Explain the differences between ethics, morality, and ethical relativism. Describe how ethics and religion

influence business decisions, especially for international companies.

a$)$ Analyze the notion of rights and the concepts of rights$-$based ethics. How are changes to workplace privacy

and security affecting employee rights?

b$)$ Describe what an employee$$s responsibilities are to an employer with regards to being loyal and protecting

financial integrity. Use evidence from utilitarianism, deontology, Rawls$$ justice theory, and virtue ethics to

explain why it is important for an employee to maintain a company$$s reputation and to avoid public criticism.

Do you consider whistleblowers disloyal employees or public heroes? Explain your reasoning.

c$)$ How does the Catholic encyclical, Laborem Exercens, define work? What do humans achieve through the

objective sense of work and what are the ethical components of work? Describe several aspects of work from

the perspectives of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Protestant Christianity.

d$)$ Explain how Catholic Social Teaching $($CST$)$ principles support workplace access and accommodations and

analyze how CST addresses their challenges to local and global businesses.

e$)$ Define corporate social responsibility and the triple bottom line. How do these ideas apply to global business

ethics? Provide two arguments in support of corporate social responsibility and two arguments against it$.$

f$)$ What are the advantages and challenges that diversity and inclusion contribute to local and global businesses?

Explain how virtue ethics, utilitarianism, deontology, Rawls$$ justice theory, and Christian morality might

mitigate workplace discrimination.

g$)$ Describe the three principles of global business ethics and four ways to resolve conflict resolution.

h$)$ Define virtue ethics then contrast the Ruism$/$Confucian$,$ Aristotelian, and Christian forms of virtue ethics.

Evaluate how virtue ethics are important in business.

i$)$ What historical conditions prompted a need for worker$$s rights and what was the Catholic Church$$s response?

In what ways would virtue ethics, utilitarianism, deontology, and Rawls$$ justice theory support worker$$s

rights?

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