Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments

Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments

Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments

Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments

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Recipient of a 2021 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)

Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments, Second Edition prepares students for the modern workplace by exploring the opportunities and challenges that individuals and businesses face in today's increasingly global and digital world. Authors Cynthia E. Clark and Kabrina K. Chang present unique chapters on social media, big data and hacking, and privacy, diving deeper into the new legal and ethical challenges that are unleashed by our society's use of and dependence on technology. Real-world case studies, ethical dilemmas, and point-counterpoint debates provide students with hands-on opportunities to apply chapter concepts and develop critical thinking skills as they explore the relationship among businesses, their stakeholders, and their shareholders. The Second Edition includes new cases and expanded coverage of global issues, the future of work, artificial intelligence and consumer rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781071913604
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/21/2025
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cynthia E. Clark, Ph.D. is the John W. Poduska Professor of Governance at Bentley University. She primarily teaches Business & Society and Corporate Governance in the Undergraduate, MBA and Ph D programs. She has worked with multiple CEOs, c-suite executives and boards of directors on various business and society issues. Recently published work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization & Environment, and Business & Society. Professor Clark serves on the editorial board of two journals: Business & Society and Academy of Management Perspectives. She is also the author of Giving Voice to Values in the Boardroom (2021). Additionally, she is a governance fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), is a member of the Society for Governance Professionals, the Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics, the Private Directors Association (PDA) and is active in 50/50 Women on Boards; she presents regularly at all. She has been widely cited in the media including The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, The Boston Globe, CNN, Forbes and Reuters and has appeared on multiple podcasts as a noted expert. Prior to joining Bentley, Clark was a member of the faculty at Boston University, following a career in the banking and securities industry. She holds a Ph D from the honors program at Boston University, a master’s degree from Northwestern University, and a BA from Boston College.

Kabrina K. Chang is an Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a clinical associate professor of business law and ethics in the Markets, Public Policy, and Law Department at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business . She teaches Introduction to Business Law, Employment Law, and Business, Justice, and Responsibility in the undergraduate program and Business Law and Discrimination, and Employment Law in the MBA program. Professor Chang also developed and co-coordinated Business, Society, and Ethics, a gateway course for all Questrom School of Business students. Professor Chang’s research focuses on employment matters, in particular social media, and how that impacts employment and management decisions and also on corporate social advocacy. Her work has been published in academic journals and news outlets such at the New York Times, Quartz.com, Bloomberg, and the Boston Globe as well as in magazines such as Forbes and Harvard Business Review. Professor Chang has won several awards for her teaching and writing. Before her academic career, Professor Chang was a trial lawyer in private practice.

Table of Contents

Part I • Managing in Today’s Business World
Chapter 1 • Stakeholder and Shareholder Theories
Chapter 2 • Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 3 • Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
Chapter 4 • Organizations and Public Policy
Chapter 5 • Corporate Personhood
Chapter 6 • Liability, Business Agreements, And Managing Risk
Chapter 7 • Government Regulation of Business
Part II • Building Relationships and Working with Stakeholders
Chapter 8 • International and Multinational Organizations
Chapter 9 • Environmentalism and Sustainability
Chapter 10 • Environmental Risk, Regulation and Reporting
Chapter 11 • Employees and The Corporation
Chapter 12 • Managing A Diverse Workforce
Chapter 13 • Governance of The Organization, Investors, And Financial Markets
Part III • Contemporary Business Issues in Today’s Society
Chapter 14 • Social Media and Citizen Movements
Chapter 15 • Big Data and Hacking
Chapter 16 • Privacy in The Digital Age
Glossary
Notes
Index
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