| Description |
xii, 312 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Published under the sponsorship of the National Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
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Quality of work life -- United States.
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Civil rights -- United States.
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Industrial relations -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Ezorsky, Gertrude, 1926-
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Nickel, James W.
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| ISBN |
0887063624 |
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9780887063626 |
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0887063632 (pbk.) |
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9780887063633 (pbk.) |
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