Questions from Business Ethics

Q: 1. What are the ethical issues? 2. What

1. What are the ethical issues? 2. What should Albert Gable do?

Q: 1. Did Goldman Sachs do anything wrong legally or ethically?

1. Did Goldman Sachs do anything wrong legally or ethically? Explain your answer. 2. Would it make a difference if other investment bankers were also providing such services? 3. What subsequent impac...

Q: 1. Is Madoff’s sentence too long? 2. Some

1. Is Madoff’s sentence too long? 2. Some SEC personnel were derelict in their duty. What should happen to them? 3. Are the reforms undertaken by the SEC (“The Securities and Exchange Commission Pos...

Q: 1. Apparently Daimler executives were not concerned enough with personal sanctions

1. Apparently Daimler executives were not concerned enough with personal sanctions to change the company’s bribery practices to comply with German and U.S. statutes. How can these attitudes be change...

Q: 1. Which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties?

1. Which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties? 2. How were profits made in that segment of operations (i.e. what was the business model)? 3. Did Enron’s directors understand how profi...

Q: 1. Why did BP fail its oversight and decision capabilities?

1. Why did BP fail its oversight and decision capabilities? 2. Describe your vision of a good risk management process that BP should have been following. 3. What aspects of a good risk management proc...

Q: 1. Do you think that Apple’s new accounting policy, that

1. Do you think that Apple’s new accounting policy, that is consistent with the 2009 FASB statement, results in fair financial reporting? 2. Do you think that Apple’s share price should have gone up a...

Q: 1. From a utilitarian point of view, who do you

1. From a utilitarian point of view, who do you think should be in the priority group? 2. From a justice as fairness perspective, who should be in the priority group? 3. Should people who make society...

Q: 1. Based on the conflicts of interest raised in the case

1. Based on the conflicts of interest raised in the case, has Goldman Sachs, in effect, shorted itself? Explain why and why not. 2. How should Goldman Sachs have handled each conflict of interest? 3....

Q: 1. What does our professional code say about this?

1. What does our professional code say about this? 2. If this issue is uncovered by the government regulatory authorities, will I be implicated? 3. Should I quit my job and then go and report this s...