Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy, 13th Edition

Anne T. Lawrence and James Weber join forces to bring college and university students a very useful resource available for rental in their textbook Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy, 13th Edition, ISBN 9780078137150. A best-selling text in its field, this book focuses on why government regulation is oftentimes required and also offers new models of business-community collaboration. This text offers strong support for the ideas that businesses have social and economic duties to society, that business and government both play significant roles in the modern economy, and that ethics and integrity are vital to personal fulfillment and to business success. The entertaining writing style of this book as well as the current examples and accurate descriptions of theory are highly popular with users of the textbook. Anne T. Lawrence and James Weber chose to include seven comprehensive chapters spanned across 19 chapters to organize the concepts presented in Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy, 13th Edition. This book begins with part 1 focused on introducing 'Business in Society.' The chapters in this section provide information on the corporation and its stakeholders, managing public issues and stakeholder relationships, and corporate social responsibility. Part 2 investigates 'Business and Ethics' with chapters devoted to ethics and ethical reasoning as well as organizational ethics and the law. Part 3 delves into 'Business in a Globalized World.' These chapters explore the challenges of globalization and global corporate citizenship. 'Business and Public Policy' is the topic of choice in part 4 with discussions of government relations and influencing the political environment. Part 5 explores 'Business and the Natural Environment' with chapters focusing on ecology and sustainable development in global business and managing environmental issues. Part 6 examines 'Business and Technological Change' with chapters presenting technology, organizations, and society, managing technology and innovation while part 7 discusses 'Business and Its Stakeholders' with stockholder rights and corporate governance, consumer protection, employees and the corporation, managing a diverse workforce, the community and the corporation, and finally, managing public relations. The book concludes with the presentation of nine 'Cases in Business and Society' for further student enhancement.