Managing Business Ethics: Solving Ethical Dilemmas teaches students how to navigate ethical issues they will inevitably encounter using the weight-of-reasons approach. This decision-making framework can be applied at the individual, organizational, and stakeholder levels. Authors Alfred Marcus and Timothy Hargrave underscore the need for employees at all levels to carefully consider the ethical implications of their actions. Each chapter provides a case to walk through application of the framework. Mini-cases within each chapter allow students to practice applying this framework on their own. A wide range of longer, real-world case studies are presented, featuring companies relevant to students such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Whole Foods. This practical, down-to-earth text delves into topics not covered extensively by other books such as slow and fast thinking, the inherent conflict between the individual and organization, conformity, and the difficulties of speaking truth to power. This compelling new text offers ample opportunity for students to engage in thoughtful reflection, discussion, and application as they grapple with ethical issues big and small.
Alfred A. Marcus is the Edson Spencer Endowed Professor in strategy and technological leadership in the Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship Department at the Carlson School of Management, the University of Minnesota, and the Technological Leadership Institute in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology. He is the author of Innovations in Sustainability: Fuel and Food, published by Cambridge University Press in 2015 and the author of Strategies for Managing Uncertainty: Booms and Busts in the Energy Industry, published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. Innovations in Sustainability won the "Outstanding Book" award in 2016 for the ONE division at the Academy of Management. He was coeditor of a special 2011 fall issue of the California Management Review on regulatory uncertainty and the natural environment. From 1995 to 2001, he was chair of the Strategic Management and Organization Department at the Carlson School. He has consulted with numerous major corporations and has received grants from government agencies. Since 2006, he also has taught in the MBA program of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and his PhD from Harvard University. In 2005 and 2015, he won the outstanding teacher of the year award in the Carlson School MBA programs, and he has won a similar award at the Technion.
Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Introduction to Ethical Decision Making - The Individual Chapter 1: A Common Sense Approach to Business Ethics Chapter 2: Using Ethical Reasoning Chapter 3: Thinking Fast and Slow: Ethical Intuitions and Reasoning Part II: The Organizational Context for Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 4: Managing Social Influences on Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 5: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Solutions Chapter 6: Building Ethical Organizations Part III: The Societal Contest for Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 7: Legal Compliance and Beyond Chapter 8: The Role of Stakeholders in Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 9: Ethics, Strategy, and Grand Challenges Chapter 10: Cases Glossary References
