Critical Issues in Business Conduct: Legal, Ethical, and Social Challenges for the 1990s

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Designed as a convenient, clearly written, and comprehensive desktop reference for executives and managers, Critical Issues in Business Conduct addresses the legal, ethical, and social issues that will dominate business in the 1990s. Based upon a research project in which 276 of America's most successful and well managed firms actively participated, the book explores topical issues arising from the relationship between business organizations and their external constituencies - consumers, government agencies, competitors, and others - as well as those which characterize relationships between businesses and their own managers, employees, directors, and shareholders. From the impact of AIDS and problems of drug and alcohol use in the workplace to financial accounting, employee rights, and sexual harassment, this unique resource provides both detailed discussion and practical guidelines for dealing with the most critical concerns of managers and executives today. The business issues selected for coverage are those that firms of all sizes must successfully address to remain competitive in the global markets of the 1990s. Separate chapters examine such topics as drug testing and treatment programs, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, workplace safety, protecting proprietary and confidential information, marketing and advertising issues, insider trading and securities laws, and more. Special care has been taken to incorporate the most current developments, including recent Supreme Court decisions that will affect business firms' responses in the areas of punitive damages, business speech, age and sex discrimination, the environment, and a myriad of employer and employee rights and responsibilities. Some 1,000 references are included, making this the most complete one-volume resource of its kind available. In addition to executives and managers, the book will also be of significant value to corporate attorneys and board members as well as to students in management and business programs.

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Executives and managers will find Walter Manley's Critical Issues in Business Conduct an essential desktop reference providing facts on the legal, ethical and social issues which affect employers, employees, and business transactions. From preventing workplace harassment charges to considering worker and consumer safety, this is an important coverage for businesses of all sizes.-The Bookwatch
Manley and Shrode (Florida State University) examine contemporary ethical and legal issues challenging 1990s business management. Their study is based on a research project involving 276 American business firms. Topics discussed include employer-employee rights, substance abuse, AIDS, harassment, discrimination, product and workplace safety, consumer protection, product quality, marketing advertising, computer-based information systems, insider trading, fair competition, antitrust, international business practices, and financial reporting. Factual evidence, as well as the experiences and beliefs of the executives who participated in the study, forms the nucleus of the work. The chapters are comprehensive, exploring the need to protect the business as well as the rights of employees, customers, and society. Each unit contains a brief introduction, and in-depth discussion of the issue, the most recent case law, a set of guidelines to assist a firm in developing managerial policies, a summary, and citations. The volume concludes with a bibliography and index. A reference item that should be in every business library and available to every business executive.-Choice
"Executives and managers will find Walter Manley's Critical Issues in Business Conduct an essential desktop reference providing facts on the legal, ethical and social issues which affect employers, employees, and business transactions. From preventing workplace harassment charges to considering worker and consumer safety, this is an important coverage for businesses of all sizes."-The Bookwatch
"Manley and Shrode (Florida State University) examine contemporary ethical and legal issues challenging 1990s business management. Their study is based on a research project involving 276 American business firms. Topics discussed include employer-employee rights, substance abuse, AIDS, harassment, discrimination, product and workplace safety, consumer protection, product quality, marketing advertising, computer-based information systems, insider trading, fair competition, antitrust, international business practices, and financial reporting. Factual evidence, as well as the experiences and beliefs of the executives who participated in the study, forms the nucleus of the work. The chapters are comprehensive, exploring the need to protect the business as well as the rights of employees, customers, and society. Each unit contains a brief introduction, and in-depth discussion of the issue, the most recent case law, a set of guidelines to assist a firm in developing managerial policies, a summary, and citations. The volume concludes with a bibliography and index. A reference item that should be in every business library and available to every business executive."-Choice

Author Bio

WALTER W. MANLEY II is a Visiting Professor at Ridley Hall and Westminster Colleges at Cambridge, is Professor of Business Administration at Florida State University, and is President of the Exeter Leadership Training Institute. WILLIAM A. SHRODE is Professor of Information and Management Sciences at Florida State University. His research has been published in journals such as Decision Sciences, Academy of Management Journal, AIIE Transactions, and Public Administration Review.