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6 Part One General Issues in Business Ethics Part One of the text covers, “General Issues in Business Ethics,” and consists of an Introduction followed by Chapter 1 – Business Ethics: The Controversy; Chapter 2 — Ethical Reasoning in Practice; […]

41 Chapter 10 –- Diversity (pp. 409 – 428) Article: “Ways Women Lead” by Judy B. Rosener (pp. 411 – 419) Rosener points out that now that women have been in management positions for several years, they are freer than […]

43 Part Four International Business Part Four of the text consists of an Introduction followed by Chapter 11 –- Ethical Relativism, and Chapter 12 –- Business Values Away from Home. The Introduction to Part Four (pp. 429 – 432) describes […]

47 Chapter 12 –- Business Values Away from Home (pp. 459 – 487) Chapter 12 begins with two case studies (pp. 459 – 462). The case studies deal with producing chemicals that are outlawed in the Unites States but legal […]

49 Part Five Contemporary Business Themes Part Five of the text consists of an Introduction followed by Chapter 13 –- Marketing; Chapter 14 –- The Environment, and Chapter 15 –- Globalization. The introduction to Part Five is highly recommended for […]

52 Chapter 14 –- The Environment (pp. 513 – 564) Chapter 14 starts with a case study (pp. 513 – 532). This long case study concerns the possibility of putting an oil pipeline in the African nations of Chad and […]

54 Chapter 15 –- Globalization (pp. 565 – 597) The final chapter of the text starts with a case study (pp. 565 – 570). This last case study is about a fictionalized company accused of having its goods produced in […]

64 True/False Quiz for Chapter 2: Indicate whether each of the following statements is True or False. 1) 1) The Italian tax system operates under the same presumptions as the U.S. tax system. 2) Banks in Italy may not claim […]

74 Multiple Choice Quiz for Chapter 6: 1) Philosopher John Rawls is famous for his theory of __________. A) remunerative justice B) principled justice C) institutional justice D) distributive justice 2) Rawls believes that: A) Liberty precludes justice. B) Arbitrary […]

84 6) Union membership today in the U.S. is approximately: A) 25% of all workers B) 20% of all workers C) 10% of all workers D) 5% of all workers 7) “Wage labor” denotes ___________. A) the self-employed B) working […]

94 True/False Quiz for Chapter 12. Indicate whether each of the following is True or False. 1) All chemicals legal in one country are legal in every other country. 2) Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States. Correct answer: […]

10 Chapter 2 — Ethical Reasoning in Practice (pp. 54-100) Chapter 2 starts with a case study (pp. 54-56) about an American bank operating for the first time in Italy. The American general manager for this branch filed an accurate […]

16 Chapter 3 –- Truth Telling (pp. 101-142) Chapter 3 starts with a case study (pp. 101-110) regarding the situation that led to the collapse of WorldCom, one of the largest telecom companies in the world. Bernie Ebbers had been […]

21 Part Two Property, Profit, and Justice Part Two of the text consists of an Introduction followed by Chapter 4 –- Traditional Theories of Property and Profit; Chapter 5 –– Contemporary Challenges to Property Rights; Chapter 6 –- Justice. The […]

25 Chapter 5 –- Contemporary Challenges to Property Rights (pp. 177-220) Chapter 5 starts with a case study (pp. 177-186) entitled “W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (A).” In this case study, we see a description of […]

28 Chapter 6 –- Justice (pp. 221-238) Chapter 6 starts with a case study (pp. 221 – 222) entitled “The Oil Rig.” This study takes us to an offshore oil rig on which the western workers are treated and compensated […]

31 Part Three Corporations, Persons, and Morality Part Three consists of an Introduction followed by Chapter 7–- The Role of Organizational Values; Chapter 8 –- Values of the Virtuous Manager; Chapter 9 –- Issues in Employment; and Chapter 10 Diversity. […]

35 Chapter 8 –- Values and the Virtuous Manager (pp. 294-362) Chapter 8 starts with a case study (pp. 294 – 317), entitled “The Enron Collapse.” It is the longest case study in the book. In assigning or presenting it, […]

38 Chapter 9 –- Issues in Employment (pp. 363-408) Chapter 9 starts with three case studies (pp. 363 – 378). The first two concern the United Airlines bankruptcy, and the outcome in bankruptcy in which United was able to scrap […]

“Time-price” is an exception to usury laws. Answer: The “Separation Fallacy” holds that those who separate business decisions from ethics are wrong to do so. Answer: True Distribution is an enumerated principle of justice for Rawls. Answer: False Immanuel Kant […]

Host country and home country often have _____ . A) no ethical difference B) different ethical standards C) committees to decide what is mutually ethical D) clearly similar understandings of the same cultural events Answer: A U.S. manager in Saudi […]

Quality assurance concerns exist between firms as well as between firms and consumers. Answer: All foreign countries have gender role consistent with U.S. law. Answer: False Rawls believes justice can never exist with inequality. Answer: False Milton Friedman believed the […]

More worker are unionized today than during the 1950s. Answer: Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States. Answer: True The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affected directors of publicly traded companies. Answer: True Kant believes the exchange of our sentiments is the […]

WTO stands for World Trade Organization. Answer: Lawyers may never report the fraud of their clients. Answer: False Profit does not motivate production. Answer: False Banks in Italy may not claim interest paid on deposits as a tax expense. True […]