Alice is a secretary in your department. Alice is also a member of the American Guild
of Organists. Alice has been placed in charge of the Guild’s national convention. Each
time you pass by Alice’s desk or go to her to have some work done, you notice she is on
the phone discussing or working on the convention. Alice’s work on the convention
during work hours is an ethical violation.
Nonprofits and their boards need not be concerned with conflicts of interest.
Sweatshops are not an issue of human rights.
Albert Carr likens business to a poker game.
Property owners have begun to post signs warning potential buyers of knock-offs goods
being sold by tenants.
Pump and dump can be done by analysts or in chat rooms.
Violation of company rules is not considered an ethical violation.
Employee hotlines exist to help employees who feel they cannot communicate concerns
through the lines of authority.
Employee hotlines exist to help employees who feel they cannot communicate concerns
through the lines of authority.
Dr. Phil Hayes has received an offer of full funding for his research on a new drug
manufactured by Eli Mentin. The drug would be a competitor for Prozac without the
questioned side-effects of possible violent behavior. Eli Mentin has, however, attached
a condition to the funding. That condition is that Dr. Hayes may not publish his findings
until Eli Mentin executives and its attorneys have had the opportunity to review them.
List the ethical issues Dr. Hayes faces with this offer.
Explain the findings of the government and private reports on BP operations at its Texas
refinery.
Enron did not disclose that an officer of the company was a principal in the
off-the-book entities.
Tocqueville was a proponent of socialism.
Halfon and Friedman are in agreement on the social responsibility of a corporation.
EBITDA is a GAAP method of financial reporting.
In some grocery chains, slotting fees are the net profits.