Ethical dilemmas are unavoidable in the work world. This collection of articles tackles a variety of ethical issues commonly faced by managers and companies. Among the selections are explanations of how good managers can make bad ethical decisions, how bureaucracies can shape unethical behavior in upwardly mobile managers, and how moral choices can't be justified on practical ground. The book also included case studies turning on an ethical issue, with commentaries by executives and academic experts.

CONTENTS:

Ethics and Executive Action

* Ethical managers make their own rules by Sir Adrian Cadburry

* Why "Good" managers make bad ethical choices by Saul W. Gellerman

* Nobody trusts the Boss completely now what ? by Fernando Bartolome

* How selfish are people - Really ? by David Warsh

* A Traveler's guide to gifts and bribes by Jeffrey A. Fadiman



The Ethics of Business Organizations

* Ethics in practice by Kenneth R. Andrews

* Why be honest if honesty doesn't pay by Amar Bhide and Howard Stevenson

* Values make the company : an interview with Robert Haas by Robert Howard

* Moral mazes : bureaucracy and managerial work with Robert Haas by Robert Howard

* Moral mazes : bureaucracy and managerial work by Robert Jackall

* The poletown dilemma by Joseph Auerbach

* Reading fiction to the bottom line by Benjamin DeMott



Case Studies

* Case of the disputed dimissal by David W. Ewing

* The Case of the Willful Whistle-Blower by Sally Seymour

* The Case of the mismanaged Ms. by Sally Seymour

* The case of the Omniscient Organization by Gary T. Marx