Questions from Business Ethics


Q: Divide into two teams. One team must defend the introduction of

Divide into two teams. One team must defend the introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley as a federal deterrent to corporate malfeasance. The other team must criticize the legislation as being ineffective and a...

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Q: Review the annual report of a Fortune 100 company of your choice

Review the annual report of a Fortune 100 company of your choice. What evidence can you find of triple bottom-line reporting in the report? Provide examples to support your answer.

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Q: Your company is a major fruit processor that maintains long-term

Your company is a major fruit processor that maintains long-term contracts with plantation owners in Central America to guarantee supplies of high quality produce. Many of those plantations are in pol...

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Q: How could this apparently endemic problem be approached differently?

How could this apparently endemic problem be approached differently?

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Q: Charles Ponzi was a working-class Italian immigrant who was eager

Charles Ponzi was a working-class Italian immigrant who was eager to find success in America. Bernard Madoff was already a multimillionaire before he started his scheme. Does that make one more unethi...

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Q: Does the SEC bear any responsibility in the event of the Madoff

Does the SEC bear any responsibility in the event of the Madoff Scheme? In what way?

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Q: Are there more stakeholders for an international or global company than a

Are there more stakeholders for an international or global company than a domestic one? Explain your answer.

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Q: Which offers greater guidance to international businesses, the UN Global Compact

Which offers greater guidance to international businesses, the UN Global Compact or the OECD guidelines? Explain your answer.

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Q: Would it be easier to just follow the business practices and customs

Would it be easier to just follow the business practices and customs of the country in which you’re doing business? Why or why not?

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Q: How would the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that we

How would the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that we reviewed in Chapter 6 come into play here?

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