Synopsis

"Those wanting to dip their feet into the ethical practices of transparency, alignment, and courage in order to reevaluate the scenarios that surround them will appreciate this book. For ethics novices, May's book offers an excellent starting point for those interested in exploring ethical issues." -Helen Sommerville, University of Stirling

Case Studies in Organizational Communication: Ethical Perspectives and Practices integrates ethical theory and practice to help strengthen readers’ awareness, judgment, and action in organizations by exploring ethical dilemmas in a diverse range of well-known business cases. This volume is a crucial step toward addressing ethical issues, providing a rich and diverse overview of an increasingly important concern for organizations in contemporary society.

Biography

Steve May (Ph.D., University of Utah, 1993) is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also currently a Leadership Fellow at the Institute for the Arts and the Humanities, an Ethics Fellow at the Parr Ethics Center, and a researcher and ethics consultant for the Ethics at Work program at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. His current research focuses on the relationship between work and identity, as it relates to the boundaries of public/private, work/family, and labor/leisure. His research has explored the role of corporate counseling programs during organizational change and crisis, including downsizing, labor strikes, and accidents. Most recently, he has studied the challenges and opportunities for organizational ethics and corporate social responsibility. His most recent book project was Engaging Organizational Communication Theory and Research: Multiple Perspectives, co-edited with Dennis Mumby. His next book, The Debates Over Corporate Social Responsibility, co-edited with George Cheney and Juliet Roper, will be published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. His organizational communication research has been published in journals such as Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Public Policy Yearbook, and Organizational Communication: Emerging Perspectives. He is a past Forum Editor of Management Communication Quarterly and Associate Editor of The Journal of Applied Communication Research and The Journal of Business Communication.