CHAPTER 22—INSIGHT INTO ETHICS:
WARNING LABELS FOR VIDEO GAMES
B2. New York enacts a statute that requires a label on a video game to warn parents when
“the range of options available to a player include dismembering or sexually assaulting
the image of a human being.” On appeal from a challenge by gamemakers, the state
asks a federal court to enforce the statute. Based on the decisions of other federal
courts in cases involving similar statutes, the court in this case is most likely to
a. refuse to extend restrictions on sex-based content to violence in video games.
b. expand the label’s warning to include other forms of violence.
c. impose market-share liability on makers of violent video games.
d. replace the voluntary rating system currently in use.
CHAPTER 23—SHIFTING LEGAL PRIORITIES FOR BUSINESS:
THE NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE
B3. A Little Bit of Lipstick, Inc., is a small, U.S.-based business that sells nanotechnology-
based cosmetics for export. Under the National Export Initiative, the federal
government is
a. pursuing trade agreements to improve market access for U.S. firms.
b. banning lending to small businesses, especially for export purposes.
c. placing less emphasis on exports than other governments.
d. playing a less active role in promoting exports in emerging markets.