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understanding business ethics
Business Ethics Case Studies And Selected Readings 6th Edition Marianne M. Jennings - Solutions
Evaluate the conduct of the officers in accepting the positions and the compensation from Taser.
Evaluate Taser’s actions in hiring the officers and using options as payment.
Ms. Deane’s alleged explanation provides some insight regarding which school of ethical thought she might fall into. Elaborate on her ethical posture and views.
Why would the deal be made using cash only and stuffed animals?
If these are public land records, what is the problem with copying and selling them?
How is this case similar to the Enron case (see Case 6.6)?
Was what Bayer did a violation of the law or a creative interpretation of the statute?
Should a participant in a scam to defraud the government be permitted to collect the whistle-blower fees?
Ms. Atkinson Gates says she is a silent partner.Does this status help?
What conclusions did Mr. Adelson draw? Is he justified?
How should she handle the business solicitations?
Is there a conflict in Ms. Atkinson Gates’s solicitations?
In a 2000 interview for an internal Stanford publication, Kennedy offered the following when asked about research and cost issues as he assumed the editorship of Science:Kennedy: One of the factors in the explosive growth of Stanford during the ’60s and continuing into the ’70s and ’80s was
Do Casper’s remarks reflect an ethical formula for Stanford’s operations?
Is legal behavior always ethical behavior?
Did Kennedy’s ethics evolve during the crisis?Contrast his March 23, 1991, ethical posture with his December 18, 1990, assessment.
Should the oil companies pay the amounts that would have been due had the clause been in the lease? Why or why not?
Evaluate the conduct of the government official who developed the idea for forging and backdating documents to cover the oil lease oversight.
Was the failure to collect the correct lease fees simply a mistake, an oversight?
What do we learn about dual relationships in government and business?
Mr. Perle is known as one of the country’s foremost experts on war, weapons, and national security, and defense. Does that change any of the issues?
What ethical issue exists in Mr. Perle’s conduct?
Would disclosure forms and processes help the foundation’s image?
What things would you have done differently if you had been a foundation member responsible for managing the gift?
Did the foundation manage the funds as if they were its personal funds? Is this right or wrong?
Does a conflict exist when an appraiser purchases a property for which she has furnished the appraisal?
Was there a conflict in having Madison Graves as the listing broker for the property appraised at $490,000?
How would you have handled the Nathan sale differently?
Was there a conflict of interest in the Nathan sale?
What distinction does the most recent decision noted make between criminal violations, the law, and ethics?
What if the snooping was used only for clues to help in litigation?
Should the law be the only standard?
What is so bad about snooping?
What should the board have done?
Did Mr. Wolfowitz act properly?
What ethical issues do you see?
Mr. Smaltz spent $11 million on his investigation.Is this amount justified for the size of the gifts? Mr. Smaltz stated when Tyson Foods entered its guilty plea, “Such conduct must continue to invite outrage, never passivity, from those who are regulated, the public, and our lawmakers.” Is Mr.
Evaluate each of the following statements from an ethical perspective.a. “They used Mr. Espy’s fondness for sports to get on his good side. He was easy pickings for companies that wanted to slip him something special,” said Mr. Espy’s attorney, Theodore Wells, in his opening statement in
Evaluate each of the matters the special prosecutor investigated. Are there ethical breaches regardless of any illegality?
Did Mr. Espy’s conduct constitute a conflict of interest?
What tests could Mr. Espy have used prior to accepting these items that would have required him to refuse them on ethical grounds?
Does Mr. Espy’s reimbursement change the ethical issues?
Is the value of these items an issue in determining whether Mr. Espy acted ethically? In a statement released by Tyson Foods on its indictment was the following sentence: “The company deplores the independent counsel’s apparent view that acts of hospitality—consisting of a couple of meals and
Is the Tyson spokesperson’s statement about there being no evidence of Mr. Blair’s conduct having any influence relevant in determining whether a conflict of interest existed?
What questions from Laura Nash’s analysis provide insight into the ethical issues here?
Evaluate all these decisions using the front-page-of-the-newspaper test.
Did Tyson’s employment of the Rose Law Firm as outside counsel constitute a conflict of interest?
Did Mr. Clinton have a conflict of interest?
Is there evidence of a quid pro quo?
Did Mrs. Clinton have a conflict of interest in accepting Mr. Blair’s assistance on the trades?
Did Mr. Blair have a conflict of interest in providing Mrs. Clinton with assistance on her trades?
What tests could have been applied to prevent these decisions from being made?
What ethical breaches could you see in this conduct?
Why do you think the three (possibly five)decided to engage in the scheme?
Why do we worry about an agreement by an assessor to reduce the assessed value? Couldn’t he had done that anyway, regardless of receiving payment?
Why is the ability to ask questions of leaders in any organization important?
How do conflicts affect government employees'judgment?
How are government agencies like corporations in terms of pressures that cause employees to engage in unethical conduct?
McDonald’s has added a choice of fruit pieces, yogurt, and others salads to its menus, with a resulting boost in revenues. What business lessons are there in this decision?
What would happen if there were a flurry (as it were) of McLawsuits?
Why does the court bring up the issue of personal accountability?
Are the following questions, raised by lawyers for McDonald’s, relevant in resolving this situation:What else did the young people eat?How much did they exercise? Is there a family history of the diseases that are alleged to have been caused by McDonald’s products?
One law professor has stated that she believes Toro takes advantage of customers before they have the chance to speak with a lawyer.The Toro representatives share with the customers that they have no obligation to meet with them and that they are welcome to halt the meeting and discussion at any
List the reasons why Toro would create and use such a program.
What benefit to the shareholders come from the program, if any?
Why is the new research so significant as part of this discussion of the use of an embryo?
Pope John Paul II, believed to have suffered from Parkinson’s disease before his death in 2005, had taken a strong position against stem-cell research and indicated, “The end never justifies the means.”153 What did he mean?Are businesses using this rationalization?
Is stem-cell research a moral issue that breaks down along religious lines, or are there implications for each side’s position?
One bioethicist has questioned the role of bioethicists in the debate, raising the question“Are we being ethical even as we say what is ethical?” What if they are funded by hospitals, biotech companies, and pharmaceutical firms in their research or at their colleges and universities?
Is it ethical for the Jones Institute to create embryos? What of Advanced Cell Technology’s cloning?
In August 2007, Mattel had to issue another recall (of Polly Pocket and other toys) because it learned that magnets in the toys were coming loose and were small enough to cause choking in children. What is the difference between this recall and that of the paint recall?Be sure to draw on the
What signal is China sending with the harsh punishment of its regulators? Is the death penalty a bit harsh for bribery?
What effects do you see from the lack of intellectual property protections for brands? Are there effects on market systems when branding is not a critical part of production? How could brands be protected in China?
What additional factors must companies now consider as they outsource production to China, where production costs are significantly lower?
Explain the liability of the pet food and toy manufacturers for defects caused by their subcontractors.
Why did Mattel take a different approach in its packaging?
Would you want your children to have the doll?
Would you carry the doll if you owned a toy store?
Is the doll a socially responsible toy?
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?
Are there moral issues involved in deciding what temperature to cook meat to?
What does the misplacement of the state health department notices on cooking temperature say about the culture at Jack-in-the-Box?
The link between cooking to a 155-degree internal temperature and the destruction of E. coli bacteria had been publicly known for five years at the time of the outbreak. The federal Centers for Disease Control tests showed Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers were cooked to 120 degrees. Should
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.Could Jack-in-the-Box have done more before the outbreak occurred?
Describe other ethical issues you see arising peripherally in this case.
List the facts that work in Merck’s favor in terms of being forthright. List the facts that work against Merck. Compare the list and offer suggestions on what Merck might have done differently in handling Vioxx issues.
Applying the background on the law for product liability, why do you think some jurors found Merck liable? Applying the law again, why do you think some found the company not liable?
Offer some general lessons from these two cases for business managers and for yourself when you enter the business world.
What did the GM managers miss in ignoring the engineer’s concerns? Why do you think they said he was acting on his own? If an employee writes a memo about the company’s product, is the employee ever acting on his or her own?
What happens over time when memos such as this engineer’s discussion are concealed?
If you had read the 1973 memo prior to the time the Malibu was released for production and to the market, what would you have done with it?
If you had found the 1973 memo, what would you have done with it?
Why do you think the drunk driver was not held responsible for the Los Angeles accident?
If you had been one of the engineers who was concerned, what would you have done differently? Do you think there was anything you could do? What if you resigned as Dr. LiCari at Beech-Nut did(Case 5.18)? Could you then notify a government agency?
Don’t all automobiles present the potential for injuries? Do we assume risks in driving and buying an automobile?
Was Ford simply answering a public demand for a small, fuel-efficient, and inexpensive auto?
Did the Pinto design violate any laws?
Using the decision models you have learned, list some of the analysis questions and issues management missed in making its decision to go forward with production without any design changes.
What was management’s position on the fixes?
Calculate the total cost if all the “fixes” for the Pinto gas tank problem had been performed.
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