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Biotechnology in the 21st century (New York, N.Y.) Business collection (New York, N.Y.) Case studies from the multinational marketplace Global business Language of photography On our own terms (Television program) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Ultimate media librarian collection Yen for a dollarFilter By Series
Biotechnology in the 21st century (New York, N.Y.) Business collection (New York, N.Y.) Case studies from the multinational marketplace Global business Language of photography On our own terms (Television program) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Ultimate media librarian collection Yen for a dollarSummary: In this program, host Ted Holmes profiles organizations, companies, and colleges that are working hard to help preserve the environment, provide equal opportunities for employees, stimulate small businesses, create low-income housing, and promote ethical domestic and overseas investments. Featured guests include representatives of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, the Center...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Many businesses abide by a code of conduct, either company-specific or industry-wide. This timely program distinguishes between ethical behavior and social responsibility by spotlighting two well-known Australian businesses that exhibit both qualities: Bendigo Bank and its Community Bank initiative, a cooperatively spirited venture that teaches solid commercial principles to franchisees, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Most people have an easier time making ethical decisions when they have been given the opportunity to think through various ethical dilemmas and discuss them with their peers. Help your students bring their own values into focus by sharing this collection of scenarios that challenge ethical decision-making. Students become aware of ethical dilemmas they may encounter in the workplace and will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The globalization of commerce has added new shades of gray to the complex subject of business ethics. In this program, Frank Daly, corporate ethics officer at Northrop Grumman; Thomas White, director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University; and David Vogel, of the Haas School of Business, analyze the challenges to making ethical choices in the Information Age....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In today's high-tech, multimedia business environment, ads must be slick, sensational, and sophisticated if they hope to stand out from the competition. This program examines how truth in advertising has gotten lost in this competitive frenzy, and how consumers can learn to separate fact from fiction in the confusing barrage of hype and half-truths. Two advertising executives discuss how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Is today's corporate culture, characterized by exorbitant CEO salaries, downsizing, and benefit reductions, alienating employers from employees? What moral obligations do companies have to the people who work for them, and to the communities they serve? In this program, a group of business experts examine these issues, and discuss how companies can do "the right thing" and still improve their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is renowned for its balanced, in-depth reporting. This anthology of NewsHour segments comes to terms with thorny issues of business ethics. Through interviews with key figures and insightful analysis, the anthology blends case studies and background reports to explore the Enron affair, stratospheric executive compensation, Wall Street irregularities, and other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A Senior Fellow at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Joanne Ciulla teaches career-minded students to think critically about the role of ethics in management. She brings a background in philosophy to her classroom, where future CEOs study ethics and management in business. In this program with Bill Moyers, Ciulla discusses the role of ethics in the world of business and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This NewsHour program scrutinizes the state of business ethics in an America riddled with financial fraud. In segment one, correspondent Paul Solman and Columbia Business School's Barbara Toffler cite Arthur Andersen and Stew Leonard, Sr., as examples of ethics gone awry. Segment two gathers the opinions of veteran business journalists Adam Smith, Carol Loomis, Allan Sloan, Jim Grant, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What does it mean to be an industry leader in the 21st century? Having the greatest market share is no longer enough-a successful business must now set an example as a good corporate citizen. This program examines key policies and practices that integrate ethics and responsible management into all aspects of business operations. Viewers are introduced to Australia's Corporate Responsibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This groundbreaking special presents viewers with profound moral, ethical, and social dilemmas to spark conversation about the tough decisions each of us face in this modern world. The show fuses dramatic storytelling, web interactivity, and expert panel discussions to create fun, enlightening debates in which viewers can participate. With daily revelations of fraud in corporate boardrooms,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Summary: Photographs have the potential to present powerful truths-or to create convincing fictions. This program uses case studies involving Iwo Jima, Elian Gonzalez, and O. J. Simpson to show how images can be manipulated to influence the way viewers perceive events. The ethics of photography and the positive and negative impacts of digital technology, which is steadily eroding the border between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The Nuclear Age-sprung upon the world with the atomic bomb-remains a bitter memory. How biotechnology, with its power to change life on Earth at the most fundamental level, will be viewed in the decades to come depends on decisions being made right now. This program confronts viewers with some of the ethical and moral implications of cloning, stem cell research, and animal testing. Commentary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When oil conglomerate Shell stunned investors by announcing a 20 percent reduction in its proven reserves, pensions and portfolios suffered around the world. This program reveals a pattern of exaggeration and cover-up at the company's top level-specifically involving the former chairman and head of production. An unflinching analysis of a failure in business ethics, Shell Shock raises complex...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program discusses the importance of developing a positive code of ethics in school. Subjects covered include positive ethics and their benefit to teens; negative effects of bad ethics; developing good ethics; cheating and "white lies"; negative effects of gossip and rumors; and ethics and their effects on one's future. A concise overview of the many ethical challenges faced by teenagers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Boss is for young people who love a challenge, are doers, and have lots of energy. The BIZ WHIZ QUIZ will help them identify characteristics that are necessary if they want to be in charge. Boss talks about the various hats people who own a business must wear, such as a business planning hat and a marketing hat. Entrepreneurs of all ages offer insightful hints into a variety of businesses,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Shot entirely on location in and around Beijing, this program follows a group of Chinese schoolchildren through their daily lives as it demonstrates the meanings and usages of numerous Mandarin words, phrases, and expressions. Viewers accompany the children as they move about Beijing, take a trip to the Great Wall of China, and relax at home. Additional lessons focus on a family meal, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: When a person has to rush to work in his pajamas because he's overslept (and, incidentally, his house has been demolished by accident while he was asleep in it), it's the start of what can only be a very bad day. This humorously surreal dramatization tracks "pajama man" around the office to make serious points about verbal vs. nonverbal and formal vs. informal communication; how communication...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: A good business plan is a roadmap to success. The three modules of this program look at the process of creating a business plan from three different perspectives: the transformation of an idea into a marketable product, the determination of financial feasibility, and negotiation with potential investors. German airship manufacturer Cargolifter, the Swiss musical production Space Dream, and data...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Former Democratic senator Bob Kerrey is making his case for a refocused mission in Iraq. The 9/11 Commission member and Vietnam war veteran tells Bill Moyers why having U.S. military forces in Iraq is necessary in fighting terrorism, but calls for a bipartisan plan to end U.S. policing and occupation in the war-torn nation. Also on the program: Joan Claybrook, one of Washington's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program explains how the U.S. subprime market grew from the post-9/11 rise of easy credit, which was then exploited by predatory lenders; subsequent widespread defaults and foreclosures; the attendant market correction; and the resulting threat of recession. Yale University's Robert Schiller; BusinessWeek's Matthew Goldstein; Nouriel Roubini, of the Stern School of Business; JPMorgan's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How to deal with the different countries and complexities of Asia? Those without the language and a knowledge of customs and trade regulations are the outsiders, those with these tools are the insiders. This program presents three businessmen who bridge cultures, enabling their companies to thrive abroad: Shoza Honda, chairman of Spike, an Australian Internet company launching a branch in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: More and more Americans are looking for opportunities to exert some measure of control over where and how they die. In this program, veteran PBS journalist Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families, and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Without adopting new technological developments, a company's profits will lag; with them, they can soar. This program uses two case studies-Ford and Australia Post-as they introduce very different types of technology in their respective organizations. Can these companies hope to maintain sales, market share, and profit if they are not in a position to exploit the latest technological advancements?
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006