1.Ivanka Trump, the daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents. Without much of a pause, she told the crowd that her mother gave her an example of how to be a powerful, successful woman, and her father passed onto her his strong ethical / moral compass.
In reflecting on Ms. Trump’s comments, identify and explain:
a.The five influences on an individual’s ethical behavior; and
b.Identify and explain the most important influences on your ethical behavior.
2.Understanding the government-business ethical dynamic is important to understanding many elements of the economic and political systems around us and how they fit together.
Identify and explain:
a.Five issues that are associated with the involvement of business in politics / government; and
b.The ethical implications of those issues.
3.Identify and explain:
a.Ethical Relativism;
b.Cultural Relativism; and
c.Provide three examples for each.
4.In 2019, developers in Montreal scrapped a proposed social housing project to be included in a new development at the former site of the Montreal Children’s Hospital. There was an agreement to build a 180-unit social and affordable housing building, but the developers abandoned the plan to build even more luxury condos.
The city of Montreal responded by blocking the construction of a sixth luxury condo tower and told developers that they could only build according to their original plan. Subsequently, the city of Montreal installed a bylaw that requires developers that build a building more than 49 units to reserve 20% of the space for social and affordable housing.
Downtown Montreal is “is suffering from a growing shortage of social and affordable housing, due in part to the rapid construction of condos over the last few years.”
Based on this story:
a.Define the ethical concept that applies;
b.What are its key elements;
c.What the arguments for its involvement; and
d.What are the counterarguments against it?
5.Earlier this year, Sidharth Dhar was asked to do a project for his MBA class at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and he knew right away what that project was going to be.
“When I got the details of the assignment it was very clear in my mind that I will be helping people in Delhi in terms of providing basic food,” Dhar told Island Morning host Mitch Cormier.
The assignment was for his Global Leadership and Ethics course, and although he is studying at UPEI, Dhar remains in Delhi, India, taking his university courses online.
Being in Delhi as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit was part of what inspired the project.
He mobilized some of the employees from his craft retailing business to put together 2,000 kits, delivering them to some of the people in his home city that needed them most.
“I wanted to make sure I gave people what they actually need,” he said.
That included rice, flour, pulses such as beans and lentils, cooking oil, salt, along with some seasonal vegetables and curry powder. He also included soap, both personal and laundry, in the packages.
While his focus was on helping people, Dhar said it was a real learning experience. It was not enough to want to help people and inspire others through his leadership to do the same. To ensure he was reaching the right people, and to keep everyone safe when Delhi was announcing 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day, required careful planning.
Dhar said his grandfather told him he should see the world through the eyes of the poor. When he delivered his packages he looked in the eyes of the poor and saw hunger, but that was not the only thing he saw, “I saw hope,” he said.
Based on this story, identify and explain,
a.Which Ethical Approach (s) applies to this story; and
b.Which Ethical Theory (s) applies to this story.
6.Identify and explain five integrity or ethical challenges that you confront as a student at Saint Mary’s.
7.Identify and explain:
a.Five ways that Saint Mary’s and Dalhousie can change their collective behaviour to help achieve sustainable development.
b.The opportunities that such collaboration could produce; and
c.Any potential drawbacks to such collaboration.
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