Battleground: Business [2 volumes]
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Thoms, Peg and Walden, Michael. Battleground: Business [2 volumes]. Greenwood, 2007. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781573567398.
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Business is one of the most potent cultural forces today, profoundly affecting every facet of our lives whether we are working in a corporate environment or not. This book surveys some of the most controversial issues and topics central to the contemporary business world. Included are more than 70 alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors. Each entry explores a topic's relevance and influence, highlights opposing viewpoints, provides sidebars of interesting information, and lists resources for further research. For students and general readers, this book is an engaging, accessible, and essential resource on the role of business in society.
Globalization. Outsourcing. Downsizing. These are some of the economic issues at the center of today's society. Time after time, we see that business is one of the most powerful forces in the modern world, profoundly affecting every facet of our lives whether we work in a corporate environment or not. Because in one way or another the world is all about economics, students need to understand and appreciate the role of business in their lives. This book overviews the most important topics and issues characterizing the role of business in today's society.
Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 70 critical issues or topics central to the role of business in our lives. Each is written by an expert contributor and provides a summary of the topic's relevance and influence, a consideration of opposing viewpoints, and a list of resources for further research. For students and general readers, this book is an engaging, accessible, and essential resource on the role of business in everyday life.
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"Students interested in the ethical dimensions of US business and economics will be well served by Battleground Business. Editors Walden and Thoms have compiled articles by business and economics academics on hot topics related to marketing, management, work-life balance, globalization, economic policy, and labor issues. Many articles are framed as questions: Are antidumping laws simply protectionist? Are corporate tax shelters harmful or beneficial? Other articles explain economic or business phenomena, e.g., how pension plans work or what intellectual property is….libraries lacking access to comprehensive viewpoint databases will want to add this title to their collection. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, general readers." - Choice"[The editors] have carefully chosen qualified academic contributors to address 77 controversial, high-interest topics in business and economics, including blogs, same-sex partner benefits, outsourcing, whistle blowing, universal health care, and big-box retailers. Each A-Z entry provides an overview and explanation of the topic, dispels some popular myths, gives examples, and answers commonly asked questions, e.g. why are students targeted by credit card marketers, why are professional athletes paid so much, and what we do about the uninsured. Unlike other business reference works, this one presents the topics from multiple points of view, forcing readers to look at all sides of an issue….This comprehensive and timely work will appeal to high school and college students, concerned citizens, and virtually everyone in the business world. A welcome addition to any library collection." - Library Journal"Battleground: Business provides a place to start for the reader who is exploring a topic or a student trying to generate ideas to complete an assignment. These two volumes would be a good addition to a public library or academic institution serving high school students or lower-level undergraduates." - American Reference Books Annual
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Battleground: Business [2 volumes]
Author(s): Thoms, Peg; Walden, Michael;Contributors: Thoms, Peg; Walden, Michael;Abstract:Business is one of the most potent cultural forces today, profoundly affecting every facet of our lives whether we are working in a corporate environment or not. This book surveys some of the most controversial issues and topics central to the contemporary business world. Included are more than 70 alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors. Each entry explores a topic's relevance and influence, highlights opposing viewpoints, provides sidebars of interesting information, and lists resources for further research. For students and general readers, this book is an engaging, accessible, and essential resource on the role of business in society.
Globalization. Outsourcing. Downsizing. These are some of the economic issues at the center of today's society. Time after time, we see that business is one of the most powerful forces in the modern world, profoundly affecting every facet of our lives whether we work in a corporate environment or not. Because in one way or another the world is all about economics, students need to understand and appreciate the role of business in their lives. This book overviews the most important topics and issues characterizing the role of business in today's society.
Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 70 critical issues or topics central to the role of business in our lives. Each is written by an expert contributor and provides a summary of the topic's relevance and influence, a consideration of opposing viewpoints, and a list of resources for further research. For students and general readers, this book is an engaging, accessible, and essential resource on the role of business in everyday life.
SortTitle: battleground: business [2 volumes]Author Info:Peg ThomsauthorMichael L. WaldenauthoreISBN-13: 9781573567398Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781573567398.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313340659Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 704Publication Date: 20071030Series: Battleground Series- Battleground Business iii4
- Contents v6
- Guide to Related Topics ix10
- Preface xiii14
- Entries 116
- Volume 1 iii4
- Advertising and the Invasion of Privacy 116
- Affirmative Action 823
- Blogs 1732
- Blue-Collar and White-Collar Jobs 2439
- Booms and Busts 3045
- CEO Compensation 3954
- Charismatic Leadership 4661
- Chinese Currency 5267
- Corporate Social Responsibility 6075
- Corporate Tax Shelters 7085
- Credit Card Marketing to College Students 7893
- Deficits 87102
- The Dollar 95110
- Downsizing 101116
- Drug (Prescription) Costs 108123
- Drug Testing in the Workplace 117132
- Dual Earners 125140
- Dumping 132147
- Education and Economic Competitiveness 139154
- Employee Loyalty and Engagement 149164
- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems 156171
- Environmental Degradation 167182
- Ethics in Business at the Individual Level 172187
- Federal Reserve System 181196
- Foreign Direct Investment 190205
- Free Trade 195210
- Glass Ceiling 203218
- Government Subsidies 210225
- Health Care Costs 221236
- Immigrant Workers in the United States 229244
- Income Tax, Personal 240255
- Inflation 248263
- Intellectual Property Rights 255270
- Interest Rates 266281
- Labor, Organized 273288
- Labor Shortages 280295
- Lotteries 288303
- Marketing of Alcohol and Tobacco 299314
- Marketing to Baby Boomers 308323
- Marketing to Children 314329
- Marketing to Women and Girls 321336
- Media Coverage of Business 327342
- The Middle Class 336351
- Minimum Wage 341356
- Mission Statements 346361
- Mommy Track 354369
- Volume 2 vol2-iii380
- Oil Economics and Business 363390
- Online Auctions 374401
- Outsourcing and Offshoring 383410
- Pensions 391418
- Personal Success without Selling Your Soul 397424
- Poverty and Race 405432
- Price Gouging 416443
- Psychological and Honesty Testing in the Workplace 424451
- Public Relations and Reputation Management 432459
- Rich Country/Poor Country 443470
- Salary Disparity 453480
- Same-Sex Partner Benefits 463490
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act 471498
- Saving 483510
- Sex and Advertising 493520
- Sexual Harassment 499526
- Shareholder Activism and the Battle for Corporate Control 510537
- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid 518545
- Stock Market Predictions 531558
- Strategic Planning 539566
- Supply Chain Security and Terrorism 547574
- Team-Based Cultures and Individual Rewards 555582
- Technological Connectivity 563590
- Telecommuting and the Virtual Workplace 573600
- Trade Surpluses and Deficits 582609
- Universal Health Care 591618
- Violence in the Workplace 603630
- War and the Economy 611638
- Whistle-Blowers 619646
- Wholesale Buying Control by Big-Box Retailers 627654
- Workaholism 634661
- General Bibliography 643670
- About the Editors and Contributors 649676
- Index 657684