Exam 2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Google was asked by the Justice Department to turn over information about users who were running searches for child pornography.Google refused to turn over the information to the federal government.Discuss the ethical issues Google was grappling with in making its decision.

Tim Donaghy was a referee for the NBA.Mr.Donaghy began betting in 2003 on NBA games.He also provided tips to other gamblers on who would win games in which he was serving as a referee.Mr.Donaghy's actions:

Yucca Mountain is the proposed location for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel rods from the nuclear plants located in the United States.Who of the following are stakeholders in the decision about whether to open Yucca Mountain?

​What does the phrase,"Without fail,we sign off on the ethics policy once each year",signal about the ethical culture of the company?

Harvard University recently sold most of its investments in tobacco companies.The investments were quite profitable for the Harvard endowment.Derek Bok,who was Harvard's president at that time,said the divestiture was prompted by recognition of the dangers of smoking and concern over aggressive marketing tactics to promote tobacco products to teenagers and in countries where the dangers of smoking are not widely known.Bok stated the university was "motivated by a desire not to be associated as a shareholder with companies engaged in significant sales of products that create a substantial and unjustified risk of harm to other human beings." Harvard owned $58 million in tobacco company shares.An investment analyst noted that Harvard's action will have a "strong ripple effect across the country." Evaluate the actions of Harvard and evaluate the conduct of the tobacco companies to this point using both the Blanchard/Peale model and the moral reasoning process.

As video games have become more advanced,some of the games have also increased in violence.While the games are rated,many of the advertisements for the games are targeted for a market who are not supposed to buy them under the rating system.Discuss the ethical issues in these marketing strategies.

Condoning unethical behavior is an ethical breach.

Under which of the schools is the corporation best served by serving only the shareholders?

Conflicts of interest can result in the use of quid pro quo.

​Which of the following is not an impact of long-term corruption in a country?

A law firm in the Phoenix area provides "sick care" for employees' children.Sick care can be used when the child is too ill to go to school or its regular care facility.The law firm manager claims the program has cut down on sick days taken by employees to care for sick children.The program is an illustration of which type of social responsibility school?