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With a vibrant four-color design, the market-leading business ethics - ethical decision making and cases, ninth edition, delivers an accessible, applied text that thoroughly covers the complex environment in which managers confront ethical decision making. Using a proven managerial framework, the authors address the overall concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics programs-helping students see how ethics can be integrated into key strategic business decisions. The new edition has been completely revised and updated to include coverage of new legislation affecting business ethics, the most up-to-date examples, and the best practices of high-profile organizations. It also includes 20 original cases that are either new or updated. Packed with cases, exercises, simulations, and practice tests, business ethics-ethical decision making and cases, ninth edition gives students an abundance of opportunities to master text material through hands-on application. Features - The leading text on the market, business ethics - ethical decision making and cases, ninth edition, is renowned for its signature approach - teaching business ethics from a managerial / organizational perspective. More important in today's economy than ever, this proven text emphasizes decision making, leadership, and strategy as it illustrates how to develop, implement, and audit an effective ethics program in a global environment.Extremely timely, the text is completely revised and updated to reflect the latest in the global economic crisis. The issues associated with the recent economic meltdown compelled the authors to provide an updated discussion of ethics from a systemic perspective. The authors' insightful discussions equip students with an ethical understanding of what happened-how greed, excessive risk-taking and the culture of focusing on rewards and the bottom line helped create the problem.Ensuring students get the most from the course, the text's rich pedagogical program includes chapter objectives, a chapter outline, a detailed chapter summary and check your E . Q . (Ethics quotient) exercises that help students identify key concepts, initiate discussion, enhance problem-solving skills and provide an opportunity for self-assessment.The text is packed with real-world, hands-on applications-placing students in the role of decision maker. An ethical dilemma at the opening of each chapter highlights a realistic situation and provides guided discussion questions on how the dilemma could be resolved. chapter-ending resolving ethical business challenges are mini cases that give students an opportunity to put what they have learned into action as they use their critical-thinking skills to address realistic ethical issues.Role play cases in the instructor's resource manual provide excellent culminating experiences to help students integrate concepts covered in the text. Cases are also effective as ongoing exercises to provide students with extensive opportunities for interacting and making ethical decisions.New debate issues have been added to this edition, allowing students to challenge assumptions and consider different points of view. debate issues include-does being ethical result in better performance?Is it acceptable to promote a socially irresponsible but legal product to stakeholders? is Google violating users' privacy? will the consumer financial protection bureau benefit consumers? examining warren buffet as an effective leader, why do people engage in white-collar crime?Is government support for external whistle-blowing effective? examining bank and insurance companies' codes of conduct, which ethics audit process works better for smaller companies? is health care a right or a privilege?Examples of best practices have been incorporated throughout the text, with coverage of companies listed in fortune's most admired companies and / or the world's most ethical companies-granite construction, SAS, sales-force.com, Google, dream works animation, waste management, Marriott, nugget markets, Boston consulting group, IKEA, Kao Corp. Other ethical companies include terracycle, best buy, gentle giant moving Co. and JetBlue.New Updates on opening and ending mini-cases in Chapters 2, 3, 5.New updates on NBES statistics throughout the book.New comprehensive sustainability appendix "sustainability-ethical and social responsibility dimensions has been included.New all 20 of the original cases in the ninth edition are either new or have been substantially updated by the authors.