Questions from Business Ethics

Q: 1. Responsibility to the public 2. Credibility 3

1. Responsibility to the public 2. Credibility 3. Information Inductance 4. Basic and relative expertise of accountants

Q: 1. Will the Satyam fraud damage India’s reputation as a reliable

1. Will the Satyam fraud damage India’s reputation as a reliable provider of information technology outsourcing? 2. How long will it take to restore Satyam Computer’s reputation, and how would you rec...

Q: 1. Should short selling be outlawed? 2. Should

1. Should short selling be outlawed? 2. Should naked short selling be outlawed? 3. How would you describe the ethical cultures at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch with respect to failed trades? 4. Shor...

Q: 1. Do you think that it is ethical or unethical for

1. Do you think that it is ethical or unethical for Nestlé to drain the groundwater in the Millard Canyon spring during a drought? 2. Does Nestlé have an ethical obligation to disclose proprietary in...

Q: 1. What is your responsibility in each of these situations?

1. What is your responsibility in each of these situations?

Q: 1. Do you find it interesting that most of the critics

1. Do you find it interesting that most of the critics were women and the media, but those who considered the app to be funny were young men? 2. The target market of AMP Energy is males between the ag...

Q: 1. A vendor may offer a customer a rebate of a

1. A vendor may offer a customer a rebate of a specified amount of cash or other consideration that is payable only if the customer completes a specified cumulative level of purchases or remains a cus...

Q: 1. Did Jérôme Kerviel perpetrate a fraud? Why or why

1. Did Jérôme Kerviel perpetrate a fraud? Why or why not? When such mammoth unauthorized trades occur, and the bank is bankrupted or severely damaged financially, should the board of directors, who h...

Q: Answer the questions put to John in the case.

Answer the questions put to John in the case.

Q: 1. If the laws are strict in one country, but

1. If the laws are strict in one country, but lax in another country, do cruise ship companies have an ethical obligation to follow the stricter laws even when they are temporarily sailing through the...