Questions from Business Ethics

Q: How could ethical considerations improve unbridled self-interest in ethical decision

How could ethical considerations improve unbridled self-interest in ethical decision making?

Q: Identify and explain five examples where executives or directors faced moral hazards

Identify and explain five examples where executives or directors faced moral hazards and did not deal with them ethically.

Q: How much should the exiting CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

How much should the exiting CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received when they were replaced in September 2008?

Q: The government bailout of the financial community included taking an equity interest

The government bailout of the financial community included taking an equity interest in publicly traded companies such as American International Group (AIG). Is it right for the government to become a...

Q: Should CEOs who made large bonuses by having their firms invest in

Should CEOs who made large bonuses by having their firms invest in mortgage-backed securities in the early years have to repay those bonuses in the later years when the firm records losses on those sa...

Q: Should the CEOs who refused to have their firms invest in mortgage

Should the CEOs who refused to have their firms invest in mortgage-backed securities in the early years because the risks were too great receive bonuses in the latter years because their firms did not...

Q: Should organizations that have a risk-taking culture, such as

Should organizations that have a risk-taking culture, such as the one developed by Stan O’Neil at Merrill Lynch, enjoy the gains and suffer the losses, without recourse to government bailouts?

Q: Why have concerns over pollution become so important for management and directors

Why have concerns over pollution become so important for management and directors?

Q: Why are we more concerned now than our parents were about fair

Why are we more concerned now than our parents were about fair treatment of employees?

Q: What could professional accountants have done to prevent the development of the

What could professional accountants have done to prevent the development of the credibility gap and the expectations gap?