Business Ethics
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Course Introduction
Business Ethics explores the moral principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business. The course examines ethical theories, frameworks for decision-making, and the complexities of ethical dilemmas faced by organizations and individuals. Students will analyze real-world cases involving corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management, environmental sustainability, and global business practices. Through discussion and practical examples, the course fosters critical thinking and equips students with the tools to make responsible and ethical decisions in their professional careers.
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Law and Ethics in the Business Environment 8th Edition by Terry Halbert
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Chapter 1: Law, Ethics, Business: An Introduction
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Q1) From where do ethical preferences originate?
Answer: Ethical preferences originate not from legislators or judges, but from an individual's own critical consciousness.
Q2) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the rights of shareholders?
I. voting power on major issues and ownership in a portion of the company
II. right to transfer ownership and dividend entitlement
III. hire and fire management and select and appoint a chief executive
A) I and II
B) I, II, and III
C) I only
D) III only
Answer: D
Q3) Corporate director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social causes is called:
A) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
B) Social Activism (SA)
C) Business Engagement in Environmental Situations (BEES)
D) Strategic Investment in Stakeholder Issues (SISI)
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Duty of Loyalty: Whistleblowing
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Q1) Explain what happened in the 1968 Supreme Court's re-interpretation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution regarding public employees' limited speech protections.
Answer: In 1968, the case of Pickering v. Board of Education addressed a public school teacher's criticism of the local school board. The Court weighed "the interests of the teacher, as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern" against the State (a.k.a. the school board). The Pickering case gave public employees limited speech protection.
Q2) Exceptions to the rule of employment-at-will include which of the following?
I. organization of unions
II. passage of Sarbanes Oxley Act
III. raising of public policy issues
IV. promise of implied-contract or covenant-of-good-faith
A) I only
B) II only
C) I and II
D) I, II, III, IV
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Privacy and Technology
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Q1) Which of the following are ways businesses justify electronic surveillance of employees?
I. It measures and encourages efficiency.
II. It uncovers employee disloyalty.
III. It enhances the fairness of personnel evaluations.
IV. It prevents employees from sending personal emails on company time
A) I and II only
B) I, II and III only
C) I, II and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
Answer: B
Q2) It is illegal to increase a specific employee's health insurance premiums based on the employee's lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Valuing Diversity: Stereotyping v Inclusion
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Q1) Equal protection is the constitutional guarantee:
A) that empowers Congress to regulate equally distributed commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
B) that laws made in pursuance of the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States shall be the equally protected as the "supreme law of the land."
C) embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
D) that grants and distributes power and responsibilities to national and state governments.
Q2) What is the EEOC guideline on English-only workplace rules? What are two reasons given for the rules?
Q3) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) favors English-only rules because they decrease the ability for people to stereotype based on national origin or ethnicity and thus decrease illegal workplace discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What must a plaintiff show to make a prima facie case of hostile environment sexual harassment?
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Chapter 5: Workers Rights as Human Rights: Health and
Safety in the Global Workplace
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Q1) According to Dr. Michael Silverstein, what are the types of risks workers find on the job today?
Q2) Typically individual stockholders are not held responsible for the actions of a corporation. Exceptions usually relate to comingling of funds, underinsuring, or similar actions by the corporate leadership. This is called:
A) risking liability
B) piercing the corporate veil
C) the privilege of the stockholders
D) free market trading of stocks
Q3) The Workers Rights Consortium:
I. Combats sweatshops by monitoring and investigating working conditions in factories around the world.
II. Is a U.S. government organization.
III. Covers contractors, subcontractors and manufacturers.
A) I. only
B) I and II only
C) I and III only
D) I, II, and III
Q4) Discuss how corporate criminal liability has been handled by OSHA since 1970.
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Chapter 6: Environmental Law and Justice: Responsibility and Survival
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Q1) The power of the U.S. Government to take property from a private individual and use it for public purposes is:
A) Due Process
B) Equal Protection
C) Eminent Domain
D) Suffrage
Q2) The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects private property owners' economic interests. Explain how this amendment affects owners of private property.
Q3) Under the ___________ plan, the EPA auctions a set number of sulfur dioxide emission allowances annually, with each allowance permitting one ton of emissions.
A) allocation of resources
B) tradeable permit
C) green capitalism
D) shareholder activism
Q4) A "green tax" uses government taxing power to benefit the environment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain how the tradeable permit plan works.
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Chapter 7: Marketing and Technology: Choice and Manipulation
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Q1) Discuss the standards of the Creative Code of the American Associate of Advertising Agencies.
Q2) According to John Kenneth Galbraith, the theory of consumer demand is based on the following broad assumption(s):
I. Socialism will work in all societies because consumers are willing to share their wealth.
II. The urgency of wants does not diminish as more of them are satisfied.
III. Wants originate in the personality of the consumer.
A) I only
B) I and II
C) III only
D) II and III
Q3) What is the Lanham Act? To succeed in suit under the Lanham Act, what must a plaintiff prove?
Q4) Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs began in the late 1980's to early 1990's. Based on the information in the Norplant case in the text, discuss the reasons why it should or should not be allowed.
Q5) What forms can deceptive advertising claims take?
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Q6) Discuss some of the ways the FTC has curbed online marketing efforts.
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Chapter 8: Allocating Risk and Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace:
Products Liability
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Q1) Explain how injured parties can recover damages under the UCC.
Q2) The Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Transportation Safety Association are
A) Cabinet departments within the Executive Branch
B) Subcommittees of the Senate and House of Representatives within the Legislative Branch
C) Judicially created organizations to implement Supreme Court mandates related to product safety.
D) Independent agencies that report to no branch of government.
Q3) To win a suit for negligence, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant:
I. breached its duty of care
II. created an unreasonable risk of harm
III. acted with total disregard to the harm that could result
IV. behavior was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries
A) I and II only
B) II and III only
C) I, II and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
Q4) Explain the features of Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts (Second).
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Chapter 9: Ownership, Creativity and Innovation: Intellectual Property
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Q1) Give examples of improper ways to learning a trade secret under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Give an example of a way that is not considered improper or wrong. Improper ways of learning a trade secret include theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage. Figuring out a recipe by taste trials, known as "reverse engineering", in not considered wrongful.
Q2) Trade secrets are registered just like trademarks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the Fair Use Doctrine. What are the four statutory factors used to determine if a use is fair?
Q4) Give a brief description of the increased protection in U.S. Copyright laws starting in 1994 and using approximate dates.
Q5) What must a plaintiff prove to establish copyright infringement?
Q6) American copyright law creates a bundle of rights for the owner, including the right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, or adapt the work.
A)True
B)False
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