Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach 8th Edition

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; Chapter 3 -- Truth Telling. The introduction to

41 Chapter 10 - Diversity (pp. 409 - 428) Chapter 10 begins with a case study (pp. 409 - 411) that details the trials and tribulations of Sara Strong, a fictional bank employee and fairly recent MBA graduate. The bank she is working for has given her a

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 Ethical Relativism, and business

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 elsewhere, and with giving gifts to an

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 getting a quick understanding

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 Cameroon. It discusses the involvement of ExxonMobil

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 sweatshops in various Third World countries. Needless to

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. Correct answer: False Correct answer: False Correct answer: False

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 Correct answer: D Correct answer: D Correct answer: D 2) Rawls believes that:

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 Correct answer: C Correct answer: C Correct answer: C 7) Wage labor denotes ___________. A)

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. Correct answer: False Correct answer: False Correct answer: False 2) Leaded gasoline is banned

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 tax statement. He had heard about, but did

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 the chairperson and CEO of WorldCom and was

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 Introduction here gives a good overview of

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 the Indian (indigenous to the country of India)

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 much better than the third world native workers

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. The introduction to Part Three

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, you may want to ask

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 its pension plans, affecting tens of thousands of

"Time-price" is an exception to usury laws. Answer: True True True The "Separation Fallacy" holds that those who separate business decisions from ethics are wrong to do so. Answer: True True True Distribution is an enumerated principle of justice for Rawls. Answer: False False False Immanuel Kant is a social contract theorist. Answer: False False False Arthur Anderson always used the highest objective accounting standards with

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: B B B A U.S. manager in Saudi Arabia asking Saudi training participants about a hypothetical case in which a manager makes sexually

Quality assurance concerns exist between firms as well as between firms and consumers. Answer: True True True All foreign countries have gender role consistent with U.S. law. Answer: False False False Rawls believes justice can never exist with inequality. Answer: False False False Milton Friedman believed the doctrine of 'social responsibility" involved the acceptance of a socialist view. Answer: True True True Thalidomide is a new drug.

More worker are unionized today than during the 1950s. Answer: False False False Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States. Answer: True True True The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affected directors of publicly traded companies. Answer: True True True Kant believes the exchange of our sentiments is the principal factor in social intercourse. Answer: True True True Fingerhut typically sells products for less than Wal-Mart. Answer: False False False The people

WTO stands for World Trade Organization. Answer: True True True Lawyers may never report the fraud of their clients. Answer: False False False Profit does not motivate production. Answer: False False False Banks in Italy may not claim interest paid on deposits as a tax expense. Answer: False False False Business ethics, as an area of study, had its birth in industrial Great Britain. Answer: False False False John C.