Semester 1‚ 2010/2011 CBEB3101 Business Ethics Quiz 1 26 August 2010 SUGGESTED ANSWERS True/False Questions: Circle the correct answer. 1. Ethically responsible leaders within any business promote ethics through personal behaviour and thoughts alone. False 2. Talking about business’s social responsibilities is to be concerned with society’s interests that bind business’s behaviour. True 3. Rawl’s theory of social justice is the ethical principle that is based on the foundations
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Everyday Use Questions Question A: I can infer that Maggie has been the child that has always taken the guilt for everything and has never really been rewarded because Dee has always been the rewarded child. I think that Maggie is treated and thought of this way because of of how the book states that Maggie is always ashamed and stands helplessly in corners of their home. I also conclude this statement because of the point of fact that the book says that Maggie envies and is in awe when she looks
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Ethical Dilemma Analysis through the 8 questions model by Arthur Dobrin Case 1 – Rental Applicant 1. Facts • African-American applicant • Stable work history • More than enough income to cover the rent • Good references from their previous landlord • A couple with one young son (Family) • Before applicants accepted‚ rental agent should have done a background check as a standard procedure. 2. Facts we don’t know • Verifications of facts – conduct a cross check o Whether or not the facts
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rationalizations for continuing the unethical process or downplaying its severity. Accordingly‚ the senior management may accept continuing the wrong process on the belief that the activity is within reasonable ethical and legal limits arguing that organizations that experience such light ethical conflicts have been surviving for many years Her co/workers despite the fact that they know that what is happening is not fair for the customer thy may undermine the unethical process in order to remain
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Competency 310.2.1: Ethical Issues in Business Company Q has recently closed two of their stores in areas that are considered high crime areas. This company was claiming they were losing money. Failing to listen to customer request for more natural and organic products has forced them to shop in areas outside of their community. Company Q also needs to work with the local food banks with donating day old products. With all of these situations at hand and with the question being if Company Q is
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disadvantages to the business face when they try to behave in an ethical way? With the development of the global economy‚ business companies are facing many business challenges in the age full of competition. And business challenges will produce some different values‚ such as child labor‚ human rights‚ hours and wages and environmental laws (Luminita and Constantin‚2006). Therefore‚ business companies need to pay more attention to the business ethics. What is more‚ ethical business is study of
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Southwest Airline Changes When it is time to plan a vacation or plan for holiday we all go and search to see which airfare is the cheapest. Southwest Airlines is known for their amazing low prices and great customer service. Southwest since the late 1980’s it has led the airlines industry has having the lowest complaint ratio. If anyone has ever taken a flight at Southwest Airlines you can remember getting a boarding pass to load the plan in three groups. Group A‚ B or C. This is made this airline
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The Ethical Issues of Using Sex in Advertising Today we live in a world where sex sells. Sex is used to sell everything. Advertisers use sex or sexual innuendoes in their ads to make a memorable impression on consumers. Unfortunately‚ many of those impressions are made on America’s children. Advertisers and marketers do not just create ads to promote their products; they also set a standard of what is attractive to the society. The public perceives sexuality as attractive and gives
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Ethical Situations in Business Competency 310.2.1: Ethical Issues in Business Business Management / October 2012 Abstract This essay examines the ethical and socially responsible courses of action in a given business situation. Company Q is a small local grocery store chain located in a major metropolitan area. They have recently closed a couple of stores in higher-crime-rate areas of the city‚ reportedly because these two stores were consistently losing money. After years of requests from
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P5 Explain the legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of business information 1. What is the Data Protection Act 1998? This is to protect personal data that is provided by customers. The businesses should be processed fairly and lawfully it must only be used for the specific purpose and must be stated when it is collected. They must not collect to much information and all the data must be accurate. Also the data must not be kept for longer than needed for. 2. Using the HR department
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