1. How would you respond when someone makes a decision that adversely affects youwhile saying, "It's nothing personal, it's just business"? Is business impersonal?

2. Is someone who makes an ethical decision based on enlightened self-interest worthyof more or less praise than someone who makes a similar decision based solely oneconomic considerations?

3. Since happiness is extremely subjective, how would you objectively measure andassess happiness? Do you agree with J. S. Mill that arithmetic can be used to calculatehappiness? Is money a good proxy for happiness?

4. Is there any categorical imperative that you can think of that would have universalapplication? Isn't there an exception to every rule?

5. Assume that Firm A is a publicly traded company that puts its financial statements onthe Web. This information can be accessed and read by anyone, even those who do notown shares of Firm A. This a free-rider situation, where an investor can use Firm Aas a means to making an investment decision about another company. Is this ethical?Does free riding treat another individual as a means and not also as an end?

6. How does a business executive demonstrate virtue when dealing with a disgruntledshareholder at the annual meeting?

7. Commuters who have more than one passenger in the car are permitted to drive in aspecial lane on the highway while all the other motorists have to contend with stopand-go traffic. What does this have to do with ethics? Assess this situation using eachof the following ethical theories: utilitarianism, deontology, justice, fairness, and virtue ethics.