Questions from Business Ethics

Q: As a class exercise, write a brief account of any unethical

As a class exercise, write a brief account of any unethical or ethically questionable experience you have witnessed in a work context. Read and discuss the examples in class, keeping the authors anony...

Q: Why might legal rules be insufficient for fulfilling one’s ethical responsibilities?

Why might legal rules be insufficient for fulfilling one’s ethical responsibilities? Can you think of cases in which a businessperson has done something legally right, but ethically wrong? What about...

Q: Lisa is trying to raise funds to support the creation of a

Lisa is trying to raise funds to support the creation of a free clinic in a poor neighbor-hood in her hometown. She has been trying very hard; but she has not been able to raise enough money to get th...

Q: Not all ethical norms get entrenched in law. In which philosophical

Not all ethical norms get entrenched in law. In which philosophical tradition—consequences, rights, or virtue—are we most likely to find norms that have ended up becoming laws?

Q: Do professionals such as physicians, accountants, and lawyers have duties

Do professionals such as physicians, accountants, and lawyers have duties and obligations that other people do not? Where would such duties come from?

Q: What makes a decision or issue an ethical one? How would

What makes a decision or issue an ethical one? How would you explain the differences between ethical/non-ethical, on one hand, and ethical/unethical, on the other?

Q: What ethical disputes or dilemmas have you experienced in your own workplace

What ethical disputes or dilemmas have you experienced in your own workplace? What about in a club or student group you belong to? How were these disputes or dilemmas resolved?

Q: Do an internet search on international human rights and/or fundamental

Do an internet search on international human rights and/or fundamental moral rights. Can you find any moral rights that seem to be universally acknowledged across all cultures?

Q: Why might economic growth be considered a utilitarian goal?

Why might economic growth be considered a utilitarian goal?

Q: Some political philosophers understand the ethical foundations of legislatures to be utilitarian

Some political philosophers understand the ethical foundations of legislatures to be utilitarian, while the ethical foundation of the judiciary is deontological. How would you explain this distinction...