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Up against the corporate wall : modern corporations and social issues of the seventies / [by] S. Prakash Sethi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1971Description: xv, 431pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 013938233X
  • 0139382259 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.51 21 S.S.U.
Contents:
I. The Quality of Life -- A. Conservation of the Natural Environment -- Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco... -- Attempt to Construct a Nuclear Power Plant at Bodega Bay -- B. Economic Interests and Public Health -- Warning: Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health...Clash Between Economic Interests and Public Safety: Consumer Freedom and Government Regulation -- II. Corporate Interests and Social and Economic Needs of Ethnic Minorities -- A. Discrimination -- Crown Zellerbach Corporation, San Francisco... Conflict with the Equal Employment Opportunity Clause of the Civil Rights Act, 1964 -- Allen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee... "Discriminatory" Hiring Practices -- B. Social and Economic Pressures -- Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (A)... -- Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT -- The Bank of America... -- CORE Dispute on Equal Employment Opportunity -- "La Huelga o La Causa"(A)... -- California Farm Worker's Strike -- III. Corporations, Their Dependencies, and Other Social Institutions -- A. Corporations and the Individual -- General Motor's Nadir, Ralph Nader... --
Corporate Economic Interests and Encroachment of an Individual's Privacy -- Bethlehem Steel Company and the Woodroofe Incident... To What Extent Can a Corporation Control an Employee's Social and Political Activities? -- Motorola v. Fairchild Camera... The Case of C. Lester Hogan, et.al. -- B. Corporations and the Students -- Dow Shalt Not Kill... Dow Chemical Company's Manufacture of Napalm and Confrontation with Students on College Campuses -- C. Corporate Decisions and Their Effects on Urban Communities -- The Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta... Indiscriminate Moving of Sports Franchises -- D. Corporations and The News Media -- A.B.C. + I.T.T.? Free Press... Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (B)... Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT: The Role of the News Media -- E. Corporations and the Church -- Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (C)... -- Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT: The Role of the Church -- "La Huelga o La Causa" (B)... California Farm Worker's Strike: Where Does the Church Fit In? -- IV. The Changing Nature of Government and Business Relationships -- A. Indirect/ Direct Use of the President's Executive Authority -- The Steel Price Contraversy... Kennedy-Johnson and the Discretionary Use of Presidential Power -- B. Government and Business as Partners -- The Supersonic Transport (SST)... A Case Study in Government-Industry Cooperation and the Determination of National Priorities -- C. Corporations and United States Foreign Policy Conflicts -- Coca-Cola and the Middle East Crisis -- D. Politics and Business -- "La Huelga o La Causa" (C)... California Farm Worker's Strike: The Politics of It All.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The Quality of Life --
A. Conservation of the Natural Environment --
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco... --
Attempt to Construct a Nuclear Power Plant at Bodega Bay --
B. Economic Interests and Public Health --
Warning: Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health...Clash Between Economic Interests and Public Safety: Consumer Freedom and Government Regulation --
II. Corporate Interests and Social and Economic Needs of Ethnic Minorities --
A. Discrimination --
Crown Zellerbach Corporation, San Francisco... Conflict with the Equal Employment Opportunity Clause of the Civil Rights Act, 1964 --
Allen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee... "Discriminatory" Hiring Practices --
B. Social and Economic Pressures --
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (A)... --
Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT --
The Bank of America... --
CORE Dispute on Equal Employment Opportunity --
"La Huelga o La Causa"(A)... --
California Farm Worker's Strike --
III. Corporations, Their Dependencies, and Other Social Institutions --
A. Corporations and the Individual --
General Motor's Nadir, Ralph Nader... --

Corporate Economic Interests and Encroachment of an Individual's Privacy --
Bethlehem Steel Company and the Woodroofe Incident... To What Extent Can a Corporation Control an Employee's Social and Political Activities? --
Motorola v. Fairchild Camera... The Case of C. Lester Hogan, et.al. --
B. Corporations and the Students --
Dow Shalt Not Kill... Dow Chemical Company's Manufacture of Napalm and Confrontation with Students on College Campuses --
C. Corporate Decisions and Their Effects on Urban Communities --
The Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta... Indiscriminate Moving of Sports Franchises --
D. Corporations and The News Media --
A.B.C. + I.T.T.? Free Press... Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (B)... Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT: The Role of the News Media --
E. Corporations and the Church --
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (C)... --
Conflict with a Minority Group-FIGHT: The Role of the Church --
"La Huelga o La Causa" (B)... California Farm Worker's Strike: Where Does the Church Fit In? --
IV. The Changing Nature of Government and Business Relationships --
A. Indirect/ Direct Use of the President's Executive Authority --
The Steel Price Contraversy... Kennedy-Johnson and the Discretionary Use of Presidential Power --
B. Government and Business as Partners --
The Supersonic Transport (SST)... A Case Study in Government-Industry Cooperation and the Determination of National Priorities --
C. Corporations and United States Foreign Policy Conflicts --
Coca-Cola and the Middle East Crisis --
D. Politics and Business --
"La Huelga o La Causa" (C)... California Farm Worker's Strike: The Politics of It All.

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