Ethics of International Business or Contemporary Economics

Ethics of International Business

Author: Thomas Donaldson

When standards for pollution, discrimination, and salary schedules are lower in an offshore host country than they are in the home country, should multinational corporations insist on home country standards? Would using home standards imply a failure to respect cultural diversity and national integrity? What obligations, if any, do multinationals have to the people they affect indirectly? In this study, business ethicist Thomas Donaldson offers three concepts for interpreting international business ethics: a social contract between productive organizations and society, the notion of a fundamental international right, promulgated by ten specific international rights, and a moral "algorithm" to help multinational managers make tradeoffs between conflicting norms in home and host countries. He then employs these concepts in the analysis of specific problems such as the distribution of hazardous technology and South African divestment. A timely and important text for courses in international business or business ethics.

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Contemporary Economics

Author: William A McEachern

Bring economics to life with rich, practical examples that make concepts clear and intriguing. CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS blends economic expertise and educational insights with comprehensive content, sound instructional design, and extensive print and media teaching tools. This new edition now includes two chapters covering personal finance, including information on managing money and being a responsible consumer.

Table of Contents:

National Content Standards in Economies     xxiv
Reading Skills     xxvi
Introduction to Economics     2
What Is Economics?     4
The Economic Problem     5
Economic Theory     10
Opportunity Cost and Choice     19
Chapter Assessment     28
Economic Systems and Economic Tools     32
Economic Questions and Economic Systems     33
Production Possibilities Frontier     41
Comparative Advantage     50
Chapter Assessment     56
U.S. Private and Public Sectors     60
The U.S. Private Sector     61
Regulating the Private Sector     68
Public Goods and Externalities     75
Providing a Safety Net     82
Chapter Assessment     90
The Market Economy     96
Demand     98
The Demand Curve     99
Elasticity of Demand     107
Changes in Demand     116
Chapter Assessment     124
Supply     128
The Supply Curve     129
Shifts of the Supply Curve     138
Production and Cost     145
Chapter Assessment     156
Market Forces     160
Price, Quantity, and Market Equilibrium     161
Shifts of Demand and Supply Curves     167
Market Efficiency and Gains from Exchange     176
Chapter Assessment     184
Market Structure     188
Perfect Competition and Monopoly     189
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly     199
Antitrust, Economic Regulation, and Competition     206
Chapter Assessment     214
Market Institutions     218
Businesses     220
Entrepreneurs     221
Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships     229
Corporations and Other Organizations     237
Chapter Assessment     246
Labor Markets     250
Demand and Supply of Resources     251
Wage Determination     262
Labor Unions     269
Chapter Assessment     278
Financial Markets and Business Growth     282
Production, Consumption, and Time     283
Banks, Interest, and Corporate Finance     290
Business Growth     299
Chapter Assessment     308
The National Economy     312
Economic Performance     314
Estimating Gross Domestic Product (GDP)     315
Limitations of GDP Estimation     322
Business Cycles     329
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply     337
Chapter Assessment     346
Economic Growth     350
The PPF, Economic Growth, and Productivity     351
Living Standards and Labor Productivity Growth     360
Issues of Technological Change     368
Chapter Assessment     376
Economic Challenges     380
Unemployment     381
Inflation     391
Economic Instability     397
Poverty     406
Chapter Assessment     414
Public Policy and the National Economy     418
Government Spending, Revenue, and Public Choice     420
Public Goods and Taxation     421
Federal, State, and Local Budgets     429
Economics of Public Choice     439
Chapter Assessment     446
Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt     450
The Evolution of Fiscal Policy     451
Fiscal Policy Reconsidered     460
Federal Deficits and Federal Debt     467
Chapter Assessment      476
Money and Banking     480
Origins of Money     481
Origins of Banking and the Federal Reserve System     488
Money, Near Money, and Credit Cards     497
Chapter Assessment     506
Money Creation, the Federal Reserve System, and Monetary Policy     510
How Banks Work     511
Monetary Policy in the Short Run     517
Monetary Policy in the Long Run     528
Chapter Assessment     536
The International Economy     540
International Trade and Finance     542
Benefits of Trade     543
Trade Restrictions and Free-Trade Agreements     549
Balance of Payments     557
Foreign Exchange Rates     564
Chapter Assessment     572
Economic Development     576
Developing Economies and Industrial Market Economies     577
Foreign Trade, Foreign Aid, and Economic Development     587
Rules of the Game, Transition Economies, and Convergence     593
Chapter Assessment     602
Personal Financial Literacy     606
Consumer Responsibilities and Protections     608
Consumer Choice     609
Using Credit Responsibly     617
Consumer Protection     627
Chapter Assessment     636
Managing Your Money     640
Saving     641
Investing     650
Insurance     660
Chapter Assessment     666
Economic Data     670
Glossary     680
Spanish Glossary     693
Index     708