Moral rights in the workplace / edited by Gertrude Ezorsky ; James W. Nickel, advisory editor. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ezorsky, Gertrude, 1926-

Nickel, James W.

Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of work life--United States.

Quality of work life.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Industrial relations--United States.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 312 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1987.

Contents:

Introduction: Freedom, fairness, and the general good / Gertrude Ezorsky

1. The right to meaningful work

Night shift in a pickle factory / Steve Turner

Meaningful work / Robert Nazick

Technology and the humanization of work / Gerald Doppelt

Work and self-respect / Diana T. Meyers

Alienation and work / Kai Nielsen

2. Occupational health and safety

The cotton dust case / American Textile v. Donovan

The asbestos industry on trial / Paul Brodeur

Human rights, workers' rights, and the "right" to occupational safety / Tibor R. Machan

Does OSHA protect too much? / Norman Daniels

Are disadvantaged workers who take hazardous jobs forced to take hazardous jobs? / G.A. Cohen

3. Freedom, coercion, and the right to privacy

Whistle blowing : the AMA and the pharmaceutical industry / Conference on Professional Responsibility Report

An anatomy of whistle blowing / Ralph Nader

Freedom of contract / Coppage v. Kansas

Work and freedom in capitalism / Kurt Nutting

Is motivation management manipulative? / Raymond S. Pfeiffer

Is sexual harassment coercive? / Larry May and John C. Hughes

On sexual offers and threats / Laurence Thomas

Privacy in employment / Joseph R. Des Jardins

4. The right to organize

Trade unions : past and future / Michael Harrington

The union movement and the right to organize / Charles Landesman

Collective bargaining and workers' liberty / Burton Hall

The public worker's right to strike/ Mary Gibson

A Kantian utilitarian approach / R.M. Hare

5. Technology, unemployment, and the flight of factories

Alternatives to industrial flight / Staughton Lynd

On alternatives to industrial flight : the moral issues / Judith Lichtenberg

Robotry, unemployment, and work-sharing / Dan Lyons

Is work-sharing fair to workers? / Donald Levy

6. The rights of health care workers

Notes from a hospital strike / Patricia Sexton

The right of health care workers to strike / James Muyskens

Nursing ethics and hospital work / Tziporah Kasachkoff

7. Discrimination and affirmative action

Comparable worth / Helen Remick and Ronnie J. Steinberg

Groups and justice / George Sher

Individual candidate remedies : why they won't work / Gertrude Ezorsky

Civil rights and group preference / Morris B. Abram

Affirmative action / Herman Schwartz

First fired : which should decide? Seniority or affirmative action

Seniority : Firefighters v. Stotts

Affirmative action, with compensation for white males : Vulcan Pioneers v. N.J. Dept. of Civil Service

Affirmative action, with compensation for white males / Howard Glickstein

A preventive remedy : worksharing / U.S. Commission on Civil rights 1977

8. Workers' self-management

The spring of freedom : Spain 1936 / Gaston Laval

Why should the workplace be democratic? / John Plamenatz

Democracy in the workplace / Robert A. Dahl.

Notes:

"Published under the sponsorship of the National Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs."

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

1-4384-0221-X

0-585-09172-2