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What is the effect of the Internet on cheating?? p-698
What category(ies) of ethical dilemma is involved in this scenario?? p-698
What school of ethical thought does Joe’s father follow?? p-698
Was Joe’s father justified in helping Joe, an innocent victim in an accident? Does your answer change if you learn that Joe’s father is an actuary?? p-698
List those who are affected by Joe’s father’s actions.? p-698
Can you think of alternatives to Joe’s father’s solution that would get him out of the either/or conundrum?? p-698
Evaluate the systemic effects if everyone behaved as Joe’s father did.? p-698
What effects do emotions and feeling have on ethical analysis?? p-698
Identify two important life experiences that helped you define your own personal code of ethics.
Create a list of 5 to 10 guidelines for ensuring a successful brainstorming session to identify potential solutions to a problem.
Hypothesis: It is easier to establish an ethical work environment in a nonprofit organization than in a for-profit organization. Provide three facts or opinions that support this hypothesis. Provide three facts or opinions that refute the hypothesis.
This chapter discusses four approaches to dealing with moral issues. Which approach is closest to your way of analyzing moral issues? Now that you are aware of different approaches, do you think you might modify your approach to include other perspectives? Explain why or why not.
Should software piracy within the boundaries of third-world countries be tolerated to allow these countries an opportunity to move more quickly into the information age? Why or why not?
Without revealing the name of your employer, comment on the efforts of your employer to promote a work environment in which employees are encouraged to act ethically.
Research two different companies and try to identify at which stage of corporate citizenship these companies reside. What are the best examples you can find of companies in Stage 5 of corporate citizenship?
There are many ethical issues about which people hold very strong opinions—abortion, gun control, and the death penalty, to name a few. If you were a team member on a project with someone whom you knew held an opinion different from yours on one of these issues, how would it affect your ability
Analyse the controversies mentioned and the measures taken to overcome them from an ethical perspective.
What actions could Chiquita take to overcome the current ethical problems and to be more responsible?
How could Chiquita act with the independent producers of its supply chain to improve their labour standards?
How do you evaluate the company’s initiative to involve employees in the development of the community?
Do you think the arguments of members of the board of directors of AkzoNobel and the distinction made by Carlos regarding business obligations in developing countries are correct?
With what other arguments could Carlos convince the members of the board to support ‘The Five’?
Give a simple argument that breaking a promise, simply because it is convenient to do so, fails the generalization test. Note that one can break a promise only if it is possible to make a promise.
Give a simple argument that lying, merely for convenience, fails the generalization test. Assume that the lie would achieve its purpose only if it is believed.
As an ambulance driver, you normally use a siren and flashing lights only for an emergency.At the moment you are driving the vehicle to an important meeting with your boss that may determine whether you will be laid off due to budget cuts. You lingered a bit too long at lunch before departing and
The situation is the same as in the previous exercise, except that you are running late because of a very unusual traffic jam on the route. You can still arrive on time by using the siren. Is this generalizable?What exactly is the scope in this case? Hint : If you are willing to use the siren due
While walking down Fifth Avenue in New York City, you see a $100 bill on the pavement.You take the money and spend it because you have no way of knowing who dropped it. This is legal, but is it generalizable?
You shop at a grocery that arranges milk bottles so that the oldest ones are in front and the freshest in the rear. You reach behind the older bottles to select the one at the very back. Your reason for doing so is to obtain the freshest milk. Does your behavior pass the generalization test?
As you are about to board an aircraft, it is announced that the plane will be boarded by zones to expedite the process.However, you would like to board before your zone is called to make sure you can find space for your carry-on luggage in an overhead compartment. Is this generalizable?
While commuting home from work, you take a detour through a residential area to avoid a congested main artery. Because only a few drivers take the detour, it removes several minutes from your commuting time due to the light traffic. Is your action generalizable?
In the previous exercise, suppose that a few commuters can drive through the residential area unnoticed, but if many cars used the detour, the traffic would become a noisy and hazardous nuisance in the neighborhood.Does this have a bearing on the generalizability of your action?
In Exercise 8, suppose that you are taking the detour only because few people know the city as well as you do. If many people knew about the detour and were nonetheless avoiding it, you would follow their example. Is your action generalizable?
Music shop temptation.While browsing in a music shop, you spot a CD recording of Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.You love this piece, but you are absolutely certain that no one else within a thousand-mile radius can bear listening to this abstract atonal music. The shop is lax about security,
Police have closed one lane of a highway due to an accident. A long queue of traffic has formed in the lane that remains open, because drivers slow down to view the accident. However, a few drivers bypass the queue by driving along another lane up to the point of closure and then rely on polite
In the previous exercise, is it generalizable for a driver at the front of the queue to allow someone to merge? Assume it is legal.
You decide to play in an amateur tennis tournament because you know you are the best player in town and will certainly win the trophy and prize money. This is the only reason you are playing the tournament.Is your decision to play in the tournament generalizable? If not, under what sort of
You are considering whether your cable TV business should enter the market in Anywheresville, which presently has no cable service. You expect a few other cable companies will do the same. However, past experience in towns of this size shows that only one cable provider will survive.Your only
Damage expense.1 Chris is a new hire at a manufacturing company, which pays his moving expenses.However, the movers seriously damage an expensive piece of furniture. The insurance covers only a small fraction of the cost. Chris mentions this to his boss Bob, who tells him to cover it by padding his
Upgrading the refinery. You are plant manager at a refinery that meets all environmental regulations.However, the mayor of a nearby community is pressuring you to install new technology that would reduce emissions below mandated levels. You respond that your plant is more cost-efficient than some
Ordinarily, an action that fails the generalization test would continue to fail if the scope were broadened.This is because a rationale is less likely to be generalizable when it applies to more people. However, there are exceptions. Can you think of one?
In Exercise 7, does boarding early pass the utilitarian test?
The accidental bank robbery.5 Chris is a relief branch manager for Commerce Trust Bank. His job is to fill in for regular branch managers while they are away. Today he is serving at a bank with several inexperienced tellers. One of them, Carole, comes up $900 short at the end of the day. She is in
Back at the music shop. You are again browsing in the music shop that has a CD recording of Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire on display (see Exercise 11). You were reluctant to steal it last time, but another thought has occurred to you. The shop will never sell this recording, because
Irrevocable election.6 Steve is in his second year at a CPA firm. A firm partner discovers that Steve neglected to attach an irrevocable election form to one of last year’s tax returns. The form is necessary for the client to avoid a substantial tax liability in subsequent years. The partner
Hard choice in Hondo.7 George is manager of an Ardnak Plastics plant in Hondo, Texas. It employs several hundred persons, a large fraction of the local workforce. George’s boss, Bill, telephones him from headquarters in El Paso with the news that the EPA will levy fines against Ardnak for
Retirement fund recommendation.9 John is a portfolio analyst for Metropolitan City Teachers’Retirement Fund (MCTRF).His boss Mary has asked him to compare one of MCTRF’s external growth stock portfolio managers, Bill Fredericks, against Growth Unlimited (GU) and make a recommendation.Mary sees
Plant automation.10 George is a recent MBA who just joined a manufacturing firm’s Cedar Valley plant as its only cost accountant. Cedar Valley is a town of 20,000 people, and the plant is one of several owned by the firm. George’s boss Arthur tells him that management wants to automate this
Missing travel documentation.11 Tim, a CPA, works for an auditing firm and has been placed in charge of an annual audit for Dalton Enterprises, a medium-sized firm with $20 million in assets. Mr. Dalton micromanages the family-owned firm except the finance area, which he leaves to his son Chauncy,
The good credit reference.12 Diversified Consolidated Corporation (DCC) is a supplier for North Manufacturing. As a credit officer at DCC, Kathy is responsible for about $1 million in credits to North.There are rumors that North is in deep trouble. The company has always paid on time and even lists
Suppose that in Exercise 22, the partner thinks better of committing tax fraud. Instead, he tells Steve that the firm will cover the portion of the client’s tax bill that results from Steve’s mistake.However, it’s best that the client know nothing of this. Steve is therefore asked to send the
What is the ethical choice in Exercise 20?
You are a recent new hire at your company and have been given the responsibility for soliciting the employees in your 10-person department for the company’s annual drive to support United Way (a national nonprofit organization that works with a coalition of volunteers, contributors, and local
You are currently being considered for a major promotion within your company to vice president of marketing. In your current position as manager of advertising, you supervise 15 managers and 10 hourly workers. As part of the annual salary review process, you have been given the flexibility to grant
You are the customer support manager for a small software manufacturer. The newest addition to your 10-person team is Sofia, a recent college graduate. She is a little overwhelmed by the volume of calls, but is learning quickly and doing her best to keep up. Today, as you performed your monthly
As part of your company’s annual performance review process, each employee must identify three coworkers to be interviewed by his manager to get a perspective on the employee’s overall work performance. Your friend has offered to give you a glowing performance review if you agree to do the same
While mingling with neighbors at a party, you mention that you are responsible for evaluating bids for a large computer software contract. A few days later, you receive a lunch invitation from one of your neighbors who also attended the party. Over appetizers, the conversation turns to the contract
You are a recent graduate of a well-respected business school, but you are having trouble getting a job. You worked with a professional résumé service to develop a well-written résumé and placed it on several Web sites; you also sent it directly to contacts at a dozen companies. So far, you
1. Present three strong arguments that IBM might have used to justify the start of its sustain-ability programs in the 1970s.2. What major goals has IBM achieved in environmental stewardship?3. How might IBM leverage its leadership in sustainability to maintain its competitiveness in the IT
1. Were Nokia’s leaders acting unethically when they moved their facilities from Germany to Romania and from Romania to Asia, or was this a legitimate business decision to reduce costs and improve profits? How does this decision compare with Nokia’s actions in Iran?2. Why did Nokia’s customer
1. Discuss how a CIO might handle Schrage’s scenarios using the suggested process for ethical decision making presented in this chapter.2. Discuss the possible short-term losses and long-term gains in implementing ethical solutions for each of Schrage’s scenarios.3. Must businesses choose
You are a new salesperson at a large software manufacturing firm. It is three weeks from the end of the sales quarter and you and your sales manager are sitting pretty—you have both already met your sales quota for the quarter. In addition, you just closed another deal with a new customer for
You are in charge of awarding all computer hardware service contracts (valued at over $2 million per year) for your employer. In recent emails with the company’s current service contractor, you casually exchanged ideas about family vacations. You mentioned that your family is planning on
Your organization is preparing to submit a bid for a multimillion-dollar contract in South America. The contract is extremely important to your firm and would represent its first contract in South America. While meeting with your South American contacts, you are introduced to a consultant who
Go to the Web site of one of the three primary consumer credit reporting companies (Equifax, Experian, or Trans Union). Find the instructions to request a free credit report, and do so. How long did it take to receive your free credit report? Is there information on the report you to believe to be
A friend contacts you about joining his company, Anonymous Remailers Anonymous. He would like you to lead the technical staff and offers you a 20 percent increase in salary and benefits over your current position. Your initial project would be to increase protection for users of the company’s
1. How does the First Amendment protect WikiLeaks from prosecution?2. Is WikiLeaks justified in releasing Syrian government emails? Is this different from posting classified U.S. documents?3. What limits, if any, should be placed on WikiLeaks’ right to post government or corporate secrets?In
You have been asked to lead your company’s new competitive intelligence organization. What would you do to ensure that members of the new organization obey applicable laws and the company’s own ethical policies?
1. How unique does an idea need to be to warrant patent protection? Should the idea of pre-roll advertisements be patentable?2. Are patent trolls justified in their actions? Do they provide a means of rewarding small innovators?3. Are patent lawsuits likely to decrease or increase innovation in the
Keep track of the time that you spend on social networking Web sites for one week. Do you think that this is time well spent? Why or why not?
Do you think that college instructor-student friendships on social networking Web sites are appropriate? Why or why not?
Can role playing illegal and violent fantasies in a virtual world affect individuals and society in the real world? What are the social and ethical implications of such role playing? Should limits be placed on what players can do in virtual worlds?
You have just received a second invitation to join John’s friend list. You met John three weeks ago at a group study session prior to last semester’s Calculus II finals. He came across as very quiet and sort of strange. You did nothing to encourage his attention, but now you keep running into
A friend of yours has asked you to help him and a group of three or four others shoot a video and upload it to YouTube. The subject of the video is“Happenings at Work,” and it will include several vignettes about funny incidents at work. What would you do?
You are a new player in Second Life and are surprised when another avatar asks if you want to buy some marijuana. You are not sure if the person is merely role playing or is serious. What would you do?
To gain a deeper understanding of morality and ethics
To reflect on the role of ethics as a guide for human conduct
To gain an understanding of mainstream ethical theories
To clarify some basic ethical concepts
To know how the current interest in business ethics emerged
To provide arguments about the possible link between ethics and economic performance
To understand why companies integrate ethics into their organizations
To obtain an approach to business ethics and its scope
To gain an understanding of the differences between normative and behavioural business ethics
Why did the demise of Arthur Andersen occur? Could you identify any ethical motive?
Analyse the founding values of Arthur Andersen and how these evolved over time.
How would you describe the characters of Mr. Arthur Andersen and the later leaders of the firm?
What do you think about the ‘mark-to-market accounting’ and the‘SPE’? Are they abusive? If so, why?
Do you think that the strategies of the CFO, Andrew Fastow, to maintain the credit rating and the share price are morally correct?
Who is responsible for the Enron scandal? Top executives, the board of directors, auditors, banks, lawyers, analysts …?
Do you think that the Enron scandal was due exclusively to insufficiencies of US law?
To recognize four key psychological elements in good behaviour?
To review the main steps in the decision-making process and discuss why decision-making requires full rationality, not just instrumental?
To discuss whether the ethical dimension is inherent to the decision-making process?
To see the roles of practical wisdom and ethical principles in making sound judgements?
To become familiar with a useful framework for making moral judgements?
To study how to make moral judgements of actions that entail both good and bad effects?
To acquire some basic criteria for solving ethical dilemmas?
Is there anything wrong, in terms of justice, with the Ponzi scheme?What might have been the intention of Bernard Madoff in his strategy?
Is there any circumstance in Bernard Madoff’s behaviour that makes this particularly reprehensible?
What type of responsibility (commission, omission, induction or cooperation)can be ascribed to Bernard Madoff, Ruth Madoff, Peter Madoff, Charles Weiner, the Madoff sons and David Friehling?

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