Questions from Business Ethics


Q: In October 2009, PepsiCo Inc. launched, apologized, and

In October 2009, PepsiCo Inc. launched, apologized, and then pulled an iPhone application called “AMP Up Before You Score,” designed to promote its Amp Energy drink. The drink’s target market is males...

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Q: According to the Royal Ahold company profile, Ahold is a global

According to the Royal Ahold company profile, Ahold is a global family of local food retail and foodservice operators that operate under their own brand names. Our operations are located primarily in...

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Q: The discount airline Jetsgo Corporation began operations in June 2002. Within

The discount airline Jetsgo Corporation began operations in June 2002. Within two and a half years, it grew to become Canada’s third-largest airline, moving approximately 17,000 passengers per day on...

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Q: Jérôme Kerviel joined the French bank, Société Générale (SocGen),

Jérôme Kerviel joined the French bank, Société Générale (SocGen), in 2000 at the age of twenty-three as part of its systems personnel in its back office. In 2005, he became a junior derivatives trader...

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Q: Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for insider trading on October 15,

Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for insider trading on October 15, 2009, and marched in handcuffs from his New York apartment.1 Up to that point, he had enjoyed fame and fortune for founding t...

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Q: On December 20, 2002, New York’s attorney general, Eliot

On December 20, 2002, New York’s attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, announced a $1.4 billion settlement ending a multi regulator probe of ten brokerages that alleged that â€...

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Q: Glen Grossmith is an outstanding family man, a frequent coach for

Glen Grossmith is an outstanding family man, a frequent coach for his children’s teams, and a dedicated athlete who enjoys individual and team sports. One day, his boss at UBS Securities Canada Inc.,...

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Q: Bankers Trust (BT) was one of the most powerful and

Bankers Trust (BT) was one of the most powerful and profitable banks in the world in the early 1990s. Under the stewardship of chairman Charles Sanford Jr., it had transformed itself from a staid comm...

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Q: It was early on a Friday morning in London—7:

It was early on a Friday morning in London—7:15 a.m. on February 24, 1995, to be exact—that the phone call came for Peter Baring from Peter Norris. Baring’s family had been in banking since 1763. They...

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Q: On January 6, 1992, the “growing controversy over the

On January 6, 1992, the “growing controversy over the safety factor led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to call for a moratorium on breast implants.”1 As January wore on, the crisis deepened unt...

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