You are a building inspector for the county. A friend of yours is a plumbing contractor.
Under county regulations, all steps in plumbing construction from the initial dig to the
final installation of sink and bathroom fixtures requires an inspection sign-off. Your
plumbing contractor friend has just called and wants to take you to dinner for your
birthday at a five-star restaurant. Because you are friends anyway, the dinner presents
no ethical problems.
Although you are not part of your company’s engineering group, you have discovered a
major flaw in the company’s new paper-thin solar calculator. The calculator adds when
the subtract button is pressed if there are more than three figures to the right of the
decimal point. Since it is not your area, you should do and say nothing.
In the “Parable of the Sadhu,” Bowen McCoy makes the point that many may act, but
none assume accountability.
A decision not to sell realistic-looking toy guns is an example of an ethical choice not
mandated by law.
A purchasing agent who is an owner of 25% of the shares in a supplier does not have a
conflict of interest.
Leaders who are focused on their own goals are less likely to lose their way when it
comes to ethics.
What are the values in conflict in the enhanced CIA interrogation case?
There were few similarities between the Starwood’s W hotels and Hilton’s Denizen.
Ethical lapses involve gradual decision processes.
Discuss the risks of avoiding confrontation of a problem employee.
WorldCom employees who raised questions about the company’s accounting were
forbidden from talking with Arthur Andersen auditors.
BP followed industry standards in its construction of Deepwater Horizon.
Outsourcing manufacturing jobs from the United States to developing countries is an
example of a utilitarianism application.
The failure to disclose that your college degree was withheld because of outstanding
parking fines and violations is unethical.
Ethical advertising requires an examination of unintended impact and effects of ad
content.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 does not apply to all employers with pension plans.
Alice is a co-worker who is going through a divorce and has two small children. Alice’s
husband is not paying the child support the temporary court order requires. As a result,
Alice is broke until she can get her court hearing. Alice has been able, through diverting
checks returned to the company, to take about $2200 from the company to “temporarily
help her cover her bills,” as she has explained to you. You must report Alice’s
embezzlement.