Ethics in Management
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Ethics in Management explores the principles and frameworks that guide ethical decision-making and responsible leadership within organizations. This course examines key ethical theories, stakeholder management, and the impacts of corporate governance and social responsibility on business practices. Students will analyze real-world case studies to understand the consequences of ethical and unethical behavior in management, and develop practical skills for resolving moral dilemmas in various organizational contexts. By fostering critical thinking and ethical awareness, the course prepares future managers to navigate complex ethical challenges and make decisions that align with both organizational goals and societal values.
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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) Name the three approaches to the study of morality and ethical theory.
Answer: The three approaches to the study of morality and ethical theory are:
1. Descriptive ethics: This approach focuses on describing and analyzing the moral beliefs, values, and behaviors of individuals and societies. It seeks to understand how people actually behave and make moral decisions, rather than prescribing how they should behave.
2. Normative ethics: This approach is concerned with establishing and justifying moral principles and theories that guide ethical decision-making. It aims to provide a framework for determining what is morally right or wrong, and what actions are morally permissible or impermissible.
3. Metaethics: This approach examines the nature of ethical language, concepts, and reasoning. It explores questions about the meaning of moral terms, the existence of moral facts, and the nature of moral truth. Metaethics seeks to understand the foundations of morality and the nature of ethical knowledge.
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Chapter 2: Corporate Responsibility
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Q1) According to Wayne F. Cascio in "Decency Means More than "Always Low Prices": A Comparison of Costco to Wal-Mart's Sam's Club," Costco was less profitable than Wal-Mart during the same five year period.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 3: Ethical Treatment of Employees
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Q1) In "Whistle-Blowing, Moral Integrity, and Organizational Ethics," Brenkert puts the responsibility for creating an ethical environment and one that support whistle- blowing primarily on our social and political systems rather than individual organizations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According Brenkert, acceptable conditions for whistle-blowing include all but which of the following:
A)Whistle-blowers must be current members of the organization
B)Wrongdoing can be reported inside or outside of the organization.
C)The wrongdoing must be "substantial".
D)The whistle-blowing must be directed at someone or an organization that can do something about the wrongdoing.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
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Q1) In "A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action", James Sterba argues that preferential treatment of minority groups is justified through appeal to both the goal of diversity in education and the goal of remedying the effects of societal discrimination, a constitutionally permissible appeal. Do you believe that rectifying past injustices is an appropriate goal of government legislation. Why or why not
Q2) As highlighted by Sterba, affirmative-action is less appropriate in the workplace for Hispanics who hold a comparable percentage of management positions as white males.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In "Diversity", Sher argues that under a justice model of diversity, a lack of racial, sexual, and ethnic diversity is problematic because it shows that opportunities remain unequal.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As stated by Sterba, affirmative action is unnecessary since we live in a color and gender-blind society.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Marketing and the Disclosure of Information
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Q1) Explain Brenkert's position in "Marketing and the Vulnerable." Next, apply his arguments to the case study "Kraft Foods Inc.: The Cost of Advertising on Children's Waistlines." What would Brenkert likely conclude about this case. Why. Do you agree or disagree with Brenkert. Why
Q2) In "The Drug Pushers", Carl Elliott argues that nurses, not doctors or salespeople, are the new drug reps.
A)True B)False
Q3) Apply Holley's arguments to the case study "Advice for Sale." What would Holley likely conclude about this case. Why
Q4) Describe Market Competence as outlined by Brenkert in "Marketing and the Vulnerable".
Q5) Puffery, as defined by Robert Arrington, is not yet pervasive enough to be considered problematic.
A)True B)False
Q6) Describe "puffery" as introduced by Robert Arrington in "Advertising and Behavior Control".
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Chapter 6: Ethical Issues in Finance and Accounting
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Q1) For Ronald F. Duska and Brenda Shay Duska in "Ethics in Auditing: The Auditing Function", so long as an auditor is honest this is all that matters, even if there are appearances of a conflict of interest.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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.
Q3) Conflicts of interest are outlined in a number of articles in the chapter. Name and explain two sources of the conflicts of interest in the accounting firm-client relationship.
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Chapter 7: Ethical Issues Regarding Emerging Technologies
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Q1) Werhane and Gorman conclude their essay by suggesting that there is a clear difference between equality as a principle and treating every individual as an equal. Explain this difference. How does it tie into the Alliance Model for the pharmaceutical industry and intellectual property
Q2) Name three of the five ways that Deborah Johnson explains technology has changed information gathering in society.
Q3) According to Jeffery Smith, what basic human rights are violated by Chinese regulatory efforts on the internet
Q4) De George laments that the U.S Government does nothing to encourage the development of drugs to treat those living in tropical, developing countries and assumes the governments in such countries are responsible for research and development regarding treatment of their citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name the two market failures highlighted by De George that help explain the Production Obligation. One is related to a type of drug while the other is related to disease.
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Chapter 8: Ethical Issues Regarding the Natural Environment
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Q1) Hawken, Lovins, and Lovins suggest that an economy needs four types of capital to function. Names these four types of capital and define them.
Q2) Stuart Hart's Bottom of the Pyramid strategy (BoP)is a creative way to appeal to unprofitable businesses around the globe.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Denis Arnold and Keith Bustos, in "Business Ethics and Global Climate Change", suggest the U.S. adopt which of the following public policy recommendations
A)Target goals for reduced emissions in the transportation and energy sectors corresponding to past emissions
B)Appropriate tax incentives for CO2 emissions reductions and penalties for failing to meet CO2 targets.
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b
Q4) 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) In "The Human rights Obligations of Multinational Corporations" Denis Arnold argues that business has what type of obligations.Describe these obligations. Additionally, assess the managerial implications of such claims. What should corporations do with this information
Q2) According to Norman Bowie in "Relativism and the Moral Obligations of Multinational Corporations," the mere fact that a culture thinks that a practice is moral, does not mean that it is moral.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Maitland's main argument for sweatshops is that they do not employ children, the wages are not lower than American wages, and governments are abiding by international law.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly, what might Ian Maitland suggest to Geletex Inc. in the case "Facilitation or Bribery: Cultural and Ethical Disparities" in response to the director of compliance's inquiries
Q5) The Adidas case study highlighted the company's focused efforts to reform what kind of practices from their suppliers
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Chapter 10: Social and Economic Justice
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Q1) 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
Q2) In "The Entitlement Theory" the purpose of the Wilt Chamberlain example is to illustrate the unequal earning potential of sports stars.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Jeffrey Moriarty compares CEO compensation to that which other professions to prove his point.Cite at least one of the professions.
Q4) Assess the four background institutions described by Rawls in "An Egalitarian Theory of Justice". How does each differ from and "solve" problems of modern managerial capitalism, according to John Rawls
Q5) Jeffrey Moriarty suggests that the average CEO pay in the largest U.S. corporations is roughly 30 times the pay of the average worker.
A)True
B)False
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