Includes bibliographical references and index.

Law, Ethics and Business: An Introduction -- A Duty to Rescue? -- Law, Ethics, Promises -- Making an Ethical Decision -- The Duty of Loyalty: Whistleblowing -- Voicing Dissent -- The Question of Loyalty -- Public Employees and Freedom of Speech -- Communications Within the Corporation -- Privacy & Technology: Electronic Monitoring -- Workplace Surveillance -- The Value of Privacy -- Industry Response to Privacy Issues -- Lifestyle Control -- Testing -- Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp. (California, 1991) -- Consumer Privacy -- Privacy in Medical Information -- Valuing Diversity: Affirmative Action & Sexual Harassment -- Affirmative Action -- Sexual Harassment -- Families and Work -- Reasonable Accommodation of Disabled Workers -- Government Regulation: Workplace Safety -- Workers' Compensation -- Risk in the Workplace -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) -- Corporate Criminal Liability -- Safety Concerns in the Global Economy -- Justice and a Sustainable Economy: Environmental Protection -- Environmental Equity -- Environmental Protection: The Legal Context -- Biodiversity vs. Property Rights -- Environmental Philosophy -- Common Law Approach -- Private Property, Environmental Regulation, and the Constitution -- Global Issues -- International Environmental Law: Boundaries, Landmarks, and Realities, Lakshman Guruswamy -- Marketing and Information: Advertising -- Commercial Speech -- Advertising and Economics -- Federal Regulation -- Market Manipulation -- Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising -- Global Issues: Marketing on the Internet -- Marketing in Kidspace -- The Branding of Culture -- Risk Allocation: Products Liability -- Unsafe Products -- The Debate Over Tort Reform -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Government Regulation of Product Safety -- Consumer Demand for Dangerous Products -- Manufacturer Liability for Consumer Uses -- Enterprise Liability -- Global Perspective -- Communication, Marketing, and Product Safety -- Ownership and Creativity: Intellectual Property -- Copyright Law -- Beyond Copyright Law: Patent Law, Trade Secret, and Misappropriation -- Global Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) -- Stakeholder Ethics Role-play -- Mock Trial Materials -- An Introduction to Legal Research -- Evaluating Information from the Internet.

The unique flexibility of this text makes this an excellent supplement to any standard business law and legal environment text, or as the primary text for an advanced ethics or issues-oriented course. Introducing issues via specific legal cases, it provides balanced, in-depth coverage of controversial and timely topics in the areas of law and ethics within the business environment.