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Corporate Governance Consumerism,” has several new sections including a discussion of Henry David Thoreau and his principled rejection of materialism, a presenta- tion of arguments defending consumerism, and a description of the consumer protection activities of the Federal Trade Commission. • Chapter 17, “Civil Rights, Women, and Diversity,” contains added emphasis on the nature and

Multinational Corporations ” has a new discussion of the Organisa- tion for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Guidelines for Multinational ste12672_fm_i-xvi.indd Page xi 5/2/11 9:51 PM user-f497ste12672_fm_i-xvi.indd Page xi 5/2/11 9:51 PM user-f497 /Volumes/DATA-DISK/Tempwork/2011/April 2011/29:04:11/MHDQ283:Hirt:202/Volumes/DATA-DISK/Tempwork/2011/April 2011/29:04:11/MHDQ283:Hirt:202 xii Preface Enterprises. It tells a story about how the guidelines were applied to a mining company that sought to

Business in Politics ,” includes an expanded discussion of lobbying ethics, including a more thorough discussion of the nature of bribery and inci- dents to illustrate its boundaries. The section on corporate money in elections is revised to explain changes in election law following the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. The chapter case

Critics of Business, ” has a new discussion of the rise of free market ideas that came to be called the Chicago School and their interaction with, first, Keynesian thinkers and, later, progressive thinkers. • Chapter 7, “Business Ethics,” contains an expanded discussion of white-collar crime and criminal prosecution of both managers and corporations, including

  Corporate Governance 630 Mark Hurd 630 What Is Corporate Governance? 633 The Corporate Charter 634 Power in Corporate Governance: Theory and Reality 636 Stockholders 636 Shareholder Resolutions 638 Assessing Shareholder Influence 639 Federal Regulation of Governance 639 Enron Corp. 640 Other Failures of Governance 644 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act 645 Lehman Brothers 646 The Dodd-Frank

  The Changing Workplace 549 Ford Motor Company 549 External Forces Shaping the Workplace 552 Demographic Change 553 Technological Change 555 Structural Change 556 Competitive Pressures 558 Reorganization of Work 560 Government Intervention 562 Development of Labor Regulation in the United States 562 Work and Worker Protection in Japan and Europe 569 Japan 569 Europe

Multinational Corporations 352 The Coca-Cola Company 352 The Multinational Corporation 354 A Statistical Perspective 356 How Transnational Is a Corporation? 358 Breaking the Bonds of Country: Weatherford International 359 Foreign Direct Investment 362 FDI in Developing Economies 364 International Codes of Conduct 367 The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 369 How the OECD Guidelines Work

Industrial Pollution and Environmental Regulation 436 The Majestic Hudson River 436 Why Government Regulates Business 319 Flaws in the Market 319 Social and Political Reasons for Regulation 320 Waves of Growth 320 Wave 1: The Young Nation 321 Wave 2: Confronting Railroads and Trusts 322 Wave 3: The New Deal 323 Wave 4: Administering the