Battleground : business / edited by Michael Walden and Peg Thoms.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. A -- N -- Advertising and the Invasion of Privacy -- Affirmative Action -- Blogs / Kathleen J. Noce -- Blue Collar and White Collar Jobs / Michael L. Walden -- Booms and Busts : Living with Economic Cycles / Michael L. Walden -- CEO Compensation / Carl Anderson -- Charismatic Leadership / Michael Brown -- Chinese Currency / Xin Zhao -- Corporate Social Responsibility / Alfred G. Warner -- Corporate Tax Shelters / Keith Farrell -- Credit Card Marketing to College Students / Mary Beth Pinto -- Deficits : Their Impact on the Economy / John J. Seater -- The Dollar / James F. Smith -- Downsizing / Dawn M. Slokan -- Drug Testing in the Workplace / Randy C. Brown -- Drugs (Prescription) Costs / Brandon Kramer -- Dual Earner Workers / Michael L. Walden -- Dumping / Thomas Grennes -- Education and Economic Competitiveness / Dale M. Hoover -- Employee Loyalty and Engagement / William Castellano, Ying Hong, and David Lepak -- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems / Robert J. Nelson -- Environmental Degradation / Daniel J. Phaneuf -- Ethics in Business at the Individual Level / Michael Brown -- The Federal Reserve System / Douglas K. Pearce -- Foreign Direct Investment: In-Sourcing Jobs and Money to the U.S. / Michael L. Walden -- Free Trade / Diane H. Parente -- Glass Ceiling / William M. Sturkey -- Government Subsidies : Do They Benefit the Public At Large? / E.C. Pasour, Jr. -- Health Care Costs / Michael L. Walden -- Immigrant Workers in the U.S. / Ken Louie -- Income Tax, Personal : Issues and Prospects for Reform / David N. Hyman -- Inflation : The Four-Decade Struggle for Price Stability / John S. Lapp -- Intellectual Property Rights / Jason Checque -- Interest Rates : Friend or Foe? / Michael L. Walden -- Labor, Organized / Robert M. Fearn -- Labor Shortages / Peg Thoms -- Lotteries : Gambling for Good? / John M. Hood -- Marketing of Alcohol and Tobacco / Paul W. Schneider -- Marketing to Baby Boomers / Rebecca A. Smith -- Marketing to Children / Phylis M. Mansfield -- Marketing to Women and Girls / Phylis M. Mansfield and John Crane -- Media Coverage of Business / Charles E. Watson -- The Middle Class : Is It Vanishing? / Michael L. Walden -- The Minimum Wage / Walter J. Wessels -- Mission Statements / James F. Fairbank -- Mommy Track / Peg Thoms -- volume 2. O -- Z -- Oil Economics and Business / Edward W. Erickson -- Online Auctions / Diane H. Parente -- Out-Sourcing and Off-Shoring / John Silvia -- Pensions / Jeanne M. Hogarth -- Personal Success Without Selling Your Soul / Charles E. Watson -- Poverty and Race : Recent Changes in America / James H. Johnson, Jr. and Allan M. Parnell -- Price Gouging / Steve Margolis -- Psychological and Honesty Testing / Randy C. Brown -- Public Relations and Reputation Management / Philip K. Iobst -- Rich Country/Poor Country : Why Are Some Countries Rich While Others Are Poor? / Mitch Renkow -- Salary Disparity / Kerry A. King -- Same-Sex Partner Benefits / Randy C. Brown -- Sarbanes / Oxley Act / Ashutosh Deshmukh -- Saving / Benjamin Russo -- Sex and Advertising / Mary Beth Pinto -- Sexual Harassment / Anne E. McDaniel -- Shareholder Activism and the Battle for Corporate Control / Alfred G. Warner -- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid : Individual Freedom Versus Collective Responsibility / Arthur Benavie -- Stock Market Predictions / Xin Zhao -- Strategic Planning : Dead or Alive? / James F. Fairbank -- Supply Chain Security and Terrorism / Peter B. Southar -- Team-Based Cultures and Individual Rewards / Janet Duck -- Technological Connectivity / Philip Iobst -- Telecommuting and the Virtual Workplace / Kathleen J. Noce -- Trade Surpluses and Deficits / Raymond Owens -- Universal Health Care / Keith Farrell [and others] -- Violence in the Workplace / Randy C. Brown -- War and the Economy / Lee A. Craig -- Whistleblowers / Philip K. Iobst -- Wholesale Buying by "Big Box" Retailers / Eric C. Jackson -- Workaholism / Gayle Porter.

Seventy-seven alphabetically arranged entries provide introductions to issues related to business and economics, such as affirmative action, downsizing, free trade, pensions, strategic planning, and whistle-blowers.