Case Studies in Organizational Communication : Ethical Perspectives and Practices

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Cover; Contents; 1 - Introduction: Thinking About Engagement; 2 - Postpositivism; 3 - Social Constructionism; 4 - Theorizing About Rhetoric And Organizations: Classical, Interpretive, And Critical Aspects; 5 - Critical Theory; 6 - Postmodern Theory; 7 - Feminist Organizational Communication Studies: Engaging Gender In Public And Private; 8 - Structuration Theory; 9 - Engaging Organization Through Worldview; 10 - Globalization Theory; 11 - Conclusion: Engaging the Future of Organizational Communication Theory and Research; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Introduction : ethical perspectives and practices / Steve MayCase study 1. Ethical dilemmas in the financial industry / Katherine Russell ... [et al.]

Case study 2. The ethics of the "family friendly" organization : the challenge of policy inclusiveness / Caryn E. Medved and David R. Novak

Case study 3. Managing the ethical implications of the big box : the Walmart effect / Edward C. Brewer

Case study 4. Just window dressing? The gap (RED) campaign / Michelle Amazeen

Case study 5. Ethical contradictions and e-mail communication at Enron Corporation / Anna Turnage and Joann Keyton

Case study 6. Toyota : oh what a feeling, or oh what a mess? Ethics at the intersection of industry, government, and publics / Rebecca J. Meisenbach and Sarah B. Feldner

Case study 7. Sanlu's milk contamination crisis : organizational communication in conflicting cultural, economic, and ethical context / Shari R. Veil and Aimei Yang

Case study 8: What about the people in the "people's car"? Tata Motors and the Nano controversy / Rahul Mitra

Case study 9. Resistance and belonging : the Chicago Blackhawks and the 2010 Chicago Annual Pride Parade / Dean E. Mundy

Case study 10. Is agriculture spinning out of control? A case study of Buckeye Egg Farm : environmental communication, news frames, and social justice / Jeanette Wenig Drake

Case study 11. ethical storm or model workplace? / Joann Keyton ... [et al.]

Case study 12. gaming the system : Ethical challenges in innovative organizations / Natalie Nelson-Marsh

Case study 13. Reward, identity and autonomy : ethical issues in college athletics / John Llewellyn

Case study 14. The case of Wyeth, Designwrite, and Premarin : the ethics of ghostwriting medical journal articles / Alex Lyon and Mark Ricci

Case study 15. Fired over Facebook : issues of employee monitoring and personal privacy on social media websites / Loril M. Gossett

Case study 16. Daimler's bribery case / Roxana Maiorescu

Case study 17. The Deepwater Horizon disaster : challenges in ethical decision making / Elaine M. Brown

Case study 18. Outsourcing U.S. intelligence / Hamilton Bean

Case study 19. Silence in the turmoil of crisis : Peanut Corporation of America's response to its sweeping salmonella outbreak / Alyssa Grace Millner and Timothy L. Sellnow

Case study 20. Patrolling the ethical borders of compassion and enforcement / Kendra Dyanne Rivera and Sarah J. Tracy

Case study 21. Google's dilemma in China / Jane Stuart Baker and Lu Tang

Case study 22. Speaking up is not an easy choice : boatrocking as ethical dilemma / Ryan S. Bisel and Joann Keyton

Case study 23. The aftermath of scandal : picking up the pieces of a shattered identity / Elizabeth A. Williams

Afterword: casework and communication about ethics : toward a broader perspective on our lives, our careers, our happiness, and our common future / George Cheney.

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