Acceptable Risk: Management, Employees, Consumers, Investors, and the Environment

Text book – Ethical theory and business (7th ed.) – Beauchamp, T. & Bowie, N. (Eds.). Pearson/Prentice Hall.

 

Chapter 4 & 5 Acceptable Risk: Management, Employees, Consumers, Investors, and the Environment

 

Question 3a

 

Compare and contrast the Contract View of business’s duties to consumers with the Due Care Theory and the Social Costs View of the manufacturer’s duties. Then choose one (1) of the three (3) view theories that you just discussed, and that you believe is most congruent with your own view, and defend your position by discussing at least two (2) reasons/examples of why your position would override the objections set forth in the other theories. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Single-space within paragraph and Double-space between paragraphs

 

Question 3b

 

Define the employment-at-will doctrine and defend it as fair to both the employee and the employer, using at least four (4) criteria. Give your reasoning as to two (2) main ethical issues required for the doctrine to be fair and discuss two (2) instances that could constitute employer misuse of the doctrine. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Single-space within paragraph and Double-space between paragraphs

 

Ethical theory and business (7th ed.) – Beauchamp, T. & Bowie, N. (Eds.). (2004) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

 

Chapter 6 Diversity and Discrimination in the Workplace

 

Question 4a

 

You have been asked to give a presentation to an Introduction to Business class on affirmative action and compensatory justice. Write a defense of both affirmative action and compensatory justice. Your paper should discuss a total of five (5) issues in defense of the concepts. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Single-space within paragraph and Double-space between paragraphs

 

Question 4b

 

In “A Defense of Affirmative Action,” (Beauchamp & Bowie, p. 339) Thomas Nagel argues against the use of “strong affirmative action,” or a policy of preference. Discuss his three (3) reasons. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Single-space within paragraph and Double-space between paragraphs