Life in a Business Oriented Society or Retailing Management

Life in a Business-Oriented Society: A Sociological Perspective

Author: Richard J Caston

As a social phenomena, businesses have provided us with a set of guidelines for organizing our relations with each other into recurring social patterns. These patterns simultaneously give meaning and stability to our personal lives and give structure and coherence to the larger social order. For this reason, an understanding of how businesses operate in society is essential if we are to understand ourselves, our families, our religions, our governments, and any other facet of our society. This book explores the nature of life in a business-oriented society by surveying the interconnections between businesses and other sectors of society. This book ties together numerous sociological concepts such as socialization, power relations, deviance, and social institutions through an examination of how business influence all aspects of society. The book highlights social responsibilities of businesses concerning issues such as employee rights, and consumer and environmental protection. An ideal read for business people or sociologists alike.

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Does business shape the way you relate to your family, your friends, your God? Sociologist Caston thinks so, and explains why in this thought provoking <--> and sometimes just plain "provoking"<-->text about the influence of business on society. Appropriate as class text and for the general reader. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Businesses as Social Phenomena	3
2	The Social Environment of Businesses	15
3	Do Businesses Have Social Responsibilities?	33
4	Life in Prebusiness-Oriented Societies	51
5	The Rise of Business-Oriented Societies	77
6	The United States in the Twentieth Century	113
7	Government and Businesses	157
8	Improving the Moral Performance of Businesses	173
9	Employee Rights and Welfare	199
10	Employee Equal Employment Opportunities	215
11	Consumers	243
12	Businesses and Our Environment	257
13	Businesses in International Perspective	271
14	The Future of Business-Oriented Societies	295
	Notes	311
	Index	335

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Retailing Management

Author: Michael Levy

The third edition stays on top of the latest topics and developments including; changing demographics of retail marketing, the growth of new retail formats, the use of communication and information technology to enable quick response to market dynamics, the importance of customer services, the development of the vendor-retailer partnering relationships, the importance of building on employee diversity. It reflects the changing job market with the centralization of the buying function, limited jobs for buyers, and the emergence of store management positions.