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PARTI
Strategic Management
of Social Issues
1 Business and Social Responsiveness 3
2 Strategy Formulation 37
3 Strategy Implementation and
Evaluation 83
4 Crisis Management 121
5 Ethics 155
6 The Origins of Big Business 195
PART II
Political and Community
Responsiveness
7 Managing the Legal and Political
Processes 229
8 Regulation 259
9 Regulation and Deregulation from the
1960s to the 1990s 279
10 Philanthropy and Corporate
Giving 309
O N T E N T S
PART III
Managing People and Social Issues
11 Workplace Issues for the Late
1990s 351
12 Equal Employment and Affirmative
Action 391
13 Unions, Occupational Safety, and
Health 429
PART IV
Consumer Welfare
14 Consumers and Information 463
15 Product Use Issues 497
PARTV
The Environment
16 Environmental Issues 531
17 The International Environment 571
18 Beta s Management Challenge 611
Index 619
ix
Contents
Environmental Scanning and
Analysis 71
Strategic Choice 73
Summary 76
Project 77
Questions 77
Beta Pharmaceuticals: Introduction 77
Beta Case 2: Strategy Formulation 78
3 Strategy Implementation
and Evaluation 83
Case: Stakeholders and Nuclear
Waste 83
Stakeholder Analysis 86
The Stakeholder Influence Map 87
Stakeholder Analysis and
Management 90
External Direct Forces 92
Internal Direct Forces 96
External Indirect Forces 99
Internal Indirect Forces 101
Stakeholders Power to Affect Firms
Affairs 103
Stakeholders Resources 105
Selection of Alternatives 106
Managing for Social
Responsiveness 108
Managing for Social
Responsiveness 109
Classification of Major Social
Issues 309
Determine Priorities and Collect
Data 110
Select a Plan or Policy 110
Implementation (Action) 112
Control and Measure
Performance 112
The Three-Stage Implementation
Pattern 114
The Social Audit 115
Summary 118
Projects 118
Questions 118
Beta Case 3: Strategy Implementation and
Evaluation f 19
xi
4 Crisis Management 121
Case; Dow Corning and Breast
Implants 122
Crisis Classification 126
Internally Generated Crisis 126
Environmental Crises: A Special
Situation 128
A Model for Crisis Management 129
Anatomy of a Major Crisis 132
The Precrisis or Prodromal Stage 132
The Crisis Stage 133
The Postcrisis Stage 133
Prudential Securities, Inc.: An Internally
Generated Crisis 134
The Precrisis or Prodromal Stage 134
The Crisis Stage 138
The Postcrisis Stage 138
The Exxon Valdez: A Major External
Environmental Accident 140
The Precrisis or Prodromal
Stage 142
The Crisis Stage 142
The Postcrisis Stage 143
Routine Crises 146
Effective Crisis Management 146
The Team Approach 146
Crises and the Media 149
Summary 152
Questions 153
Project 153
Beta Case 4: Crisis Management 154
5 Ethics 155
Case: Barings PLC 156
The Background of the Ethics
Debate 159
Ideological Arguments 163
Ethics: Whose Responsibility? 166
Educating Managers in Business
Ethics 167
Setting Standards for Ethical Behavior
in Corporations 170
Benefits of Guidelines 173
Ethics, Credos, Programs, and
Codes 173
Contents
Functional Agencies 271
Economic Agencies 272
Social Agencies 272
Case: The Justice Department and
Antitrust Legislation 273
Summary 276
Projects 277
Questions 277
Beta Case 8: Regulation 278
9 Regulation and Deregulation
from the 1960s to the 1990s 279
Case: Regulation and the Cable
Industry 279
Regulations in the 1960s 282
From Regulation to Deregulation,
1960-1978 284
The Carter Administration 285
The Airline Industry 286
The Trucking Industry 286
The Communications Industry 287
The Reagan Administration,
1980-1988 287
Airlines 291
Telephone Industry 291
The Reagan-Bush Transition: The Case
of the Banking Industry 292
New Banking Regulation 293
The Clinton Years, 1992-1996 295
Regulatory Issues in the Clinton
Administration 297
Summary 305
Questions 306
Beta Case 9: Regulation and
Deregulation 306
Appendix: U.S. Regulatory
Agencies 307
10 Philanthropy and Corporate
Giving 309
Case: United Way 309
Charitable Organizations 311
Company Towns 312
xiii
Individual Giving 313
Individual Giving in the 1990s 314
The Political Controversy 316
Giving in 1995 31.8
New Models for Nonprofit
Organizations: The Arts as an
Example 320
Individual Charitable Giving 323
Corporate and Large Foundations 326
How Is Your Money Spent? 329
Case: The Foundation for New Era
Philanthropy 330
The Strategic Marketing Approach to
Corporate Giving: Doing Well by
Doing Good 336
Cause-Related Marketing 336
An International Perspective on
Charitable Giving 340
The British Example 341
The Japanese Example 343
Summary 345
Questions and Projects 346
Beta Case 10: Community Support and
Philanthropy 347
PART III
Managing People and Social Issues
11 Workplace Issues for the
Late 1990s 351
Case: Jennifer Stills Workday 351
A Changing Labor Force 353
Employee Privacy 354
The Government and Privacy 356
Polygraph Testing 357
Electronic Surveillance in the
Workplace 359
Stress 362
Workplace Violence 365
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace
Violence 367
Medical Issues in the Workplace 368
Substance Abuse 369
Contents
PART IV
Consumer Welfare
14 Consumers and Information 463
Case: What You Don t Know about
Drugs ... 463
Consumerism 464
Regulation and Consumer
Protection 468
The Federal Trade Commission 468
The Food and Drug Adminstration 475
Consumers Sources of
Information 478
What is Good Information 482
Advertising 482
Advertising Goals 482
Deceptive Advertising 483
Summary 493
Questions 494
Projects 494
Beta Case 14: Consumers and
Information 495
15 Product Use Issues 497
Case: General Motors and Its Pickup
Trucks 497
Product Quality 500
History of Quality Control 500
Eight Dimensions of Quality 502
Total Quality Management 505
The Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award 507
ISO 9000 509
Sybase, Inc.: A Company That Ate
the Elephant One Bite at a
Time 511
ISO 14000 513
Regulation of Product Safety 515
The Legal Environment 517
Theories of Product Liability 518
Negligence 518
Design Defect 520
Warranty 522
XV
Strict Liability 523
Case: Cellular Phones and
Electromagnetic Fields: Are These
Phones Safe? 524
Summary 525
Questions 526
Projects 526
Beta Case 15: Product Use Issues 527
PART V
The Environment
16 Environmental Issues 531
Case: Buying and Selling the Right to
Pollute 531
History of Air and Water Pollution 535
Regulatory Agencies 536
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) 536
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) 536
Clean Air 539
The Clean Air Act of 1990 541
The Clean Car 544
Clean Water 548
Clean Water Act of 1972 548
Safe Drinking Water Act 551
Hazardous Waste 553
Waste Reduction 555
Recycling: A Strategy for Reducing
Waste 555
Alternative Fuels: Another Strategy
for Reducing Waste 558
A Systems Approach to Waste
Minimization 560
Waste Management 561
Radioactive Waste in the United
States 565
Summary 568
Questions 569
Projects 569
Beta Case 16: Environmental
Issues 570
xvi Contents
17 The International Environment 571
Case: The Aral Sea 572
Sustainable Development 573
Trade Policy and the Environment 575
The Environment and the European
Union 578
Green Politics 578
Environmental Policy
Implementation 580
The Environment and Eastern
Europe 582
The Example of Poland 583
The Example of the Former Soviet
Union 585
The Environment and Asia 588
China: A Nation in Transition 588
China and the Three Gorges
Project 590
Development versus the
Environment 593
Four Themes 593
International Agreements on the
Environment: Before Rio and
Beyond 598
The Earth Summit, Rio de
Janeiro 600
Summary 608
Questions 608
Beta Case 17: International
Environment 609
18 Beta s Management Challenge 611
Index 619
C O N T
PARTI
Strategic Management
of Social Issues
1 Business and Social
Responsiveness 3
Issues of the Late 1990s 5
The U.S. Economy 6
Immigration 7
Age Segmentation 8
Gender Issues 10
Corporate Restructuring 10
Politics and Change 13
The Nature of Capitalism 15
Private Property 16
The Dynamic Nature of Business 18
The Modern Corporation 19
The Linkage between Strategy and the
Economic, Social, and Political
Environments 21
Social Responsiveness Management 22
The Firm and Its Larger
Environment 23
Strategy Formulation 24
Strategy Implementation 24
Performance Evaluation 24
The Business and Society Responsibility
Debate 24
x
E N T S
The Scope of Business
Responsibility 30
Case: Daiwa Bank 33
Summary 35
Questions 36
2 Strategy Formulation 37
Case: Gillette Company 37
The Environment of Strategy
Formulation 39
Elements of the Environment 41
The Economic Environment 41
The Social Environment 43
The Legal and Political
Environment 47
The Technological Environment 47
Strategic Management and
Organizational Culture 55
Values and Leadership 55
Adaptability to Change 58
A Framework for Strategy
Formulation 59
The Mission Statement 59
Corporate Objectives 64
Internal Assessment 65
Organizational Weaknesses, Social
Issues, Visibility, and
Vulnerability 67
xii Contents
Ethics Credos 175
Ethics Codes 176
General Code Contents 179
Employee Issues 181
Whistle-Blowing 182
International Ethics 184
Multinational Corporations 188
Summary 189
Projects 192
Questions 193
Beta Case 5: Ethics 194
6 The Origins of Big Business 195
Conditions Supporting Business
Development in the United
States 196
Plentiful Natural Resources 197
Favorable Social and Political
Environments 198
Population Growth and
Urbanism 200
The Transportation Revolution 201
Innovations in Communication 202
Technological Developments 203
Stages of Capitalism 205
Prebusiness and Petty
Capitalism 205
Mercantile Capitalism 206
Industrial Capitalism 207
Finance Capitalism 210
National Capitalism 216
Summary 223
Questions 224
Beta Case 6: The Origins of Big
Business 225
PART II
Political and Community
Responsiveness
7 Managing the Legal and Political
Processes 229
Case: Product Liability Law 230
The Legal Framework 233
The U.S. Constitution 233
Informal Societal Rules 234
Corporations and the Law 235
The Political and Legal
Frameworks 237
Corporate Political Stakeholders 237
Major Stakeholders Groups 238
Corporate Political Power 240
The Corporate Political Program 242
Skills of the Political Manager 243
Political and Legal Stakeholder
Groups 245
Business Associations 245
Political Action Committees 246
Lobbying and Legislation 247
Passage of Legislation 251
Prelegislative Phase 251
The Legislative Process 252
Administrative Agencies 254
Working with Agencies 255
Summary 256
Projects 256
Questions 257
Beta Case 7: The Legal and Political
Arenas 258
8 Regulation 259
Case: Regulation in Our Daily Lives 261
Business Regulation from the 19th
Century to World War I 262
Interstate Commerce Act
of 1887 262
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 265
Federal Trade Commission Act
of 1914 267
Consumer Regulation from the 19th
Century to World War I 268
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 268
Business Regulation Summary 270
World War I to the New Deal 270
Regulation in the New Deal 271
XIV Contents
Disabled Workers 371
Aids in the Workplace 376
Family and Child Care Benefits 379
The Family Leave Bill 379
Child Care 380
Elder Care 383
Health Care 384
Summary 387
Projects 388
Questions 388
Beta Case 11: Workplace Issues
for the 1990s 389
12 Equal Employment and Affirmative
Action 391
Case: Diversity Training 391
A Level Playing Field 392
Civil Rights Act of 1964 392
Background 392
Employee Qualifications 393
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 394
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) 395
Affirmative Action 396
Landmark Supreme Court
Decisions 398
Allan Bakke v The Regents of the
University of California 399
United Steelworkers, etc. v
Weber 400
Memphis Fire Department v
Shotts 400
City of Richmond v J. A.
Croson 401
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative
Action in the 1980s 402
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 403
Changing Views of Affirmative Action,
the Mid-1990s and Beyond 405
The California Plan 406
Race Discrimination: The Case of
Texaco 409
Sexual Harassment 414
Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of
America, Inc. (MMMA) 415
Astra USA, Inc., and Sexual
Harassment 418
Age Discrimination 421
Managing an Aging Workforce 424
Making the Most of Diversity 425
Summary 426
Questions 427
Projects 427
Beta Case 12: Equal Employment and
Affirmative Action 428
13 Unions, Occupational Safety,
and Health 429
Case: Jennifer Stills and Workplace
Safety 429
The Changing Work Environment 430
Labor Unions 430
The Development of Nationwide
Unions 430
Union Activity in the 1980s 433
Labor in the 1990s 435
European Labor Issues 439
Occupational Safety and Health 444
Development of Worker Health and
Safety Concerns 444
The Occupational Safety and Health
Act 447
The Reagan and Bush Years 449
OSHA and the Clinton
Administration 451
. Repetitive Stress: A Workplace Safety
Issue 453
Management Strategy for Workplace
Safety Issues 456
Summary 457
Questions 458
Projects 458
Beta Case 13: Unions and Workplace
Safety 459
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BRIEF C
PARTI
Strategic Management
of Social Issues
1 Business and Social Responsiveness 3
2 Strategy Formulation 37
3 Strategy Implementation and
Evaluation 83
4 Crisis Management 121
5 Ethics 155
6 The Origins of Big Business 195
PART II
Political and Community
Responsiveness
7 Managing the Legal and Political
Processes 229
8 Regulation 259
9 Regulation and Deregulation from the
1960s to the 1990s 279
10 Philanthropy and Corporate
Giving 309
O N T E N T S
PART III
Managing People and Social Issues
11 Workplace Issues for the Late
1990s 351
12 Equal Employment and Affirmative
Action 391
13 Unions, Occupational Safety, and
Health 429
PART IV
Consumer Welfare
14 Consumers and Information 463
15 Product Use Issues 497
PARTV
The Environment
16 Environmental Issues 531
17 The International Environment 571
18 Beta's Management Challenge 611
Index 619
ix
Contents
Environmental Scanning and
Analysis 71
Strategic Choice 73
Summary 76
Project 77
Questions 77
Beta Pharmaceuticals: Introduction 77
Beta Case 2: Strategy Formulation 78
3 Strategy Implementation
and Evaluation 83
Case: Stakeholders and Nuclear
Waste 83
Stakeholder Analysis 86
The Stakeholder Influence Map 87
Stakeholder Analysis and
Management 90
External Direct Forces 92
Internal Direct Forces 96
External Indirect Forces 99
Internal Indirect Forces 101
Stakeholders' Power to Affect Firms'
Affairs 103
Stakeholders' Resources 105
Selection of Alternatives 106
Managing for Social
Responsiveness 108
Managing for Social
Responsiveness 109
Classification of Major Social
Issues 309
Determine Priorities and Collect
Data 110
Select a Plan or Policy 110
Implementation (Action) 112
Control and Measure
Performance 112
The Three-Stage Implementation
Pattern 114
The Social Audit 115
Summary 118
Projects 118
Questions 118
Beta Case 3: Strategy Implementation and
Evaluation f 19
xi
4 Crisis Management 121
Case; Dow Corning and Breast
Implants 122
Crisis Classification 126
Internally Generated Crisis 126
Environmental Crises: A Special
Situation 128
A Model for Crisis Management 129
Anatomy of a Major Crisis 132
The Precrisis or Prodromal Stage 132
The Crisis Stage 133
The Postcrisis Stage 133
Prudential Securities, Inc.: An Internally
Generated Crisis 134
The Precrisis or Prodromal Stage 134
The Crisis Stage 138
The Postcrisis Stage 138
The Exxon Valdez: A Major External
Environmental Accident 140
The Precrisis or Prodromal
Stage 142
The Crisis Stage 142
The Postcrisis Stage 143
Routine Crises 146
Effective Crisis Management 146
The Team Approach 146
Crises and the Media 149
Summary 152
Questions 153
Project 153
Beta Case 4: Crisis Management 154
5 Ethics 155
Case: Barings PLC 156
The Background of the Ethics
Debate 159
Ideological Arguments 163
Ethics: Whose Responsibility? 166
Educating Managers in Business
Ethics 167
Setting Standards for Ethical Behavior
in Corporations 170
Benefits of Guidelines 173
Ethics, Credos, Programs, and
Codes 173
Contents
Functional Agencies 271
Economic Agencies 272
Social Agencies 272
Case: The Justice Department and
Antitrust Legislation 273
Summary 276
Projects 277
Questions 277
Beta Case 8: Regulation 278
9 Regulation and Deregulation
from the 1960s to the 1990s 279
Case: Regulation and the Cable
Industry 279
Regulations in the 1960s 282
From Regulation to Deregulation,
1960-1978 284
The Carter Administration 285
The Airline Industry 286
The Trucking Industry 286
The Communications Industry 287
The Reagan Administration,
1980-1988 287
Airlines 291
Telephone Industry 291
The Reagan-Bush Transition: The Case
of the Banking Industry 292
New Banking Regulation 293
The Clinton Years, 1992-1996 295
Regulatory Issues in the Clinton
Administration 297
Summary 305
Questions 306
Beta Case 9: Regulation and
Deregulation 306
Appendix: U.S. Regulatory
Agencies 307
10 Philanthropy and Corporate
Giving 309
Case: United Way 309
Charitable Organizations 311
Company Towns 312
xiii
Individual Giving 313
Individual Giving in the 1990s 314
The Political Controversy 316
Giving in 1995 31.8
New Models for Nonprofit
Organizations: The Arts as an
Example 320
Individual Charitable Giving 323
Corporate and Large Foundations 326
How Is Your Money Spent? 329
Case: The Foundation for New Era
Philanthropy 330
The Strategic Marketing Approach to
Corporate Giving: Doing Well by
Doing Good 336
Cause-Related Marketing 336
An International Perspective on
Charitable Giving 340
The British Example 341
The Japanese Example 343
Summary 345
Questions and Projects 346
Beta Case 10: Community Support and
Philanthropy 347
PART III
Managing People and Social Issues
11 Workplace Issues for the
Late 1990s 351
Case: Jennifer Stills' Workday 351
A Changing Labor Force 353
Employee Privacy 354
The Government and Privacy 356
Polygraph Testing 357
Electronic Surveillance in the
Workplace 359
Stress 362
Workplace Violence 365
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace
Violence 367
Medical Issues in the Workplace 368
Substance Abuse 369
Contents
PART IV
Consumer Welfare
14 Consumers and Information 463
Case: What You Don't Know about
Drugs . 463
Consumerism 464
Regulation and Consumer
Protection 468
The Federal Trade Commission 468
The Food and Drug Adminstration 475
Consumers' Sources of
Information 478
What is Good Information 482
Advertising 482
Advertising Goals 482
Deceptive Advertising 483
Summary 493
Questions 494
Projects 494
Beta Case 14: Consumers and
Information 495
15 Product Use Issues 497
Case: General Motors and Its Pickup
Trucks 497
Product Quality 500
History of Quality Control 500
Eight Dimensions of Quality 502
Total Quality Management 505
The Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award 507
ISO 9000 509
Sybase, Inc.: A Company That Ate
the Elephant One Bite at a
Time 511
ISO 14000 513
Regulation of Product Safety 515
The Legal Environment 517
Theories of Product Liability 518
Negligence 518
Design Defect 520
Warranty 522
XV
Strict Liability 523
Case: Cellular Phones and
Electromagnetic Fields: Are These
Phones Safe? 524
Summary 525
Questions 526
Projects 526
Beta Case 15: Product Use Issues 527
PART V
The Environment
16 Environmental Issues 531
Case: Buying and Selling the Right to
Pollute 531
History of Air and Water Pollution 535
Regulatory Agencies 536
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) 536
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) 536
Clean Air 539
The Clean Air Act of 1990 541
The Clean Car 544
Clean Water 548
Clean Water Act of 1972 548
Safe Drinking Water Act 551
Hazardous Waste 553
Waste Reduction 555
Recycling: A Strategy for Reducing
Waste 555
Alternative Fuels: Another Strategy
for Reducing Waste 558
A Systems Approach to Waste
Minimization 560
Waste Management 561
Radioactive Waste in the United
States 565
Summary 568
Questions 569
Projects 569
Beta Case 16: Environmental
Issues 570
xvi Contents
17 The International Environment 571
Case: The Aral Sea 572
Sustainable Development 573
Trade Policy and the Environment 575
The Environment and the European
Union 578
Green Politics 578
Environmental Policy
Implementation 580
The Environment and Eastern
Europe 582
The Example of Poland 583
The Example of the Former Soviet
Union 585
The Environment and Asia 588
China: A Nation in Transition 588
China and the Three Gorges
Project 590
Development versus the
Environment 593
Four Themes 593
International Agreements on the
Environment: Before Rio and
Beyond 598
The Earth Summit, Rio de
Janeiro 600
Summary 608
Questions 608
Beta Case 17: International
Environment 609
18 Beta's Management Challenge 611
Index 619
C O N T
PARTI
Strategic Management
of Social Issues
1 Business and Social
Responsiveness 3
Issues of the Late 1990s 5
The U.S. Economy 6
Immigration 7
Age Segmentation 8
Gender Issues 10
Corporate Restructuring 10
Politics and Change 13
The Nature of Capitalism 15
Private Property 16
The Dynamic Nature of Business 18
The Modern Corporation 19
The Linkage between Strategy and the
Economic, Social, and Political
Environments 21
Social Responsiveness Management 22
The Firm and Its Larger
Environment 23
Strategy Formulation 24
Strategy Implementation 24
Performance Evaluation 24
The Business and Society Responsibility
Debate 24
x
E N T S
The Scope of Business
Responsibility 30
Case: Daiwa Bank 33
Summary 35
Questions 36
2 Strategy Formulation 37
Case: Gillette Company 37
The Environment of Strategy
Formulation 39
Elements of the Environment 41
The Economic Environment 41
The Social Environment 43
The Legal and Political
Environment 47
The Technological Environment 47
Strategic Management and
Organizational Culture 55
Values and Leadership 55
Adaptability to Change 58
A Framework for Strategy
Formulation 59
The Mission Statement 59
Corporate Objectives 64
Internal Assessment 65
Organizational Weaknesses, Social
Issues, Visibility, and
Vulnerability 67
xii Contents
Ethics Credos 175
Ethics Codes 176
General Code Contents 179
Employee Issues 181
Whistle-Blowing 182
International Ethics 184
Multinational Corporations 188
Summary 189
Projects 192
Questions 193
Beta Case 5: Ethics 194
6 The Origins of Big Business 195
Conditions Supporting Business
Development in the United
States 196
Plentiful Natural Resources 197
Favorable Social and Political
Environments 198
Population Growth and
Urbanism 200
The Transportation Revolution 201
Innovations in Communication 202
Technological Developments 203
Stages of Capitalism 205
Prebusiness and Petty
Capitalism 205
Mercantile Capitalism 206
Industrial Capitalism 207
Finance Capitalism 210
National Capitalism 216
Summary 223
Questions 224
Beta Case 6: The Origins of Big
Business 225
PART II
Political and Community
Responsiveness
7 Managing the Legal and Political
Processes 229
Case: Product Liability Law 230
The Legal Framework 233
The U.S. Constitution 233
Informal Societal Rules 234
Corporations and the Law 235
The Political and Legal
Frameworks 237
Corporate Political Stakeholders 237
Major Stakeholders Groups 238
Corporate Political Power 240
The Corporate Political Program 242
Skills of the Political Manager 243
Political and Legal Stakeholder
Groups 245
Business Associations 245
Political Action Committees 246
Lobbying and Legislation 247
Passage of Legislation 251
Prelegislative Phase 251
The Legislative Process 252
Administrative Agencies 254
Working with Agencies 255
Summary 256
Projects 256
Questions 257
Beta Case 7: The Legal and Political
Arenas 258
8 Regulation 259
Case: Regulation in Our Daily Lives 261
Business Regulation from the 19th
Century to World War I 262
Interstate Commerce Act
of 1887 262
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 265
Federal Trade Commission Act
of 1914 267
Consumer Regulation from the 19th
Century to World War I 268
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 268
Business Regulation Summary 270
World War I to the New Deal 270
Regulation in the New Deal 271
XIV Contents
Disabled Workers 371
Aids in the Workplace 376
Family and Child Care Benefits 379
The Family Leave Bill 379
Child Care 380
Elder Care 383
Health Care 384
Summary 387
Projects 388
Questions 388
Beta Case 11: Workplace Issues
for the 1990s 389
12 Equal Employment and Affirmative
Action 391
Case: Diversity Training 391
A Level Playing Field 392
Civil Rights Act of 1964 392
Background 392
Employee Qualifications 393
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 394
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) 395
Affirmative Action 396
Landmark Supreme Court
Decisions 398
Allan Bakke v The Regents of the
University of California 399
United Steelworkers, etc. v
Weber 400
Memphis Fire Department v
Shotts 400
City of Richmond v J. A.
Croson 401
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative
Action in the 1980s 402
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 403
Changing Views of Affirmative Action,
the Mid-1990s and Beyond 405
The California Plan 406
Race Discrimination: The Case of
Texaco 409
Sexual Harassment 414
Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of
America, Inc. (MMMA) 415
Astra USA, Inc., and Sexual
Harassment 418
Age Discrimination 421
Managing an Aging Workforce 424
Making the Most of Diversity 425
Summary 426
Questions 427
Projects 427
Beta Case 12: Equal Employment and
Affirmative Action 428
13 Unions, Occupational Safety,
and Health 429
Case: Jennifer Stills and Workplace
Safety 429
The Changing Work Environment 430
Labor Unions 430
The Development of Nationwide
Unions 430
Union Activity in the 1980s 433
Labor in the 1990s 435
European Labor Issues 439
Occupational Safety and Health 444
Development of Worker Health and
Safety Concerns 444
The Occupational Safety and Health
Act 447
The Reagan and Bush Years 449
OSHA and the Clinton
Administration 451
. Repetitive Stress: A Workplace Safety
Issue 453
Management Strategy for Workplace
Safety Issues 456
Summary 457
Questions 458
Projects 458
Beta Case 13: Unions and Workplace
Safety 459 |
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