This volume collects the contributions of a number of diverse and distinguished scholars to reflect upon the topic of corporate retirement security in the United States. Contributes to the public policy debate concerning the securing of sufficient retirement funds Reflects the present discussions and disagreements about the most fundamental aspects of the employment relationship Organized into three sections, this volume focuses on ethical issues in pension plan structure, pension plan changes, and investing in pension plan funds Includes a thorough and orienting introduction to the subject

This volume collects the contributions of a number of diverse anddistinguished scholars to reflect upon the topic of corporateretirement security in the United States.* * Contributes to the public policy debate concerning the securingof sufficient retirement funds* Reflects the present discussions and disagreements about themost fundamental aspects of the employment relationship* Organized into three sections, this volume focuses on ethicalissues in pension plan structure, pension plan changes, andinvesting in pension plan funds* Includes a thorough and orienting introduction to thesubject

Contributors."An Introduction".Robert W. Kolb.Part I: Ethical Issues in Pension Plan Structure.1. "Pension Plan Design: An Examination of Corporate SocialResponsibility" (Joanne H. Gavin and Ken Sloan, MaristCollege).2. "The Pension that Isn't: The Defined-ContributionRetirement Plan" (Barry Bennett, Bonneville Power Authority).3. "Corporate Retirement Security: A Bankrupt Oxymoron"(Patricia Werhane, University of Virginia and DePaulUniversity).4. "Trust, Portability, and Sustenance in PensionPlans" (Robbin Derry, Northwestern University).Part II: Pension Plan Changes.5. "Markets, Promises, and Responsibility: ReconsideringPensions and Ethics" (Eugene Heath, State University of NewYork at New Paltz).6. "Not How Much But How: The Ethics of Cash Balance PensionConversions" (Michael E. Johnson-Cramer, Bucknell University andRobert A. Phillips, University of San Diego).7. "Ethics of Corporate Retirement Program Changes" (DuaneWindsor, Rice University).8. "Reflections on Markets, Retirement and CorporateResponsibility" (Jeffery Smith, University of Redlands).Part III: Investing Pension Plan Funds.9. "Pensions and the Companies They Own: Fiduciary Duties in aChanging Social Environment" (Peter Kinder, KLD Research andAnalytics, Inc.).10. "Pension Funds and Socially Responsible Investing:More Risky Than Responsible Business" (Sarah Fuhrmannv-Fluence Interactive Public Relations).11. "Why Social Investing Threatens Public EmployeePension Funds" (Jon Entine, Miami University)