Case</strong> 8.12 The Little Intermittent Windshield Wiper <strong>and</strong> Its Little Inventor 520<br />
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