Hosmer;s fourth edition of The Ethics of Management provides business students (future managers) with a very specific analytical process for understanding and resolving moral problems in management. A manager needs insight and understanding in a global economy to convince everyone involved, given their varied religious, cultural, economic and social backgrounds, to accept a proposed moral solution. Acceptance of managerial moral solutions, over time, brings trust, commitment and effort, and those three, also over time, are essential for organizational success.



Table of Contents:

Chapter I Moral Problems in Business Management

Cases:

Cruise Ships and the Disposal of Waste at Sea

Napster and the Free Exchange of Recorded Music

Whirlpool Corporation and the Sale of Dish Antennas



Chapter II Moral Analysis and Economic Outcomes

Cases:

Susan Shapiro

World Bank and Export of Pollution

Green Giant and the Move to Mexico



Chapter III Moral Analysis and Legal Requirements

Cases:

Sarah Goodwin

Johnson Controls and Gender Equality

H.B. Fuller and the Sale of Resistol



Chapter IV Moral Analysis and Ethical Duties

Cases:

The Good Life at RJR Nabisco

The Leveraged Buyout of RJR Nabisco

WalMart and Expansion into Smaller Towns



Chapter V Why Should a Business Manager Be Moral?

Cases:

Johnson & Johnson and the Worldwide Recall of Tylenol

Herman Miller Company and the Protection of the Environment

Merck and the Cure for River Blindness



Chapter VI How Can a Business Organization be Made Moral?

Cases:

Two Companies in Need or Redirection

McKinstrey Advertising and Settling Disputes

Boston Company and Firing the Chairman