Corporate Social Responsibility
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Course Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) explores the ethical obligations and societal impacts of businesses beyond pure profit-making. This course examines the theories, practices, and strategies organizations use to act responsibly toward stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, and the environment. Topics include the evolution of CSR, stakeholder management, sustainable business models, ethical decision-making, global perspectives, and the integration of social and environmental concerns in corporate governance and strategic planning. Students will analyze real-world case studies and engage in critical discussions to understand how CSR can drive long-term value for both organizations and society.
Recommended Textbook
Ethical Theory and Business 9th Edition by
Denis G. Arnold
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Chapter 1: Ethical Theory and Business Practice
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Q1) Virtue ethics emphasizes character over other ethical considerations such as duty or consequences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Issues of comparing the value of an increase in oil supply, jobs, and consumer purchasing power with the value of wildlife preservation and protection is an example of the measurement critique of utilitarianism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Disagreements between two parties regarding ethical issues is often attributable to different judgments rather than different underlying moral principles.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Corporate Responsibility
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Q1) According to John R. Boatright, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act fails to provide a provision in which corporate executives are forced to return compensation earned following misreported earnings reports and other unethical behavior.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) According to Milton Friedman in "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," whether or not a company operates in a democracy is irrelevant to his view of corporate social responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to John Boatright in "What's Wrong -- and What's Right -- with Stakeholder Management," the stockholder model of corporate governance is, or should be, grounded in sociological analysis of markets.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Ethical Treatment of Employees
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Q1) Companies can free themselves from liability for workplace injuries when employees assume the risk of employment whether the employees were coerced into hazardous work or not.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Epstein claims that the positions of both employers and employees are essentially even with regard to EAW. Do you find this line of argument convincing. Why or why not Answer: I do not find Epstein's argument convincing. The positions of employers and employees are not essentially even with regard to Employee at Will (EAW). Employers hold significantly more power and control in the employment relationship. They have the ability to hire, fire, and set the terms and conditions of employment, while employees often have limited bargaining power and are at the mercy of their employers. Additionally, employers typically have access to legal resources and financial means that employees may not have, further tipping the balance of power in their favor. Therefore, I do not agree with Epstein's assertion that the positions of employers and employees are essentially even with regard to EAW.
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Chapter 4: Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
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Q1) Under Larry May's characterization, a group of men posting inappropriate pictures of women in a work break room would never fit the definition of a "hostile work environment".
A)True
B)False
Q2) In their conclusion Jaimie Leeser and William O'Donohue in "Normative Issues in Defining Sexual Harassment", contend that it is a violation of which of these moral principles that underlies the moral wrong involved in sexual harassment
A) A violation of the utilitarian greatest happiness principle
B) A violation of the principle of justice as fairness
C) A violation of Kant's second formulation of the Categorical Imperative, the principle of respect for persons
D) All of the above
Q3) In contemplating sexual harassment as an abuse of power, the moral abuse that occurs is coercion of a person with lesser power.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Marketing and the Disclosure of Information
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Q1) Describe Market Competence as outlined by Brenkert in "Marketing and the Vulnerable".
Q2) In "The Drug Pushers", Carl Elliott argues that nurses, not doctors or salespeople, are the new drug reps.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Brenkert argues that all consumers possess market competence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As explained by Carl Elliott in "the Drug Pushers", explain the marketing practice of "detailing".
Q5) T of F: Brenkert suggests that consumers' vulnerabilities are usually within their control to correct.
A)True B)False
Q6) Puffery, as defined by Robert Arrington, is not yet pervasive enough to be considered problematic.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Ethical Issues in Finance and Accounting
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Q1) According to Colin Boyd in "The Structural Origins of Conflicts of Interest in the Accounting Profession" the primary reasons for conflicts of interest that led to the Enron scandal include all of these except:
A)The consolidation of the major auditing firms into the "Big Five."
B)Offering under the table monetary exchanges for more lenient auditing practices.
C)The practice of selling consulting services to clients whom they are performing auditing functions for.
D)The practice of junior auditors (articling students)moving from auditing firms to positions in client companies.
Q2) "Opinion shopping", according to Colin Boyd, is a thing of the past since the passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly interpret what Nielson means by "High Leverage Finance Capitalism".
Q4) As outlined by John Boatright, explain the practice of "churning" a client's account.
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Chapter 7: Ethical Issues Regarding Emerging Technologies
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Q1) In "Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis", Richard T. De George lays out what he calls the "Status Quo" and "Standard" approaches as defenses of current pharmaceutical practices. Evaluate these arguments regarding ethical pricing of pharmaceuticals. Then, using De George's suggestions, determine steps toward an alternative regulation of the industry and patent systems to control prices.
Q2) Werhane and Gorman do not argue the notion that, in the short-run, the elimination of patent laws would benefit consumers by way of lower drug costs but that long-term effects may not be as favorable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to "Internet Content Providers and Complicity in Human Rights Abuse," Jeffery D. Smith would likely contend that direct violations are the most morally problematic form of complicity in human rights violations
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Jeffery Smith, what basic human rights are violated by Chinese regulatory efforts on the internet
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Chapter 8: Ethical Issues Regarding the Natural Environment
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Q1) U.S. consumers make use of a disproportionate level of atmospheric resources, so the harm caused to non-U.S. citizens will be disproportionate to their use of atmospheric resources.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In your own words, define sustainable development Alan Holland does in "Sustainability".
Q3) Explain Bowie's argument in "Money, Morality and Motor Cars" regarding businesses' obligations to the natural environment. Then explain Interface's business model as outlined in the case study, "Interface Corporation and Sustainable Business". What would Bowie say about the actions of Interface
Q4) According to Alan Holland an economic approach to sustainability criteria is to strive for each generation to leave at least as much capital to the next generation as it has created for itself.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly interpret what Alan Holland means in "Sustainability" when he suggests we measure sustainable development with economic models.
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Chapter 9: Ethical Issues in International Business
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Q1) Norman Bowie, in accordance with his essay "relativism and the Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations", would suggest that Wal-Mart is violating universal, market ethical standards in the case study, "Should Wal-Mart Do More.A Case Study in Global Supply Chain Ethics".
A)True
B)False
Q2) Identify the relationship between productivity and wages that Arnold Bowie highlight and insist that Maitland has ignored in his support of sweatshops.
Q3) As stated by Arnold in "The Human Rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations", human rights differ from legal rights in a very specific way. Identify this difference.
Q4) Explain the Kantian arguments Denis Arnold and Norman Bowie use in "Sweatshops and Respect for Persons" to support the claim that MNEs have duties to ensure that their off-shore contract factories meet minimum safety standards and provide a living wage for employees. Explain Ian Maitland's argument that improving health and safety conditions and improving wages will cause greater harm than good. With whom do you agree more. Explain.
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Chapter 10: Social and Economic Justice
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Q1) According to John Rawls in "An Egalitarian Theory of Justice" the primary purpose of the "Veil of Ignorance" is to ensure that the principles of justice are chosen fairly and without bias.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Martin Wolf presents statistics to suggest that the rise in the number of people living in extreme poverty over the years reflects the rise in population in poor countries not a drop in income.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Jeffrey Moriarty would most likely agree with the statement that there is no valid justification for the high salaries that an average CEO is paid.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Moriarty might cite CEO compensation in nonprofit organizations along with that of university presidents to refute arguments in favor of current levels of CEO pay in U.S. corporations.
A)True
B)False
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