Case on Executive Integrity Source:

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/businessethics/resources/case-on-executive-integrity

1. Are there ethical issues involved in all of these cases? Which ones and why?

2. How important to a company's investors and shareholders is the personal behavior of the CEO? Do people have to like him/her for the company to be successful?

3. Does mission matter when assessing gaps between a leader's values and the organization he or she is running?

4. What is the duty of the board in considering risky personal behavior in hiring executives?

5. What should boards do if the risky personal behavior comes from the founding CEO?

6. Apply the theories of virtue ethics (addressing the core concept of character) and the utilitarianism theory (addressing the issue of the greatest good for the greatest number of people) to at least one of the above company's CEO behavior.

7. What happens to a company's code of ethics when the CEO demonstrates unethical behaviors?

Additional Reading:

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/leadership-ethics-blog/ethical-issues-in-snaps-ipo/