Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy SELF PRINT: 2026 Release ISE
1. The Corporation and Its Stakeholders
2. Managing Public Issues and Stakeholder Relationships
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship
PART TWO: Business and Ethics
4. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
5. Organizational Ethics
PART THREE: Business and Public Policy
6. Business–Government Relations
7. Influencing the Political Environment
PART FOUR: Business and the Natural Environment
8. Sustainable Development and Global Business
9. Managing for Sustainability
PART FIVE: Business and Technology
10. The Role of Technology
11. Regulating and Managing Technology
12. Shareholder Rights and Corporate Governance
13. Consumer Protection
14. Employees and the Corporation
PART SIX: Business and Its Stakeholders
15. Ensuring Access to Employment Opportunity
16. Business and Its Suppliers
17. The Community and the Corporation
18. Managing the Public and the Corporate Reputation
CASES IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
1. Norfolk Southern Railway and the Ohio Train Derailment (A)
2. Norfolk Southern Railway and the Ohio Train Derailment (B)
3. Facebook and the Future of Instagram Kids
4. Caged or Cage Free?
5. Failure by Design: Boeing and the 737 Max
6. Profiting from Pain: Business and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
7. Wells Fargo’s Unauthorized Customer Accounts
8. Starbucks at the Airport: Discrimination in Public Spaces
9. Nestlé and Child Labor in the Cocoa Supply Chain
In a world economy that is becoming increasingly integrated and interdependent, the relationship between business and society is becoming ever more complex. The globalization of business, the emergence of civil society organizations in many nations, and new government regulations and international agreements have significantly altered the job of managers and the nature of strategic decision making within the firm. In its 2026 release, the authors of Business and Society confronted a world in which the relationship between business and society is changing rapidly. Technological change, political polarization, barriers to immigration and trade, cultural shifts, and abrupt changes in legal and regulatory requirements upended many stakeholder relationships. It forced companies to respond in real time. The authors have extensively revised all chapters, including removing the previous chapter 4, and added new case studies using the most up-to-date research.