Questions and Answers of Business Ethics Now

Review the annual report of a Fortune 100 company of your choice. Who serves on the board of directors for the company? Are there any designated “outside” directors? On how many other boards do
1. Why is Ghosn’s arrest drawing global attention?2. Why is this being labelled “a palace coup”?3. Using internet research, summarize the events that have taken place in this case since April
1. Identify three examples of poor corporate governance in this case.2. Why do you think Bill Ackman remained so supportive of Valeant?3. Critics have described the Valeant board of directors as
If other evidence is found, then David Collins, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Chemco, and Marco will be fired and struggle to be hired in any other firm, if at all. Marco could have saved
What is an outside director?
How are the stakeholders of GlobalMutual likely to react to this news? Explain your answer.
Which two scandals greatly increased the attention paid to the 1992 Cadbury Report?
Explain the “right balance” that Cadbury encourages companies to pursue.
Explain the difference between the King I and King II reports.
Explain the difference between “comply or explain” and “comply or else.”
What is the argument in favor of merging the roles of chairman and CEO?
What is the argument against merging the roles of chairman and CEO?
Explain the difference between a short-term and long-term view in the governance of a corporation.
Is it unethical to populate your board of directors with friends and business acquaintances? Why or why not?
What are INSEAD’s “CRAFTED” principles of governance?
Research a recent case of poor corporate governance and document how the company in question “had all its governance boxes checked.
Provide three examples of evidence that good corporate governance can pay off for organizations.
1. Is it ethical for U.S. regulations to put U.S. companies at an apparent disadvantage to their foreign competitors? Explain why or why not.2. If foreign companies pay bribes, does that make it OK
Locate the website for Berlin-based Transparency International (TI).a. What is the stated mission of TI?b. Explain the Corruption Perception Index.c. Which are the least and most corrupt countries on
1. SOX has introduced sweeping changes in the name of enforcing corporate ethics. Is it really a “fair” piece of legislation? Explain your answer.2. Do U.S. ethical problems give us the right to
What was the primary purpose of the FCPA?
1. Why would a political or business organization choose to pursue astroturfing?2. If these astroturf organizations are funded by such large companies, why don’t those companies just spend their
1. Why would illegal marketing activities feature so frequently in the pharmaceutical industry? At what point would they be considered endemic?2. Why would pharmaceutical companies choose to continue
What is the maximum fine that can be levied?
What is the maximum term of organizational probation?
What is the “death penalty” under FSGO?
What are aggravating and mitigating factors?
Explain the risk assessments required in the 2004 Revised FSGO.
Explain the role of the PCAOB.
Which title requires CEOs and CFOs to certify quarterly and annual reports to the SEC?
Which title protects employees of companies who provide evidence of fraud?
What are Kohlberg’s three levels of moral development?
The student should explain his/her view of what “doing the right thing” in a business environment means to the individual student.
1. Based on the evidence presented in this case study, was Mortenson’s work at the CAI an example of deliberate fraud or mismanagement? Defend your position.2. How does the conduct of the CAI board
Visit the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology: http://ethics.iit.edu.a. What is the stated mission of CSEP?b. Identify and briefly
Did Megan make the right choice here?
1. In what ways does giving in to peer pressure constitute ethical relativism?2. How could you use your personal value system to fight back against peer pressure?3. How would you communicate the
What is the definition of ethics?
What would be “the right thing” to do here? How would the “Golden Rule” relate to Megan’s decision?
You buy a candy bar at the store and pay the cashier with a $5 bill. You are mistakenly given change from a $20 bill. What do you do?
How would you resolve this ethical dilemma? Review the three-step process in ‘Resolving Ethical Dilemmas’ for more details.
What is a moral compass, and how would you apply it?
1. Did the captain make the right decision? Why or why not?2. What other choices could the captain have made?3. If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided? Why?4. Which ethical theory or
What do you think Kate’s reaction will be?
In these days of increasing evidence of questionable ethical practices, many organizations, communities, and business schools are committing to ethics pledges as a means of underscoring the
What should Megan do now?
Explain the difference between intrinsic and instrumental values.
What would have been the risks for Oxford Lake if Megan had decided not to rent the apartment to the Wilsons?
List the four basic categories of ethics.
List the three basic ethical theories.
Identify the limitations of each theory.
Provide an example of each theory in practice.
Explain the three-step process for resolving an ethical dilemma.
What are the eight questions you should consider in resolving an ethical dilemma?
What assumptions are we making in the resolution of a dilemma? What should you do if you can’t answer these eight questions for the dilemma you are looking to resolve?
What are Kohlberg’s three levels of moral development?
Locate the website for the Ethics Compliance Initiative (ECI) and review the ‘Ethics Compliance Toolkit’. The ’PLUS Ethical Decision-Making Model’ lists seven steps to ethical decision
1. What is the FCC’s position on Wi-Fi jamming?2. What is the position of hotels and convention centers?3. Is there room for negotiation? Would less exorbitant fees draw less anger?4. How should
Did Carol make the right choice here?
Identify six stakeholders of an organization.
The Ethics Resource Center (www.ethics.org) is also part of the ECI.a. What is the stated mission of the ECI?b. List the three categories of ECI research.c. Identify the topic of the most recent
Explain the difference between a descriptive and prescriptive approach to business ethics.
What do you think Dave’s reaction will be?
Explain the term business ethics.
1. Why doesn’t the United States have a formal drug policy?2. Why would pharmaceutical companies choose to raise prices in direct contradiction to the President’s request to hold them level?3. Is
What would the risk have been for the restaurant if it had implemented Dave’s plan and deliberately run out of the new items?
1. Should a manufacturer go beyond government standards if it feels there may be a potential safety hazard with its product?2. Once the safety issue became apparent, should Ford have recalled the
1. Summarize the positions of both critics and supporters of these tax strategies.2. Supporters and critics of these tax strategies agree that corporations are making use of legal financial options
Give four examples of how stakeholders could be negatively impacted by unethical corporate behavior.
Define the term oxymoron and provide three examples.
However, it is never acceptable to justify unethical behavior. Most organizations have formal code of ethics and they expect their employees to adhere to them.
Is the term business ethics an oxymoron? Explain your answer.
Explain the term code of ethics.
Identify a major ethical dilemma in each of the last five decades.
Identify a key development in business ethics in each of the last five decades.
Which decade saw the most development in business ethics? Why?
Which decade saw the most ethical dilemmas? Why?
Give four examples of the clichés employees often hear when faced with an ethical dilemma.
List the four types of ethical conflict.
List the three principles available to you in resolving an ethical dilemma.
Give an example of an ethical business dilemma you have faced in your career, and explain how you resolved it, indicating the type of conflict you experienced and the resolution principle you adopted.
Explain the term organizational culture.
1. Tom was obviously overconfident in the final stages of the testing process, but was his behavior unethical? Why or why not?2. Given Scott’s concerns over R&D’s credibility, should he have
What should Matt tell the HR director?
Define the term value chain.
1. Does an oppressive culture justify the behavior of the Wells Fargo employees who opened fraudulent deposit and credit card accounts? Why or why not2. Does the two days of ethics training exonerate
What do you think the HR director’s reaction will be?
1. If Facebook users choose to share information about themselves on the social-networking platform, aren’t they giving-up the right to privacy? Why or why not?2. Should Facebook users have any say
List the five key functional areas within an organization.
What are Matt’s chances of joining the management-training program now?
List the four primary line functions.
Identify the three functional components of the marketing process.
Explain why marketers feel that their involvement in the production and delivery of goods and services is an ethical one.
Explain why HR personnel might consider themselves to be the conscience of the organization.
Which argument do you support? Provide an example to explain your answer.
Explain why HR personnel might consider themselves to be the conscience of the organization.
Select one of the ethical transgressions listed in the HR sections and document how you would respond to that situation as the employee.
Why is HR’s involvement in the selection of the leaders of the company so important to ethical business conduct?
Why have ethics policies and ethics training suddenly become so important?
List the three primary areas of the finance function in an organization.

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