Cynthia E. Clark & Kabrina K. Chang 
Business and Society [PDF ebook] 
Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I • MANAGING IN TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD
CHAPTER 1 • STAKEHOLDER AND SHAREHOLDER THEORIES OF THE FIRM
Introduction
Defining Stake and Stakeholder
Stakeholder Versus Shareholder Theories
The Stakeholder and Shareholder Debate
Stakeholder Types: Interests, Issues, Legitimacy, and Power
Managing Stakeholders
Summary
CHAPTER 2 • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility Defined
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Strategy
Different Corporate Social Responsibility Views and Schools of Thought
Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Limitations
Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies and Trends
Summary
CHAPTER 3 • ETHICS AND ETHICAL REASONING
Introduction
Morals, Ethics, and the Law
Motivations And Rationalizations
The Origin of Ethics
Organizational Ethics and Creating an Ethical Climate
Summary
CHAPTER 4 • ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Introduction
Role of Business in Shaping Laws and Policy
Evolution of Lobbying: Opportunities for Influence
Creating Public Policy
Public–Private Partnerships
Ethical Dimensions of Influencing Policy
Summary
CHAPTER 5 • LIABILITY, BUSINESS AGREEMENTS, AND MANAGING RISK
Introduction
Risk of Injury
Respondeat Superior and Product Liability
Contracts
Limiting Risk Through Contracts
Summary
CHAPTER 6 • GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
Introduction
Anticompetitive Behavior and Antitrust Regulation
Protection of Consumers and Creditors
Protecting Investors
Summary
PART II • BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
CHAPTER 7 • ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
Environmentalism: Definitions and Policy Objectives
Green Management and Competitive Advantage
Sustainable Development
Global Environmental Trends: Climate Change
Government Regulation and Protection
Summary
CHAPTER 8 • EMPLOYEES AND THE CORPORATION
Introduction
The Employment Relationship
Employment at Will
Workplace Protections
Employee Privacy
Summary
CHAPTER 9 • MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE
Introduction
Diversity and Inclusion
Bias and Discrimination
Intersectionality
Laws to Protect Against Discrimination
Summary
CHAPTER 10 • FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY
Introduction
Roles of Finance in Society
Main Street to Wall Street
The Global Financial Crisis
Alternative Financing and Payday Loans
Financial Market Regulation
Summary
CHAPTER 11 • INTERNATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Introduction
Cultural Competence
International Customs and Law
Doing Business Around the World
Summary
PART III • CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ISSUES IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
CHAPTER 12 • SOCIAL MEDIA AND CITIZEN MOVEMENTS
Introduction
The Evolution of Social Media
The Business Model of Social Media
How Businesses Use Social Media
Society, Democracy, and Social Media
What Rules Apply to Social Media?
Summary
CHAPTER 13 • BIG DATA AND HACKING
Introduction
The Digital Revolution
The Digital Divide
Big Data and the Organization
Digital Security and Safety
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Big Data
Summary
CHAPTER 14 • PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Introduction
What Is the Right to Privacy?
Collecting Personal Information: Benefits and Harms
Right to be Forgotten, Right to Erasure, and Surveillance
What Can Managers Do?
Summary
CHAPTER 15 • CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
Introduction
Corporate Personhood
Regulation of Business Through the Commerce Clause
Regulation Through the Tax and Spend Clause
Summary
CHAPTER 16 • GLOBALIZATION
Introduction
Globalization and Its Impact
International Trade
Human Aspects of Globalization
Summary
Glossary
Notes
Index

Sean P. Melvin is an Associate Professor of Business Law and has taught at E-town since 2000. Dr. Melvin is the author of five books (including two textbooks), has contributed over two dozen scholarly and professional articles and case studies to various publications, and is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. His most recent textbook,  The Legal Environment of Business:  A Managerial Approach as published by Mc Graw-Hill/Irwin in October 2010 and is in use at over one hundred colleges and universities. His recent article Case Study of a Coffee War: Starbuck v. Charbucks won “Best Case Study” and “Distinguished Proceedings” at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and was published in the Spring 2012 volume of Journal of Legal Studies Education. Before his academic career, Professor Melvin was a corporate lawyer in a large Philadelphia-based law firm and went on to become vice-president and general counsel at a publicly-traded technology company in King of Prussia, PA. Melvin earned his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in Business Organizations.