Exercise
1)
How do you explain the
emergence of career opportunities in the field of business ethics and social
responsibility?
2)
·
What is ethics? What is
business ethics? Why is business ethics important?
·
How can business leaders
encourage their companies to act ethically?
·
What are corporate compliance
programs?
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How do duty based ethical
standards differ from outcome-based ethical standards?
·
What types of ethical issues
might arise in the context of international business transactions?
3)
·
“Sucks” Sites—Can They Be Shut
Down?
·
Give examples of your own
ethical standards and explain how you arrived at those standards.
·
If there is a conflict between
a law and an ethic, should an individual disobey the law, or should an
individual obey the law even if he or she thinks it would be unethical to do
so? Is there a higher law than what
society provides in a particular place at a particular time?
ASSIGNMENT
•
Would you, as owners of a
business, offer a prospective employee a lower salary if (1) the employee
indicated during the interview that she expected a lower salary than they had
been prepared to offer based on other companies’ salaries for similar positions? (2) Paying the lower salary would violate no
law? (3) The position was unique within
the company (so that there were not other employees with whom she could
compare pay)?
•
Should ethical standards be
adapted to deal with the new forms of social disruption made possible by the
Internet (for example, data theft, hacking, virus implanting, and invasion of
privacy)? What new ethical standards, if
any, are needed to resolve problems online?
ASSIGNMENT
1. What makes ethical decisions so difficult?
2. Many organizations are primarily concerned with earning a profit or
a return on their investment.
–
Does this concern for owners
and investors present an ethical dilemma for companies when weighing business
decisions that favor employees and/or the general public?
3. The right to be heard is one of the four rights in the consumer bill
of rights.
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How are some corporations
addressing this consumer concern?
4. Find examples of environmental issues in newspapers or business
journals.
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Do these issues influence
businesses?
5. Imagine you are a salesperson. When does offering a gift, such as
basketball tickets, become a bribe rather than just a sales practice?
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