Questions from Business Ethics

Q: Should the HR department be the ethics champion in the organization?

Should the HR department be the ethics champion in the organization? Why or why not?

Q: What are “creative bookkeeping techniques”? Provide three examples.

What are “creative bookkeeping techniques”? Provide three examples.

Q: Based on the limited information in this article, do you think

Based on the limited information in this article, do you think the HIPAA legislation achieves its objective of securing patient privacy?

Q: Would you leave your position with a company if you saw evidence

Would you leave your position with a company if you saw evidence of unethical business practices? Why or why not? What factors would you consider in making that decision?

Q: Consider the functional departments we have reviewed in this chapter. Which

Consider the functional departments we have reviewed in this chapter. Which department do you think faces the greatest number of ethical challenges? Why?

Q: Divide into two teams. One team must prepare a presentation advocating

Divide into two teams. One team must prepare a presentation advocating the use of the ambush marketing tactics described in the Review Exercise. The other team must prepare a presentation explaining t...

Q: Divide into groups of three or four. Each group must select

Divide into groups of three or four. Each group must select one of the organizational departments featured in this chapter (HR, R&D, marketing, sales, and finance) and document the potential areas for...

Q: Divide into two groups and prepare arguments for and against the following

Divide into two groups and prepare arguments for and against the following behavior: You are the regional production manager for a tire company that has invested many millions of dollars in a new retr...

Q: Divide into two groups and prepare arguments for and against the following

Divide into two groups and prepare arguments for and against the following behavior: Back in the mid-1970s heart pacemakers ran on transistors before advances in technology replaced them with the sili...

Q: What steps should companies take during the hiring process to insure that

What steps should companies take during the hiring process to insure that such bad hires do not happen?