Ethical Theory And Business 9th Edition Denis Arnold, Tom Beauchamp, Norman Bowie - Solutions

4. Do you think industry in general and Channel One in particular are intentionally using teachers and students as a means to profit? Or do they have a genuine concern for the education process? On the other hand, if teachers and students benefit from these educational materials or from viewing
3. If you were a member of a school board contemplating the use of either industry-sponsored materials or Channel One, what would you recommend?Explain.CASE 3. HuCksTers in THe Classroom
2. Do you think students have a moral right to an education free of commercial indoctrination?If you were a parent of school-age children, would you be concerned about their exposure to commercials and corporate propaganda?Explain.CASE 3. HuCksTers in THe Classroom
1. Have you had any personal experience with industry-sponsored educational materials?What moral issues, if any, are involved in the affiliation between education and commercial interests?Does commercial intrusion into schools change the nature of education? What values and beliefs does it instill
2. Does the salesperson’s “steering” toward a particular product, in this case a more expensive camera, represent a “significant harm”to the customer? Should customers expect salespeople to be objective, with the customer’s best interest in mind, or should they accept the principle
1. Is this a case of deceptive sales? Does the fact that the salesperson sold a “better” digital camera with sophisticated features justify the sale?Is the fact that she will receive a financial bonus relevant to a moral assessment of her actions?CASE 2. sales aT world Camera and eleCTroniCs
How does Kymlicka’s understanding of the disadvantages faced by various minority groups relate to diversity practices in the workplace?CASE 1. adviCe for sale: How Companies pay Tv experTs for on-air produCT menTions
3. In your judgment, how would Holley evaluate the stealth marketing practices described in this essay? Explain. Do you tend to agree or disagree with this assessment? Explain.CASE 1. adviCe for sale: How Companies pay Tv experTs for on-air produCT menTions
2. Should consumer experts be required to disclose their financial relationships with manufactures when they appear on television? Why, or why not? Explain. If so, who should enforce such a requirement?CASE 1. adviCe for sale: How Companies pay Tv experTs for on-air produCT menTions
1. Are the stealth marketing practices described in this case ethically legitimate means of marketing to consumers? Why, or why not? Explain.CASE 1. adviCe for sale: How Companies pay Tv experTs for on-air produCT menTions
4. Supreme Court of the United States, Teresa Harris, Petitioner v. Forklift Systems, Inc.Critical Thinking Question: What is the distinction between sex and gender and how is it relevant to this court case?
3. Supreme Court of the United States, Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, et al.Critical Thinking Question: What features of the work environment described in this case lead the court to conclude that it was a severe and pervasively hostile work environment? Do you agree with this assessment?
2. Supreme Court of the United States, Grutter v. Bollingera. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Opinion of the Court Critical Thinking Question: What compelling interests on the part of the University of Michigan Law School does Justice O’Connor site in the majority opinion? Do you agree that these
1. Supreme Court of the United States, Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Worker’s International Association v.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Critical Thinking Question: Why did the court find there was a need for race conscious affirmative action?
3. Does the fact that Maura agreed once to go out with Keith mean that she has encouraged him to make further requests? If so, was she sufficiently discouraging at a later point?CASE 6. “harassment” at Brademore eleCtriC
2. Is it justifiable for Mr. Singh to adopt a position of nonintervention? Should he speak with Keith? What would you do if you were in his position?CASE 6. “harassment” at Brademore eleCtriC
1. Is Keith’s conduct a case of sexual harassment?Is it a clear case, a borderline case, or no case at all?CASE 6. “harassment” at Brademore eleCtriC
2. Should employees be permitted to voice their opinions at work even if other employees find them misguided or offensive? Does the right to free expression outweigh the right to a nonhostile working environment?
1. Should the pinup photographs and calendars have been taken down? Why or why not? Why might a supervisor deem it necessary to do so?
4. Putting aside the question of legality, what if anything, is ethically objectionable about firing an “at will” employee for religious beliefs that are intolerant of certain employees or customers?Explain.CASE 4. gay and lesBian rights at friendly motors?
3. Putting aside the question of legality, what, if anything, is ethically objectionable about firing an “at will” employee after discovering that he or she is gay or lesbian? Explain.CASE 4. gay and lesBian rights at friendly motors?
2. Who should Paul appoint as president of the company? Why?CASE 4. gay and lesBian rights at friendly motors?
1. What are the ethical issues that arise in deciding between appointing Mark and Brandi as the new president of Friendly Motors? Explain.CASE 4. gay and lesBian rights at friendly motors?
5. Is ending preferential treatment the best way to ensure that candidates are judged solely on personal merit? Would other criteria take its place?CASE 3. how would you Vote if you liVed in miChigan?
4. Does minority racial preference entail reverse discrimination? If so, is reverse discrimination a form of invidious discrimination?CASE 3. how would you Vote if you liVed in miChigan
3. Is diversity in the workplace inherently valuable?Or is it valuable as a means to something else that is inherently valuable, such as protecting human rights?CASE 3. how would you Vote if you liVed in miChigan
2. How much say should citizens have in determining the hiring practices of the state and state-funded institutions?CASE 3. how would you Vote if you liVed in miChigan
1. Is it ever acceptable for public institutions to engage in preferential treatment of minority groups? If so, under what conditions?CASE 3. how would you Vote if you liVed in miChigan?
2. Given the promotion statistics, should the company do more to see that African American employees are considered for both leadership training and promotions? Are statistics irrelevant, or do they point to underlying failures of fair employment?CASE 2. Promotions at uPtown Bottling and Canning
1. Are the facts in this case sufficient to indicate that the Uptown Bottling and Canning Co. discriminated against Lincoln Grant on the basis of race?CASE 2. Promotions at uPtown Bottling and Canning ComPany
5. How much should companies be willing to do to correct historical inequalities?CASE 1. Kaiser aluminum and the united steelworKers
4. Does the fact that the agreement was voluntary and temporary make the case morally different?CASE 1. Kaiser aluminum and the united steelworKers
3. Does Kaiser’s policy eventuate in reverse discrimination against Weber? If so, is it justified?CASE 1. Kaiser aluminum and the united steelworKers
2. Does Kaiser have a justified employment policy?If not, how should it be revised?CASE 1. Kaiser aluminum and the united steelworKers
1. Are the percentage figures in the case“quotas”? Are they justified under the circumstances?CASE 1. Kaiser aluminum and the united steelworKers
3. If whistle-blowers provide a common good, why are they often ostracized or penalized? Consider the ethical implications of reporting illegal activity in one’s workplace.
A utilitarian view? An Aristotelian view?
2. How would an employee’s duty of loyalty to his or her employer be described under a Kantian view?
1. What are some arguments supporting employment at will? What are some arguments against employment at will?
4. If you were the judge in such a court case, how would you rule and on what grounds?CASE 6. a matter Of prinCiple
3. Under the circumstances of her “resignation,”should she have the right to sue for reinstatement to her position as Director of Medical Research Therapeutics?CASE 6. a matter Of prinCiple
2. Should the pharmaceutical’s management have the right to terminate Nancy Smith if she refused to participate in the clinical testing?CASE 6. a matter Of prinCiple
1. Was Nancy Smith forced to resign, or did she resign voluntarily?CASE 6. a matter Of prinCiple
4. Think of some creative ways other than dismissal to handle this situation.CASE 5. the reluCtant seCurity guarD
3. Should there be a law to protect employees from losing their jobs for this kind of activity?CASE 5. the reluCtant seCurity guarD
2. Is this a case of an unjust dismissal?CASE 5. the reluCtant seCurity guarD
1. Was the security guard right to take the action he did? Would you have taken the same action?Why or why not?CASE 5. the reluCtant seCurity guarD
4. Does BP’s attitude seem more consistent with the stockholder view of the purpose of the corporation or the stakeholder view? Why? Explain.CASE 4. Bp WOrkers ill-traineD fOr Dangers
3. How would you characterize BP’s attitude toward its workers at the Texas City refinery?Is that attitude ethically acceptable in your judgment? Explain.CASE 4. Bp WOrkers ill-traineD fOr Dangers
2. What would Boatright say about BP’s worker safety practices? Explain.CASE 4. Bp WOrkers ill-traineD fOr Dangers
1. What would Faden and Beauchamp say about BP’s worker safety practices? Explain.CASE 4. Bp WOrkers ill-traineD fOr Dangers
3. In failing to make a full disclosure, are the plant owner and managers guilty of a moral violation?What is the moral violation, and is some form of punishment in order?CASE 3. expOsing WOrkers tO plutOnium
2. Did the government have the responsibility to pay the workers for the risks that they were asked to undertake as well as the health effects that resulted?CASE 3. expOsing WOrkers tO plutOnium
1. Should management in the plant make a full disclosure of known risks, even when the risks are believed to be insignificant?CASE 3. expOsing WOrkers tO plutOnium
3. Should there be legal protection for workers to prevent them from being fired for legal, off-duty behavior? Why, or why not? Explain.CASE 2. fireD fOr Drinking the WrOng BranD Of Beer
2. Were American Eagle and CJW justified in terminating Hopkins and Aguero? Why, or why not? Explain.CASE 2. fireD fOr Drinking the WrOng BranD Of Beer
1. Is it morally permissible for employers to fire at-will employees for legal behavior off duty?Why, or why not? Explain.CASE 2. fireD fOr Drinking the WrOng BranD Of Beer
5. Should employers be able to restrict employees’high-risk behaviors? Why or why not?
4. Should employers be free not to hire employees whose personal behaviors are considered high risk?
3. Does the job position being filled—floor manager—make any relevant difference in this case? If not, can you think of a position where smoking would be relevant?
2. Is it fair for an employer to refuse to hire a smoker? What about an overweight person?(Are there any relevant differences between a smoker and an overweight person?) Be sure to define what you mean by “fair.”
1. Was Rob’s choice justified? Why or why not?
3. How do the expectations of business ethics in the United States differ from those in other parts of the world, such as Europe or Japan? Consider the treatment of employees, the community, and the environment.
2. Legislation, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act discussed in this chapter, can have wide-ranging ethical implications for businesses. Does governmental regulation encourage or discourage ethical behavior?
1. What are some of the arguments for and against the purpose of a corporation being solely to maximize stakeholder profits?
4. What features of Trevino and Nelson’s discussion of corporate ethical culture and leadership are most relevant to this case? Explain.
3. Acknowledging that many “decisions” are simply a reflection of common understandings and organizational culture, how can we encourage better, more ethical decision making within our own organizations?
2. How might transparency and better communication have prevented the catastrophe? There were many actors involved in the project. What is the appropriate level of responsibility for each of them? Should one company be fully(or partially or not at all) responsible because of its position as
1. Although the resulting catastrophe made it evident that the decisions described in this case had ethical implications, many did not appear to be clearly ethical choices at the time. Even though they may not have been obvious, however, ethical perspectives may have provided a foundation for some
4. What features of Trevino and Nelson’s discussion of corporate ethical culture and leadership are most relevant to this case? Explain.
3. Should Laura report what she has heard to her boss? To someone else? Why, or why not?Explain.
2. Should Sam report the party to someone at the company? To the Securities and Exchange Commission? Why, or why not? Explain.
1. What, if anything, might be regarded as ethically objectionable about Sam’s actions in relation to his work at the mutual fund company. Explain.
4. What do you think of the CAPs? Explain.
3. What would John Boatright think of the CAPs?Explain.
2. What would R. Edward Freeman think of the CAPs? Explain.
1. What would Milton Friedman think of the CAPs? Explain.
4. To what extent should officials at H. B. Fuller headquarters be concerned about potential criticisms that they are meddling in a problem where they don’t understand the culture?
3. Where does the responsibility for solving this problem rest—with the local subsidiary Kativo or with H. B. Fuller headquarters?
2. What obligations does a company have to solve social problems?
1. To what extent can Honduran street children who obtain an H. B. Fuller product legitimately be considered stakeholders? If they are stakeholders, how should their interests be represented?
4. Should the Merck Mectizan Donation Program serve as a model for other pharmaceutical companies who are in a unique position to facilitate the eradication of other diseases in the developing nations? Explain.
3. Should the fact that Merck’s values are clearly stated in corporate publications that are widely available to investors make a difference to someone who accepts Friedman’s position?Explain.
2. Would Friedman approve of the Merck Mectizan Donation Program? Explain.
1. Given the fact that Merck is spending corporate resources to manufacture and distribute Mectizan, is the Merck Mectizan Donation Program morally justifiable? Explain.
4. Should the employees simply take this loss as a valuable opportunity to seek new careers instead of assuming that they would be able to keep one career all of their lives despite a rapidly changing global economy?
3. Should the community have focused its attention instead on the state and federal government, asking it to discourage or even ban outsourcing?
2. Could entire white-collar professions be lost to lesser-developed countries if the outsourcing trend continues? Would this be fair to Americans?
1. Does Galaxywire.net have a moral duty to keep its promise to stay in Green Fork so long as it can do so profitably? Why, or why not? If so, is accepting even the first offer from the city and workers too much to ask?
3. Would John Boatright believe that Project Share is consistent with NYSEG’s fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders? Why, or why not? Explain.
2. Would Milton Friedman and R. Edward Freeman believe that Project Share is consistent with NYSEG’s fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders? Why, or why not? Explain.
1. Do you agree that NYSEG’s Project Share is both altruistic and good business? Why, or why not? Explain.
10. What’s your philosophy of how to think about policies? Are they guidelines, or to be followed to the letter?
9. Have you ever managed someone who misled a client? How did you handle it?
8. Have you ever had to go against company policies in order to accomplish something?
7. People are often tempted to make something seem better than it is. Have you ever been in such a situation?
6. Have you ever observed someone else stretching the rules at work? What did you do, if anything?
5. Have you ever felt the need to exaggerate or bend the truth to make a sale?
4. Can you provide an example of some past work behavior that you’ve regretted? How would you behave differently today?
3. Please provide an example of an ethical decision you’ve made at work and tell how you handled it. What factors did you consider?

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