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Informationen zum Autor McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Klappentext The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create(TM) includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. This Collection contains a multitude of current and classic issues to enhance and customize your course. You can browse the entire Taking Sides Collection on Create, or you can search by topic, author, or keywords. Each Taking Sides issues is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources and Internet References . Go to McGraw-Hill Create(TM) at www.mcgrawhillcreate.com, click on the "Collections" tab, and select The Taking Sides Collection to browse the entire Collection. Select individual Taking Sides issues to enhance your course, or access and select the entire ExpressBook for an easy, pre-built teaching resource. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each Taking Sides volume. Visit the Create Central Online Learning Center at www.mhhe.com/createcentral for more details. Zusammenfassung The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create (TM) includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Unit: Microeconomic IssuesIssue: Are Profits the Only Business of Business?YES: Milton Friedman, from "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," The New York Times Magazine, 1970NO: Mindy S. Lubber, from "Corporate Responsibility: Without Outside Pressure, Corporations Will Not Take Meaningful Action on Sustainability," The Economist, 2013Free-market economist and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman contend that the sole responsibility of business is to increase its profits. Mindy S. Lubber, president of Ceres, argues that activist involvement is necessary for business to take sustainability seriously, but also believes that businesses should be socially responsible and help develop creative solutions.Issue: Should the Compensation of Executives Be Subject to Government Regulation? YES: Joseph E. Stiglitz, from "Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services," U.S. House of Representatives, 2010NO: Kevin J. Murphy, from "Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services," U.S. House of Representatives, 2009Joseph Stiglitz, the winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, argues that flawed incentive compensation systems played an important role in the financial crisis. He believes that better regulation including regulations that affect incentive structures are likely to produce a better alignment of private rewards and social returns and better innovation. University of Southern California professor Kevin J. Murphy argues that "there is nothing inherent in the current structure of compensation in financial service firms that leads to obvious incentives to take excessive risk." He believes that government-imposed regulations are "highly unlikely" to improve compensation policies of these firms.Issue: Has the Supreme Court Made It Possible for Corporations to Buy Elections?YES: Mary G. Wilson, from "Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration," U.S. House of Representatives, 2010NO: Steven M. Simpson, from "Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration," U.S. House of Representatives, 2010Mary G. Wilson, the president of the Leag...
