The Slaughterhouse Cases
Author: Ronald M Labb
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important test did not arise until five years later. That test centered on a vitriolic dispute among the white butchers of mid-Reconstruction New Orleans.
The rough-and-tumble world of nineteenth-century New Orleans was a sanitation nightmare, with the city's slaughterhouses dumping animal remains into local backwaters. When Louisiana authorized a monopoly slaughterhouse to bring about sanitation reform, many independent butchers felt disenfranchised. Framing their case as an infringement of rights protected by the new amendment, they flooded the lower courts with nearly 300 suits. The surviving cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court pitted the butchers' right to labor against the state's "police power" to regulate public health. The result was a controversial decision that for the first time addressed the meaning and import of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Speaking for the majority in the Court's 5-4 decision, Justice Samuel F. Miller upheld the state's actions as a fair use of its "police power." He also argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was intended exclusively as a means of protecting and redressing the suffering of former slaves. The result was a very restricted interpretation of the amendment's "privileges and immunities," "due process," and "equal protection" clauses. In striking contrast, the minority, led by Justices Stephen Field and Joseph Bradley, claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment had been intended to apply to all Americans, not just former slaves, and therefore protected the butchers' right to labor in their chosen profession.
Engagingly written and concisely crafted for students and general readers, this newly abridged edition provides a very accessible guide to one of the Supreme Court's most famous cases.
This book is part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society series.
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Ethics and the Conduct of Business
Author: John R Boatright
Ethics
and the
Conduct of Business
Sixth Edition
John R. Boatright
Comprehensive and thorough in scope, Ethics and the Conduct of Business, sixth edition, frames each issue and examines the arguments for each side with rigor and clarity. Numerous real-life examples and case studies increase understanding of issues and stimulate class discussion. The revised and updated sixth edition retains previous editions' familiar structure. A chapter on employee rights has been expanded to include not only unjust dismissal but also expression and participation in the workplace and just compensation. The coverage of corporate social responsibility has been expanded and new material on corporate accountability has been added. Of the forty-seven cases in the book, fourteen are new.
FEATURES
• Uses ethical theory in an easy-to-understand form as a foundation for approaching business ethics.
• Offers forth-seven cases that illustrate a wide variety of issues and enable students to engage in ethical decision making.
• Covers the full range of business ethics issues in substantial depth and provides the necessary background for productive case discussion.
• Explains the legal background of issues and related business ethics to business law.
John R. Boatright, the Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, is a past president and past executive director of the Society for Business Ethics. He serves on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business and Society Review, and he is theauthor of Ethics in Finance, second edition.
Table of Contents:
1 Ethics in the World of Business 1
2 Welfare, Rights, and Justice 29
3 Equality, Liberty, and Virtue 61
4 Whistle-Blowing 87
5 Trade Secrets and Conflict of Interest 109
6 Privacy 137
7 Discrimination and Affirmative Action 167
8 Employment Rights 204
9 Occupational Health and Safety 242
10 Marketing, Advertising, and Product Safety 270
11 Ethics in Finance 312
12 Corporate Social Responsibility 347
13 Corporate Governance and Accountability 378
14 International Business Ethics 416
Index 453
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