The objectives of the employment relationship -- The balancing imperative : human rights in conflict -- Balancing outcomes : the environment and human agents -- Balancing outcomes revisited : the ethics of the employment relationship -- The balancing alternatives : workplace governance -- The...

John W. Budd contends that the turbulence of the current workplace and the importance of work for individuals and society make it vitally important that employment be given "a human face." Contradicting the traditional view of the employment relationship as a purely economic transaction, with...

Foundations -- Contemporary labor relations : objectives, practices, and challenges -- Labor unions : good or bad -- The U.S. new deal industrial relations system -- Historical development -- Labor law -- Labor and management : strategies, structures, and constraints -- Union organizing --...