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Ethics in the Workplace

Ethics in the WorkplaceAuthor: Keith Goree
Publisher: South-Western Educational Pub
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 683,843

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 240
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.4

ISBN: 0538443952
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.408
EAN: 9780538443951
ASIN: 0538443952

Publication Date: June 22, 2006
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Examine ethical situations in the workplace through the lens of ethical decision-making models with ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE. Drawing from news headlines and cases based on well-known people, the text combines theory, real-world examples of ethical situations workers face, role plays, and class discussion, and provides ethical decision-making models and a constant focus on self-reflection and moral reasoning.


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4 out of 5 stars Ethics in the Workplace   May 28, 2008
Nora A. Bolin
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Book arrived in great shape and on time - just as promised. This book was easy to read and very detailed. It offered many scenarios with possible options for ethical behaviors in the workplace. Great read.


2 out of 5 stars Almost useless.   March 11, 2009
Dairenn Lombard (Los Angeles, California United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

In pursuit of a Bachelors of Information Technology, Network Administration concentration, I am currently working on my Associates of Arts in Business Administration, Information Systems concentration and, through the university, received an electronic copy of this book as part of the course materials for my second class, Business Ethics (BUS207). Like most college students, we have to write APA-format papers for our assignments. This is good, because it teaches us to support findings with citations of research that helps reinforce a point being made in the paper. This also helps in reading other material because this habit leads the reader to look for similar citations of research to support the claims of the author. In my last text book, there were plenty of footnotes to explain from where the facts came. Concepts to the reader unfamiliar with the subject were properly introduced and fully explained. I can say that in the case of this book, neither of these were the case. For example, in one of my units, we are discussing bribery and the word 'bribe' only appears one time in the entire book. Many statistics are given without citing who did the research, how they did it, with whom, or when (such as the statistic that up to 7 hours per week on the clock are used by employees not doing anything productive). We have no reason to doubt Mr. Goree, but this example is not given in an empirical way such that the underlying premise is not easily challenged. This book is filled with useless worksheet pages instead of an in-depth discussion that elaborates on many of the broad generalizations made in the book. Many issues are not discussed from an International viewpoint (i.e., affirmative action, or so-called "reverse discrimination"). The biggest issue with this book are that too many subjective viewpoints are presented as universal truths. Many of the axioms presented in this book are easily questioned under light duress. Your school may tell you to rely on this book for writing and turning in papers, but I'm warning you to please use your library and work with other books to make stronger cases in your papers about workplace ethics. This book will leave you coming up short.


1 out of 5 stars Totally Useless   February 12, 2010
D. Lawson
The book is far below the expected level of expertise for a college level textbook. A major online university has selected this book for an undergrad Ethics class and it has been a disaster for the students. The text contains no relevant research, no explanation of ethics, theories or principles; only very broad and easily misinterpreted 2-3 sentence statements. The book is filled with useless cases and exercises that provide no value to the student. I am not sure of the intended audience for the book but it is definitely not for university use.


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