Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
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Course Introduction
This course examines the principles and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and business ethics in todays global environment. Students explore the ethical challenges faced by modern organizations, the impact of corporate decisions on stakeholders, and the strategic importance of responsible business conduct. The course covers frameworks for ethical decision-making, stakeholder theory, sustainability, and the role of regulation and self-governance in shaping ethical behavior. Through case studies and real-world examples, students develop the analytical skills needed to identify, evaluate, and resolve ethical dilemmas and to implement effective CSR strategies, positioning organizations to achieve both financial success and positive societal impact.
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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) Explain why laws exist that do not impose a duty to rescue.
Answer: Traditionally, our society has tended to grant maximum leeway to individual freedom of choice. Requiring that people help one another in emergencies would infringe on that freedom by forcing people to act when they might choose not to. Further, imposing a duty to rescue presupposes that there is agreement that rendering assistance is always the right thing to do, which in some cases, it is not.
Q2) The Ethic of Care is:
A) A set of rules that explain how to prioritize those people affected by a decision so that a utilitarian analysis can be done successfully.
B) A set of universal principles, which applied evenly to all decisions will result in fairness and equity in ethical decisions.
C) The idea that we should all make decisions under the assumption that we don't know our station in life, that we could be the person most negatively impacted by the decision.
D) A set of principles that encourage decision makers to look at human relationships as a primary motivator for a decision.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Duty of Loyalty: Whistleblowing
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Q1) To determine whether a public employee receives First Amendment protection from speech (and therefore cannot be fired for it), the Supreme Court has stated that all of the following are important except:
A) The employer must have a justification for treating the employee differently than it would treat a member of the general public.
B) The speech cannot be about political topics.
C) The speech must be about something of great public concern.
D) The speech cannot be made as part of the employment (such as an internal memorandum).
Answer: B
Q2) Select the best definition of whistleblower:
A) the sole goal of modern ethics training
B) originated from the Latin "qui tam pro domino rege quam pro sic ipso in hoc parte sequitur" meaning "who as well for the king as for himself sues in this matter."
C) a narrow exception under the general rule of at-will employment
D) people who report unethical or illegal activities under the control of their employers
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Privacy and Technology
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Q1) Privacy rights are triggered under the Fourth Amendment:
A) when a corporation has authorized an agent with direct authority to perform an electronic search of an employee's e-mail account.
B) upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum to bring electronic data (e-mails, files, etc.) including electronic metadata such as headers, directional information, and other such useful tracking data.
C) when the government is conducting a search.
D) during an archival search of e-mails on a corporation's server.
Answer: C
Q2) Name the two main factors that most courts use in determining whether or not electronic monitoring of employees is an invasion of privacy.
Answer: (1) The obnoxiousness of the means to intrude. In other words, is the method used a deviation from the normal, accepted means of discovering relevant information and (2) the reasons for intruding.
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Chapter 4: Valuing Diversity: Stereotyping v Inclusion
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Q1) John Smith was assaulted on the loading dock by a coworker, Jim Jones, at the Acme Widget Company. The attack was unprovoked by Smith. After the physical assault, there was an angry verbal exchange between the parties. The incident ended when Jones yelled that Smith was a "sissy" and "everybody knows you're queer as a three dollar bill." Which of the following statements best describes the outcome of the harassment lawsuit filed by Smith under The Civil Right Act of 1964?
I. Sex discrimination is prohibited by federal law (The Civil Right Act of 1964).
II. Sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited by federal law (The Civil Right Act of 1964).
III. Suits based on harassment due to sexual orientation cannot prevail when based on local or state laws.
IV. Sexual orientation discrimination is not prohibited by federal law (Title VII).
A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I and IV
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Chapter 5: Workers Rights as Human Rights: Health and
Safety in the Global Workplace
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Q1) Almost all of the hazards that workers face are known and visible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) With the adoption of the ____________, the U.S. began to address the need to prevent, or minimize, workplace accidents and health hazards.
A) Securities Act
B) Occupational Safety and Health Act
C) Environmental Protection Agency
D) National Insurance Act
Q3) The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938:
I. sets maximum hours
II. requires minimum wages
III. requires compliance with child labor standards
IV. covers farmer workers
A) I. and II only
B) III and IV only
C) I, II and III only
D) I, II, III and IV
Q4) According to Henry Shue, what are the six factors required to make a cost a true harm?
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Chapter 6: Environmental Law and Justice: Responsibility and Survival
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Q1) According to MIT professor Layzer, the lobbyists for the energy corporations have used which of the following tactics to avoid stricter regulation?
I. Portray the science of global warming as uncertain and debatable
II. Focus on the financial costs of regulation
III. Provide Senators and Representatives with financial incentives to vote against regulation
IV. Portray the environmentalists as extremists and a vocal minority.
A) I and II
B) I, II and III
C) I and III
D) I, II and IV
Q2) Discuss the obligations of human beings to Mother Earth according to the universal declaration of rights of Mother Earth.
Q3) A "green tax" uses government taxing power to benefit the environment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects private property owners' economic interests. Explain how this amendment affects owners of private property.
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Chapter 7: Marketing and Technology: Choice and Manipulation
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Q1) The debate over advertising fast food and other "junk foods" to kids is in effect settled, since federal and state laws have put limits on that advertising.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Lanham Act:
I. Focuses on trademark registration and protection.
II. Was passed in reaction to the Great Depression.
III. Gives competitors the right to sue for false claims a rival company makes about the competitor's product.
IV. Does not allow a company to sue for false claims a rival company makes about their own products.
A) I & II only
B) II & III only
C) I, I and III only
D) I, II III, and IV
Q3) What is the Lanham Act? To succeed in suit under the Lanham Act, what must a plaintiff prove?
Q4) Discuss some of the ways the FTC has curbed online marketing efforts.
Q5) What forms can deceptive advertising claims take?
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Chapter 8: Allocating Risk and Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace:
Products Liability
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Q1) What are punitive damages?
Q2) The term caveat emptor means:
A) "seller take care"
B) "empty the cave of deceit"
C) "buyer beware"
D) "truth shall prevail"
Q3) What did the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) do? Has it accomplished what it should have? Why or why not?
Q4) Explain the features of Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts (Second).
Q5) Absent provisions in the contract, which of the following types of damage can be awarded to an injured party under a breach of contract?
A) General damages only
B) General and incidental damages only
C) General, incidental, and special damages only
D) General, incidental, special and punitive damages
Q6) Discuss Sugarman's "Performance-based regulation." Is this a viable means to create safer products or is it unnecessary government interference?
Q7) Explain how injured parties can recover damages under the UCC.
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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) Give a brief description of the increased protection in U.S. Copyright laws starting in 1994 and using approximate dates.
Q3) Discuss how intellectual property is different from other kinds of property.
Q4) Why was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed?
Q5) Trade secrets are registered just like trademarks. A)True B)False
Q6) What must a plaintiff prove to establish copyright infringement?
Q7) Discuss the Fair Use Doctrine. What are the four statutory factors used to determine if a use is fair?
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