Questions from Business Ethics

Q: Before the recent financial scandals and governance reforms, few corporate leaders

Before the recent financial scandals and governance reforms, few corporate leaders were selected for their “virtues” other than their ability to make profits. Has this changed, and if so, why?

Q: Is it wise for a decision maker to take into account more

Is it wise for a decision maker to take into account more than profit when making decisions that have a significant social impact? Why?

Q: If a framework for ethical decision making is to be employed,

If a framework for ethical decision making is to be employed, why is it essential to incorporate all four considerations of well-offness, fairness, individual rights and duties, and virtues expected?...

Q: Is the modified 5-question approach to ethical decision making superior

Is the modified 5-question approach to ethical decision making superior to the modified moral standards or modified Pastin approach?

Q: Under what circumstances would it be best to use each of the

Under what circumstances would it be best to use each of the following frameworks: the philosophical set of consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics; the modified 5-question; the modified mora...

Q: How would you convince a CEO not to treat the environment as

How would you convince a CEO not to treat the environment as a cost-free commons?

Q: How can a decision to down-size be made as ethically

How can a decision to down-size be made as ethically as possible by treating everyone equally?

Q: From a virtue ethics perspective, why would it be logical to

From a virtue ethics perspective, why would it be logical to put in place a manufacturing process beyond legal requirements?

Q: Must a company be incorporated as a benefit corporation in order to

Must a company be incorporated as a benefit corporation in order to legally consider actions other than those in pursuit of profit?

Q: What is the most important contribution of a corporate code of conduct

What is the most important contribution of a corporate code of conduct?