Question 1

William Blackstone believed a person has a moral right to a thing that permits him to live a human life. This would include nature and the environment. (1) Discuss how pollution violates the justice or fairness that characterizes a competitive free market.

(2). Summarised the three pillars of sustainability.

Question 2

"Unethical digital ads are those that guarantee or promise something for the consumer but end up being misleading or deceptive

(1) Some people say that even uninformative advertising is beneficial to consumers and the economy. Evaluate the argument.

(2)Why is advertising to children particularly troubling to ethicists?

Question 3

The primary argument for corporate social responsibility states that for business to have a healthy climate in which to operate in the future, it must take current action to assure its long-term viability. (1) Is this long-range self-interest argument valid? Does it encompass all that society wants from business?

(2) Summarize the argument used to explain why the concept of corporate social responsiveness is an improvement over corporate social responsibility

Question 4

"Ethics by Velasquez is based on well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues".

(1) Manuel Velasquez has proposed three ethical theories based on the concept of duty that speak to the ethical dimensions of quality. Describe and evaluate each of these theories.

(2) Define quality in your own words. What implications does the task of defining quality have for the business/consumer relationship?