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Business Ethics Case Studies And Selected Readings 10th Edition Marianne M. Jennings - Solutions
Are there any prevention tools that might have helped the colleges from becoming involved in the resulting litigation? p-687
What about the conduct of the employees in altering the database so that it could no longer be used? What categories apply there? p-687
Evaluate the ethics of Ms. Miller in her recruitment efforts.What category of ethical issue applies to her conduct? p-687
What alternatives exist to covenants not to compete? p-687
What is the balance in covenants? p-687
Discuss the extent of intellectual property protections and when rights are infringed. p-687
Explain the legal and ethical standards of fairness in competition. p-687
Understand when covenants not to compete are needed and valid. p-687
Beech-Nut’s market share went from 19.1% of the market to 15.8%, where it has hovered ever since. Why?What were the costs of Beech-Nut’s fake apple juice and its “cat-and-mouse game”? Do you think consumers still remember this conduct?? p-258
Why do you think Hoyvald and the others thought they could get away with the adulterated juice? Why did they play the “cat-and-mouse” game with the FDA?What principles about ethics have you learned that might have helped them analyze their situation more carefully and clearly? Are there some
Is it troublesome that Hoyvald and Lavery escaped sentences on a technicality? Was the sentence too light?? p-258
Why did LiCari feel he had to leave Beech-Nut? Why did LiCari write anonymously to the FDA?? p-258
Using the various models for analysis of ethical dilemmas that you have learned, point out the things that Lavery, Hoyvald, and others in the company failed to consider as they refused to deal with the Interjuice problem.? p-258
What pressures contributed to Beech-Nut’s unwillingness to switch suppliers?? p-258
Did LiCari follow the lines of authority in his efforts? Is this important for a whistleblower? Why?? p-258
No one was ever made ill or harmed by the fake apple juice. Was LiCari overreacting?? p-258
How is the principle of “truth percolates” evident in this case?
Do the universities bear any responsibility for the behaviors of the assistant coaches?? p-258
Was Tugs punished for something he did not do? Was the NCAA wrong to banish him? Why did the NBA not draft him?? p-258
One basketball coach said he was not surprised about the behaviors of the assistant coaches participating in the bribery scandal. “You look at some of the assistants who have been hired that are paid a lot of money, and you don’t see them on the floor coaching. Well, what is their job then?
What lessons should companies learn from the Whitley firing and lawsuit? What changes do you think Coke has made in its culture to comply with the SEC settlement requirements? Are there some lessons and elements for a credo in the conduct of individuals in this case?? p-258
List the total costs to Coke of the Richmond rigging.Be sure to list any costs that you don’t have figures for but that Coke would have to pay. Do you think those costs are done and over?? p-258
Make a list of all of the consequences Coke experienced as a result of the Richmond rigging. “The initial decision was flawed, and the rest of the problems resulted from that flawed decision,” was an observation of an industry expert on the Richmond marketing test.What did the expert mean with
Make a list of everyone who was affected by the decision to fix the numbers in the Richmond test market.Reflect on their career paths following the Burger King issues. Were they able to recover professionally?? p-258
Why did the executives at Coke decide to go forward with the marketing studies? What questions from the models you have studied could they have asked themselves in order to avoid the problems that resulted?? p-258
Is the description accurate?? p-258
McKinsey’s firm history describes itself as similar to the Marines, the Catholic Church, and the Jesuits, and their consultants as “analytically rigorous, deeply principled seekers of knowledge and truth.”182? p-258
What was different about the Purdue situation that caused reflection within the firm?? p-258
Does the term amoral technician (see Reading 4.2) apply to the firm?? p-258
Find and classify the ethical issues you see in McKinsey’s history.? p-258
In an internal email forum, when McKinsey employees learned of McKinsey’s efforts with Purdue, one employee wrote, “Then, of course, it’s ok to maximize shareholder value, seek profits. But not at all costs, not at the cost of our moral values and our society’s well being.”179 Refer back
What should the companies have done to encourage the employees to raise their concerns?? p-258
Interviews with pharmacy employees indicated that many were aware of a problem and were concerned.Consider the following statements and explain why the employees did not speak up and tell someone at their companies about their concerns.• “We have goals for revenue.”• “This is a busy
Why is there responsibility for drug distribution when there is not direct knowledge?? p-258
What thoughts does this case offer for your credo?? p-258
Whose interests were served by the pay-to-play cartel?? p-258
What cultural issues do you see that affected decisions at MMC?? p-258
Explain how the issue could be resolved with customers. Is the Chase monitor, mandated by the SEC, a solution?? p-258
Explain the role of compensation in this sales issue.Refer back to Unit 4 for discussion of incentives and compensation plans.? p-258
Discuss the ethical issues involved in the sales of a salesperson’s own company’s products versus others available on the market.? p-258
In 2019, a federal judge who had found that PG&E was not taking the necessary steps to fix its natural gas lines following a 2010 explosion of a gas pipe in San Bruno, California, ordered its board of directors to pay an onsite visit to the former town of Paradise to see the devastation caused by
What similarities do you see between how PG&E was being operated and the cases in Unit 4 that involved financial fraud?? p-258
Is this a standard of strict liability or negligence being applied?? p-258
How is this liability case different from the other company products in this unit?? p-258
A plaintiff’s lawyer praised Jack-in-the-Box, saying,“They paid out in a way that made everybody walking away from the settlement table think they had been treated fairly.” What do we learn about the company from this statement?? p-258
What does the misplacement of the state health department notices on cooking temperature say about the culture at Jack-in-the Box?? p-258
In 1993, Jack-in-the-Box adopted tougher standards for its meat suppliers than those required by the federal government so that suppliers test more frequently for E. coli. The link between cooking to a 155-degree internal temperature and the destruction of E. coli bacteria had been publicly known
What did the CEO miss in his analysis of the Treadmill+injuries and death?? p-258
Is resistance to regulatory authority helpful to stakeholders? Shareholders?? p-258
Again, referring to Unit 3, where is Peloton in the regulatory cycle on its Treadmill+?? p-258
What product warnings would you make voluntarily?? p-258
In the ad for Meta VR headsets, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was shown using the headsets in front of floor-to-ceiling screens in a room with no furniture or walls. Mr. Zuckerberg moved freely throughout the room and between screens. What issues do you see with the ad in terms of liability??
How would you use that data and what voluntary actions would you take?? p-258
If you manufactured a VR headset, what data would you be collecting to stay ahead of consumer mishaps?? p-258
What data should Tesla be examining and why?? p-258
What should Tesla’s response to and role with its regulator, NHTSA, be at this point?? p-258
Referring back to Unit 3, where is the regulatory cycle on both self-driving cars and on car video games?? p-258
An oft repeated mantra in Jennings’s classes is, “Dying customers is always bad for business.” How could this stark statement help internal discussions and debates about product safety?? p-258
Why did Chrysler reverse its position on the recall?? p-258
Should Chrysler have done the recall voluntarily?? p-258
Why the resistance by Chrysler?? p-258
Is there a common thread in all of these vehicle cases of trying to keep internal information from outsiders?What should managers and engineers be trained to do based on these cases?? p-258
What role did organizational structure play in the decisions?? p-258
What role did financial pressure play in the events?? p-258
Why did Mr. DiGiorgio do what he did?? p-258
Explain the issues in the GM culture.? p-258
Offer some general lessons from these two cases for business managers.? p-258
What did the GM managers miss in ignoring the engineer’s concerns? What ethical tests from Unit 2 might have helped the engineers convince management?Why do you think they said he was acting on his own?? p-258
What happens over time when memos such as this engineer’s discussion are concealed?? p-258
If you had found the 1973 memo, what would you have done with it?? p-258
What if the engineers had quit? Should they have quit?? p-258
Do you think there was anything that could have changed management thinking on spending money for the proposed fixes?? p-258
If you had been one of the engineers who were concerned, what would you have done differently?? p-258
A lawyer who represents clients suing McNeil offered the following observations: “It [McNeil] markets itself as a company that takes children’s safety very seriously and that’s why they can charge a premium price for the Tylenol. People are willing to pay a premium price because of a
Does the company ride the coattails of its recall recognition from the 1987 poisonings? Does its reputation established in the recall fuel the “Most Admired”rankings?? p-258
Why did the company drag its heels on the later recalls? What was the purpose of the phantom contractor and the resulting unannounced recall?? p-258
General Robert Wood Johnson, the CEO of Johnson& Johnson from 1932 to 1963, wrote a credo for his company, “We believe our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses, and patients, to mothers and fathers, and all others who use our products and services.” The next layer of responsibility
Following the 2010 misstep, Tylenol’s competitors sent out free samples and coupons to Tylenol customers who participated in the Tylenol recall as a way of getting them to try their products. Why would such a campaign at this time result in more sales of their products? What is different about
What can you conclude from the quick development and appearance of the new product line following the poisoning deaths?? p-258
Was Mr. Burke’s action a long-term decision? Did it consider the interests of all stakeholders? How did Mr. Burke’s action help the company with the liverdamage issues? Mr. Burke, who served as Johnson &Johnson’s CEO from 1970–1989, died on October 1, 2012. A full-page ad in the Wall Street
Suppose that you were a Tylenol competitor. Would you have continued selling your capsules?? p-258
Were the shareholders’ interests ignored in the decision to take a $150 million write-off and a possible loss of $525 million in annual sales by abandoning the capsules?? p-258
Mr. Parnell’s father, Hugh Parnell Sr. said, “He’s being railroaded. Why would anybody send something out that would ruin his own company? It’s like an auto dealer sending a car out with no brakes.”29 What defense is he raising for his son? Explain why Mr. Parnell acted as he did. What
Based on what you have studied in the financial and workplace cases in Units 4, 5, and 7, explain how the group working together was able to justify falsifying tests and risking the presence of salmonella.? p-258
Discuss the theories for imposing liability on Peanut Corp.? p-258
Why have the rental car companies developed so many rules on the gas tanks and returning them full?? p-258
Is fairness an ethical standard?? p-258
Use one of the ethical questions from Unit 1 to provide an ethical standard that the rental car companies might use to prevent customer dissatisfaction.? p-258
If you are selling food to the public, make a checklist for the questions you should ask about your product and the cooking processes and develop a disclosure statement.? p-258
Who are the stakeholders in ongoing suits against chains and restaurants for the failure to disclose ingredients?? p-258
Is there a difference between intentional misrepresentation and an oversight in disclosure?? p-258
Make a list of the kinds of things that Mr. Musk could tweet with the standard of “reasonableness pants.”? p-258
During an earnings conference call with analysts and investors just prior to his “going private” tweets, Mr. Musk told them that they asked, “boring, bonehead questions.”18 Based on what you have learned about leaders in Units 4 and 7, what warnings, insights, and lessons did Mr. Musk need
Mr. Musk said that one of the reasons he wanted to go private was to defeat the “shorts,” the shortsellers, because of his concerns that they released negative and false information into the news as a means of driving Tesla’s stock price down to preserve their positions. Are shortsellers
One analyst noted about the whole series of events,“There is a fine line between hyperbole and falsehood.”16 Is that statement accurate about what Mr. Musk tweeted?? p-258
Describe how the culture of a company influences decisions about advertising, product safety, and sales techniques.?? p-258
Apply ethical analysis to the types of sales techniques that businesses use.? p-258
Explain the ethical issues and analysis in dealing with product safety issues.? p-258
Discuss the ethical categories that apply in evaluating advertising content.? p-258
Explain the effects of ethical differences among and between countries for multinational businesses. LO58
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