{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-genetic-commerce-isbn-9781405166980","title":"The Ethics of Genetic Commerce","description":"Our rapidly expanding genetic knowledge today points toward a near future in which the elements of humanity closest to our moral core may themselves be produced, manipulated, commodified, and exchanged. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the moral and ethical concerns derived from an increasing knowledge of genetics and the variety of its commercial applications\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major contribution to the emerging understanding of the role that ethics will play in genetic commerce\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by experts from the academic and corporate sector, with diverse backgrounds in business, social science, and philosophy\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a range of relevant issues, including genetic screening, the use of individual’s genetic information, the rise of genetically modified foods, patenting, pharmaceutical mergers and monopolization, and the implications of genetic testing on non-human mammals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Genetic Screening.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Is a Genetics Screening Program for Job Applicants Ethical? An Analysis of the Conditions Necessary for Required Genetic Screenings in the Hiring Process (\u003ci\u003eThomas Harter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Business of Genetic Screening (\u003ci\u003eDuane Windsor\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Genetic Commerce: The Challenges for Human Resource Management (\u003ci\u003eKaren S. Markel and Lizabeth A. Barclay\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Geneticize Me! The Case for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (\u003ci\u003eRonald Munson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Proscription, Prescription, or Market Process? Comments on Genetic Screening (\u003ci\u003eEugene Heath\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Genetically Modified Foods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Transgenic Organisms, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization(\u003ci\u003eDennis Cooley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Commercialization of the Agrarian Ideal and Arguments against the New “Green Revolution: Feeding the World with “Frankenfoods”? (\u003ci\u003eJohann A. Klaasen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Corporate Decisions about GM Food Labeling (\u003ci\u003eChris MacDonald and Melissa Whellams\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Moral Imagination, Stakeholder Engagement, and Genetically Modified Organisms (\u003ci\u003eDenis Arnold\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Corporate Governance and Genetic Commerce.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Who Owns My Ideas About Your Body? (\u003ci\u003eAsher Meir\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Pharmaceutical Mergers and Genetic Technology: A Problematic Combination (\u003ci\u003eMichael Potts\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Stakeholder Care Theory: The Case of Genetic Engineering (\u003ci\u003eJamie R. Hendry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Unresolved Issues and Further Questions: Meir, Potts and Hendry (\u003ci\u003eLaura Hartman\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e  \"These essays demonstrate the critical importance of applied ethics as we all grapple with the biotechnology revolution. These scholars use ethics to illustrate the conflicts that emerge from commercializing genetic technologies and to indicate how moral reasoning could help society make better decisions about how to deploy them. A much needed contribution to understanding the expanding role of genetic technologies in our world.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKeith Douglass Warner, Santa Clara University\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Kolb\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Frank W. Considine Chair in Applied Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. He was formerly Assistant Dean for Business and Society (2003–2006) at the University of Colorado, and John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Finance at the University of Miami. He is author and co-author of numerous texts in finance, including\u003ci\u003e Futures, Options, and Swaps, 5e \u003c\/i\u003e(with James A. Overdahl, Blackwell, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Futures Markets, 6e\u003c\/i\u003e (with James A. Overdahl, Blackwell, 2006\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e Our rapidly expanding genetic knowledge points toward a near future in which the elements of the human body could be produced, manipulated, commodified, and exchanged. Contributors to this groundbreaking volume – academics and practitioners from the corporate sector, representing a diversity of backgrounds in business, social science, and philosophy internationally – discuss the challenges of genetic commerce, both as a topic of understanding and as a process requiring direction, certain to remain at the core of ethical debate for decades to come. Edited by renowned business ethicist Robert W. Kolb, all articles are new for this volume.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990221963493,"sku":"NP9781405166980","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405166980.jpg?v=1761786965","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-ethics-of-genetic-commerce-isbn-9781405166980","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}