question 1) what is the problem and decision made

2) supporting logic and analysis

online research on the p r inciple of distrutive justice, whether that of the tarian the capital, the socialist, the Ibertran of Rawis in the and is m y advocating some type of quality. Do you agree or disagree? Explain uices Readers who want to conduct online research on the topic of ethical principles in business might want to begin by accessing the following websites: Council for Ethical Leadership at Capital University (http/ www. businessetics.org): Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) (http://www.bir.org): Guide to Philosophy on the Internet http://legacy.carlham.edul-peters/pl/index Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plalesian ford.edu: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Chip w p .mehal: Utilitarianism Resources (http:// traff utilitarianism.com: Kant on the Web edu.hk/ppp/Kattl): John Rawls on Justice (http: A minimum number of characters is required to post and carn points. Aner posting your response can be viewed by Your Conduct you can participate in the class O characters 100 minimum people wku.edu/jam.garrettfethies/jonal Annas on Virtue Ethies Inte rio e); Julia r es SHARED WAITING Anth of Caring and an Ethic of Virtue a thic of caring conflicts with mor e regies impa y Discuss this criticism of anothic of caring of an 2 of virtue implies that moral i sco action centered does not" Do you agree or disagree? Explain Amin u mber of characters is required to post and cam points. Attar posting your sons can be viewed by yours and into and you can participate in the class SHARED WRITING Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice 1. In your view.does utitariniam provide a more objective stand ard for determining right and wrong than mor t s do? Explain your answer . Does tarianism provide a more objective standard than principles ofic? E n O characters i 140 minimum Case Study 1: Triodos Bank and Roche's Clinical Trials in China On September 23, 2010. Trodos Bark, sal British fancial insti t o with 2009 income of $127.3 million and one profit of $13.8 million publicy announced that had removed the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Roche, from investment portfolo becouse ther of Roche's clinical trials with transplanted organs in China were faling short of the bank's investment orter for selection" Todos Banknoted on its website that it was a leading eth- cal bank and sustainable bank. Triodos declared that its day.to day decision-making was guided by Sox prinoples: Promote sustainable development consider the social environmental and financial impacts of its business Respect and obey the law-in every country where bus nosis conducted Respect human rights-of individuals and within different societies and outures support the aim of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Fights Respect the environment-strive to create and encour age positive environmental offects Be accountable-to anyone for anything Improve continuously-ways look for better ways of doing things in every area of business Des des offering savings accounts and providing loans to "organications that bring me social outuror environmental bene- . Todos Bank offered 13 unds in which indivduns could invest the money. The funds, in turn, invested this money in sustainable bus or purchased shores of stock of companies that mes stringent ethical creris and provide sustainable products or Services, or achieve above average social and environmental perfor mance, and actively contribute to sustainable development 2009. Todos Bank had reviewed the operations of Roche and had determined that the pharmaceutical company met the bank's ethical cheria and so usted for including its stock in the bark's portfolio of investments in fact, Roche looked like on out- standing addition to its investment fund port . The bank's results placed the company in the best performing 50% of her maceution companies in Europe Roche was considered trans- parent about sustainability issues with clear ethical guidelines to clinical trias. But several months later the bank loaned about Roche's research programs in China, and after further investe tions, the bank decided Roche no longer metits ethical criteria What the Bank discovered was that in January 2010. Roche recolved the Public Eye Award, which is sponsored by the Berne 122 Mep Ethical Principles in Business Decoration and Greenpeace and names and some or Collect from would not be rected by the bodies Romowe tions with unethical social or ecolog ber Rache was the market of any country wod cited for its clinical trials in China for the deve Calot, which Roche's pries and so was more prevents the reaction of transplanted Organs Roche was testing to was festing continued, Roche had no control over how organs the drug on Chinese transit alan b i various countries where concept was m any drug sold in China must to be on Wedne the procurement of organs was handed by e patos. Coleta drug rates and its in each country, and donor de em from rejecting an organ that has been wet conta in China. Dr. Schwansado como transplanted into the patient. Translated Organs are taken from a should be for Budying what the optimal dosage of C gans are taken from to me people who have recently ded or been declared dead." es patients since the factors or omer factors from ing donors who donate an organ or part of an organ when rronse to the drug Offerent som conson might ma O port of an organ when aning organs can regenerator cantee the work responses of Westom patients. The purpose of the drug of the donated organ such as a koney or part of a ve Roche is in China, there was to determinis safety and efficacy did not verify the origins of the organs in a Chine-based tros when given to Chinese potents in most count there are strictes governing the in May 2007, the Chinese government and the sale of Fomover of organs from donors. In particular, most countries do humanorgans and established that living donors could donate o od, or shop and adopted blood r Mororgans only t not allow organs to be taken from donors. Ing or dead, family members. Nevertheless, the organ trade continued to they can give the tree and informed constant. Moreover, many Cours do not slow donors to trade the organe for money. souris in China However, the organs of deceased people legato Such rem onts were problemesen according to the including prisoners whose organs two bark up to 90 percent of translated organs in China come arvest) were sold overty to doctors, hospitals, or organ "bro- from cocted prenons Regulation surrounding transportation "Moreover, ing donors secretly sold their organs by using sily forged documents Testing that they were rected to the in China has improved in the last couple of years and noudes report of the organs better segards for prisoners' rights. But even when a prisoner Supposedly consent to an organ donation, such consort while A large number of China's prisoners were political is mrsoned cannot be considered offre wil dents or those who had been bed because of the religious Todos Bank's fal assessment balanced the gathered or porticales and not because they had violated the low bration and concluded that Roche approach to cinical trials or inficted ham on others. Since 2006, the Falun Gong, a Chi in China was not acceptable. The company's scandinu nose quasi-Buddhist spiritual group banned in 1999 and now en w anted a much clearer position on the origin of actively persecuted by the government had been providing translated organs, the bank stated, Roche no longer met its credible evidence that many of the dogs of thousands of human rights minimum standard, it was be removed from altro ther members imprisoned by the Chinese government and dos investments within the short term. who had subsequently disappeared had been killed for their organs, which were then sold or given to transplant candi- dates in the summer of 2010, human rights groups Responses to the Bank's Decision announced that their investigations had uncovered evidence Roche was concomed by the growing controversy over its par that more than 9.000 members of Falun Gong had been exe- Ticipation in transplant op ons that in mary osses, the com: Cuted in Chinese prisons for their corneas, lungs, llvers, kid- peryw hed to use organs taken from prisoners without their neys, and skin imprisoned members of other religious groups, consent or with content that had been forced out of them. nolud ng Christians, Muslims, and Tibetan Buddhists, had According to the company, while it was true that a certain per also been imprisoned and executed for their organs 10 Critics gentage of the brows of its fost patients had to have been har o f Roche feared that many of the transplanted organs of Vostod from prisoners was not possible for the company to Roche's test patients had been harvested from such prisoners ind out what was the source of any of its Chinese patients of conscience against their will organs. However, the company pointed out, fit did not tests drug on Yansplant potents in China, whatever the source of the organs, then it could not market is drug there. The company felt WRITING PROMPT that the greater good would be served by going ahead with drug tests even though many of the transplanted organs in its Think Critically about Triodos Bank and Roche's Clinical Trials test patients were harvested from prisoners. Otherwise, thou sands of future Chinese transplant patients would not only be derved of the benefits of the drug but also suffer harmful and costly outcomes in many cases because they would need a drug that would not be available in a report on the company's arval Shareholders' meeting on March 2, 2010. Roche explained its position through Dr. Schwan, a company spokes mon. According to Dr. Schwan, Cicept had saved thousands of patients Ives by ensuring that their transplanted organs 1. Explain how Utilitarianism might provide a defense for Roche and how a rights-based the might instead condemn Roche's clinical trials in China. Which of these two approaches is stronger or more reasonable? Explain the reasons for your answer 2. Was Triodos Bank ethically justified in excluding Rochester from the funds it offered its customers? Consider your answer in light of the bank's duty to invest money wisely and in light of its own conclusion that Roche was among the best per- forming 50% of pharmaceutical companies in Europe." 123 online research on the p r inciple of distrutive justice, whether that of the tarian the capital, the socialist, the Ibertran of Rawis in the and is m y advocating some type of quality. Do you agree or disagree? Explain uices Readers who want to conduct online research on the topic of ethical principles in business might want to begin by accessing the following websites: Council for Ethical Leadership at Capital University (http/ www. businessetics.org): Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) (http://www.bir.org): Guide to Philosophy on the Internet http://legacy.carlham.edul-peters/pl/index Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plalesian ford.edu: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Chip w p .mehal: Utilitarianism Resources (http:// traff utilitarianism.com: Kant on the Web edu.hk/ppp/Kattl): John Rawls on Justice (http: A minimum number of characters is required to post and carn points. Aner posting your response can be viewed by Your Conduct you can participate in the class O characters 100 minimum people wku.edu/jam.garrettfethies/jonal Annas on Virtue Ethies Inte rio e); Julia r es SHARED WAITING Anth of Caring and an Ethic of Virtue a thic of caring conflicts with mor e regies impa y Discuss this criticism of anothic of caring of an 2 of virtue implies that moral i sco action centered does not" Do you agree or disagree? Explain Amin u mber of characters is required to post and cam points. Attar posting your sons can be viewed by yours and into and you can participate in the class SHARED WRITING Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice 1. In your view.does utitariniam provide a more objective stand ard for determining right and wrong than mor t s do? Explain your answer . Does tarianism provide a more objective standard than principles ofic? E n O characters i 140 minimum Case Study 1: Triodos Bank and Roche's Clinical Trials in China On September 23, 2010. Trodos Bark, sal British fancial insti t o with 2009 income of $127.3 million and one profit of $13.8 million publicy announced that had removed the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Roche, from investment portfolo becouse ther of Roche's clinical trials with transplanted organs in China were faling short of the bank's investment orter for selection" Todos Banknoted on its website that it was a leading eth- cal bank and sustainable bank. Triodos declared that its day.to day decision-making was guided by Sox prinoples: Promote sustainable development consider the social environmental and financial impacts of its business Respect and obey the law-in every country where bus nosis conducted Respect human rights-of individuals and within different societies and outures support the aim of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Fights Respect the environment-strive to create and encour age positive environmental offects Be accountable-to anyone for anything Improve continuously-ways look for better ways of doing things in every area of business Des des offering savings accounts and providing loans to "organications that bring me social outuror environmental bene- . Todos Bank offered 13 unds in which indivduns could invest the money. The funds, in turn, invested this money in sustainable bus or purchased shores of stock of companies that mes stringent ethical creris and provide sustainable products or Services, or achieve above average social and environmental perfor mance, and actively contribute to sustainable development 2009. Todos Bank had reviewed the operations of Roche and had determined that the pharmaceutical company met the bank's ethical cheria and so usted for including its stock in the bark's portfolio of investments in fact, Roche looked like on out- standing addition to its investment fund port . The bank's results placed the company in the best performing 50% of her maceution companies in Europe Roche was considered trans- parent about sustainability issues with clear ethical guidelines to clinical trias. But several months later the bank loaned about Roche's research programs in China, and after further investe tions, the bank decided Roche no longer metits ethical criteria What the Bank discovered was that in January 2010. Roche recolved the Public Eye Award, which is sponsored by the Berne 122 Mep Ethical Principles in Business Decoration and Greenpeace and names and some or Collect from would not be rected by the bodies Romowe tions with unethical social or ecolog ber Rache was the market of any country wod cited for its clinical trials in China for the deve Calot, which Roche's pries and so was more prevents the reaction of transplanted Organs Roche was testing to was festing continued, Roche had no control over how organs the drug on Chinese transit alan b i various countries where concept was m any drug sold in China must to be on Wedne the procurement of organs was handed by e patos. Coleta drug rates and its in each country, and donor de em from rejecting an organ that has been wet conta in China. Dr. Schwansado como transplanted into the patient. Translated Organs are taken from a should be for Budying what the optimal dosage of C gans are taken from to me people who have recently ded or been declared dead." es patients since the factors or omer factors from ing donors who donate an organ or part of an organ when rronse to the drug Offerent som conson might ma O port of an organ when aning organs can regenerator cantee the work responses of Westom patients. The purpose of the drug of the donated organ such as a koney or part of a ve Roche is in China, there was to determinis safety and efficacy did not verify the origins of the organs in a Chine-based tros when given to Chinese potents in most count there are strictes governing the in May 2007, the Chinese government and the sale of Fomover of organs from donors. In particular, most countries do humanorgans and established that living donors could donate o od, or shop and adopted blood r Mororgans only t not allow organs to be taken from donors. Ing or dead, family members. Nevertheless, the organ trade continued to they can give the tree and informed constant. Moreover, many Cours do not slow donors to trade the organe for money. souris in China However, the organs of deceased people legato Such rem onts were problemesen according to the including prisoners whose organs two bark up to 90 percent of translated organs in China come arvest) were sold overty to doctors, hospitals, or organ "bro- from cocted prenons Regulation surrounding transportation "Moreover, ing donors secretly sold their organs by using sily forged documents Testing that they were rected to the in China has improved in the last couple of years and noudes report of the organs better segards for prisoners' rights. But even when a prisoner Supposedly consent to an organ donation, such consort while A large number of China's prisoners were political is mrsoned cannot be considered offre wil dents or those who had been bed because of the religious Todos Bank's fal assessment balanced the gathered or porticales and not because they had violated the low bration and concluded that Roche approach to cinical trials or inficted ham on others. Since 2006, the Falun Gong, a Chi in China was not acceptable. The company's scandinu nose quasi-Buddhist spiritual group banned in 1999 and now en w anted a much clearer position on the origin of actively persecuted by the government had been providing translated organs, the bank stated, Roche no longer met its credible evidence that many of the dogs of thousands of human rights minimum standard, it was be removed from altro ther members imprisoned by the Chinese government and dos investments within the short term. who had subsequently disappeared had been killed for their organs, which were then sold or given to transplant candi- dates in the summer of 2010, human rights groups Responses to the Bank's Decision announced that their investigations had uncovered evidence Roche was concomed by the growing controversy over its par that more than 9.000 members of Falun Gong had been exe- Ticipation in transplant op ons that in mary osses, the com: Cuted in Chinese prisons for their corneas, lungs, llvers, kid- peryw hed to use organs taken from prisoners without their neys, and skin imprisoned members of other religious groups, consent or with content that had been forced out of them. nolud ng Christians, Muslims, and Tibetan Buddhists, had According to the company, while it was true that a certain per also been imprisoned and executed for their organs 10 Critics gentage of the brows of its fost patients had to have been har o f Roche feared that many of the transplanted organs of Vostod from prisoners was not possible for the company to Roche's test patients had been harvested from such prisoners ind out what was the source of any of its Chinese patients of conscience against their will organs. However, the company pointed out, fit did not tests drug on Yansplant potents in China, whatever the source of the organs, then it could not market is drug there. The company felt WRITING PROMPT that the greater good would be served by going ahead with drug tests even though many of the transplanted organs in its Think Critically about Triodos Bank and Roche's Clinical Trials test patients were harvested from prisoners. Otherwise, thou sands of future Chinese transplant patients would not only be derved of the benefits of the drug but also suffer harmful and costly outcomes in many cases because they would need a drug that would not be available in a report on the company's arval Shareholders' meeting on March 2, 2010. Roche explained its position through Dr. Schwan, a company spokes mon. According to Dr. Schwan, Cicept had saved thousands of patients Ives by ensuring that their transplanted organs 1. Explain how Utilitarianism might provide a defense for Roche and how a rights-based the might instead condemn Roche's clinical trials in China. Which of these two approaches is stronger or more reasonable? Explain the reasons for your answer 2. Was Triodos Bank ethically justified in excluding Rochester from the funds it offered its customers? Consider your answer in light of the bank's duty to invest money wisely and in light of its own conclusion that Roche was among the best per- forming 50% of pharmaceutical companies in Europe." 123