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Business Ethics
Choose three of the following questions, and type up ½ page – 1 page on each. Answers must be typed, double spaced, with 12 pt. font.
1. Discuss the Enron scenario, and explain why it demonstrates a need for ethics in business.
2. Compare Divine Command Theory to Ethical Relativism, and what the implications are for each with regards to business.
3. Describe the relationship between Morality and Logic
4. Describe the ethical dilemma inherent in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, and give your opinion on the matter.
5. Compare Consequentialist theories of morality to Non-Consequentialist theories of morality, and give an example of each.
6. Compare and contrast Psychological Egoism, Ethical Egoism, and Altruism.
7. Compare and contrast Utilitarianism with Deontology.
8. Describe Prima facie obligations and the basis for prioritizing one over another.
9. Describe the causes of income inequality in America today.
10. Describe Plato’s notion of Justice, and his argument for Justice being a good in and of itself.
11. Describe Aristotle’s different notions of Justice.
12. How does Michael Walzer understand the relationship between distributing goods and society?
13. Describe the Utilitarian view of Justice, and how would it apply to economic distribution.
14. Why does Nozick argue for a Libertarian approach to Justice, and how does he derive it from Lockean rights?
15. Discuss Rawls theory of Justice.
16. What caused the 2008 financial crash, and how did the Government respond to it?
17. Compare and contrast the different types of Capitalism and Socialism.
18. What are the criticisms of Capitalism? Include in your answer a discussion of the inequality created, its depiction of human nature, the problem of competition, the creation of oligopolies, the creation of corporate welfare programs, and the exploitation of labor.
19. What are the economic challenges of today? Include in your answer a discussion of the decline of American manufacturing, the outsourcing of jobs, comparative advantage, short-term focus, and the changing attitude with regards to work ethic.
20. What is a corporation and how dose the emergence of corporations challenge the view of capitalism that John Locke and Adam Smith had in mind?
21. Compare the narrow view of corporate responsibility to the broader view of corporate responsibility.
22. Describe the MacPherson vs. Buick Motor Car. How did it impact consumer safety laws?
23. What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission? What are some of the ways in which it can be problematic for businesses and consumers?
24. What is product quality? Be sure to include in your answer a discussion of express warranties, implied warranties, and merchantability.
25. Describe price fixing and price gouging.
26. What is the Federal Trade Commission? How do they differentiate between reasonable-consumer standard and gullible-consumer standard?
27. What are some of the problems with advertising? How do some defend the practice of advertising on the basis of freedom of speech?
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