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Temptations in the office : ethical choices and legal obligations

Author: Stephen M Goldman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book considers key workplace challenges-including sexual harassment, conflicts of interest, greed, and abuse of power-in which gray areas abound ["It may be legal, but ... "]. There is hope. As Stephen Goldman shows in this book, companies can move in the right direction by combining clear thinking about right and wrong and an understanding of the requirements the law imposes on conduct. His simple guidelines  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Goldman, Stephen M., 1946-
Temptations in the office.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008
(OCoLC)891481651
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen M Goldman
ISBN: 9780275996758 0275996751
OCLC Number: 183266247
Description: xvi, 209 pages ; 25 cm
Contents: How to think about ethical choices --
Economics, law, and business choices --
Injecting principled decision-making into managing ethical decisions : the foursquare protocol --
Sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and paramour preference --
The multiple dimensions of conflicts of interest --
Incentive compensation : honesty, greed, and fraud --
Money : cutting corners with your customers --
Power and abuse of power : challenging the culture of humiliation --
Conclusion : face the facts, tell the truth, run on time.
Responsibility: Stephen M. Goldman.
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Sex, money, and power are these themes from a thriller novel? No, these are the key temptations in a place we all know well: the office. This book considers key workplace challenges - including  Read more...

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"Temptations in the Office by Stephen Goldman is a book in the best tradition of legal approaches to the application of ethics. It is stylistically clear and methodically admirable." - Law & Politics Read more...

 
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