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Offering a highly realistic, down–to–earth look at ethics in the workplace, Linda K. Treviño and Katherine A. Nelson′s Managing Business Ethics will help you identify and solve ethical dilemmas, understand why people behave and the way they do, and promote ethical behavior in your organization. The text moves beyond the scope of prescriptive individual ethical decision making to examinie how managers and organizations influence ethical decision making and behavior. Throughout, the emphasis is on common, real–life work situations, including hiring, managing, assessing performance, disciplining, firing, and providing incentives for staff, as well as producing quality products and services and dealing effectively and fairly with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
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Practical Strategies for Promoting Ethical Behavior
Offering a highly realistic, down–to–earth look at ethics in the workplace, Linda K. Treviño and Katherine A. Nelson′s Managing Business Ethics will help you identify and solve ethical dilemmas, understand why people behave and the way they do, and promote ethical behavior in your organization.
The text moves beyond the scope of prescriptive individual ethical decision making to examinie how managers and organizations influence ethical decision making and behavior. Throughout, the emphasis is on common, real–life work situations, including hiring, managing, assessing performance, disciplining, firing, and providing incentives for staff, as well as producing quality products and services and dealing effectively and fairly with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Highlights of the Third Edition
- Features new research and new examples from recent business scandals at companies such as Arthur Anderson, Enron, Citigroup, and others.
- Takes a pragmatic, managerial approach that focuses on how managers and organizations can influence behavior.
- Cases reflect the kinds of problems that most people will encounter during the course of their careers.
- Incorporates current empirical research on ethics and organizational behavior, including recent research on ethical leadership (conducted by Professor Treviño and colleagues).
- Includes reflections written by Renee Flemish, executive director of the Salvation Army′s World Trade Center relief program.
- A revised chapter on managing ethics and legal compliance examines the approaches to ethics management at seven major companies.
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