Business Ethics
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Business Ethics Final Exam Review
Requirements:
1. This is the *review* for the Final Exam. The Exam itself will be released on blackboard at least 24 hours before it is due. Check your syllabus for due date and time.
2. Answers to *each* individual question should be between 2 and 3 pages in length…double spaced! This will mean test totals should be 6 to 9 pages. Word process or type your answers! Though writing styles vary, much less than 2 pages will probably prove insufficient and anything much longer than 4 pages will likely be ignored.
3. All margins are to be 1 inch all around. All fonts used should be in 12 point type. Do not separate paragraphs with extra rows or returns. Microsoft Word defaults to 1.5 spacing between paragraphs, or more. You must correct that default in your paper. Do not repeat or retype the question at the beginning of your paper. See the sample page attached for visual confirmation of the text format required. Failure to properly format your answers will affect your grade!
4. The test itself will be open book and open notes. That is worth repeating: you may use any material from the class - your notes, my notes, or even the books on the test. Note well, however, this is a test of your understanding of the material from this class so you would be well advised to concentrate on the material assigned. It is not a test of your ability to transcribe quotes. For example, do not simply list arguments advocated by one author or another. If you do list an argument in premise form, also write an answer that demonstrates you understand the premises and how they are justified.
To put it another way – the answers should present your understanding and opinions of arguments and materials covered in THIS class.
5. The answers should be your work. DO NOT turn in any work that you did not produce by your own hand.
6. You are required to answer the underlined question or questions. The material preceding the underlined question is meant to direct you to the relevant issues.
7. You may answer any question, but DO NOT cut and paste any old material into your new answers. Take the time to read, understand, and rethink your old answer to make it better.
For the mid-term, you will be asked 5 questions chosen at random from among the following 10 questions. You will be required to answer any 3 of those 5 that you wish.
3. Nozick seems to think much of what Rawls's theory would require is actually unjust re-distribution.
Question: What is Nozick's argument to this conclusion? Is he correct? PAGE 203
5. Carr argues that bluffing in business is a morally permissible part of the business game because bluffing in business is exactly analogous to bluffing in poker.
Question: Do you agree with Carr regarding the analogy between business and poker? What is wrong with lying (morally impermissible instances of stated deception) that would not be wrong with bluffing (merely speaking falsely)?
7. Some people, like Solomon and Aristotle, think a theory of virtue ethics and good character is best for guiding actions in business. Utilitarians think maximizing good consequences is the only relevant framework for guiding actions in business. Kant thinks morality has some essential connection to rationality, so that to act wrongfully is to act in ways that are clearly irrational, e.g. treating people as a mere means when people are clearly ends in themselves.
Question: Are there any good reasons to think one of these theories is more basic than the others, that one of the theories is required as a foundation or necessary requirement to make the others work in application to guide your actions? (Put differently, if you had to pick just one to use, which one could best stand on its own?)
9. Ellen Moore will cost more to employ in Saudi Arabia than an equally qualified man, though no such male candidate exists at the time of the case. Ellen will not only cost more to employ, but the General Manager believes she has a lowered chance of success because she is a woman. Felice N. Schwartz presents arguments to convince businesses regarding the rationality of hiring women even though women cost more to employ. What is Schwartz's argument against sexism in hiring and promotions, and is this a good argument? Why should a business be blind with regard to sex?
The next page will demonstrate the REQUIRED format for your answers regarding type face, margins, spacing etc.
1. This is sufficient indentation to begin your first paragraph. Notice as well that I started this answer at the top of page and just below the 1 INCH margin, that is, a 1INCH MARGIN AROUNDTHE ENTIRE PAGE! Now suppose I am done with this very short paragraph.
See how I just hit enter /return, indented ½ an inch, and started typing again?!! There is no additional space between paragraphs. I don't care much about the font, but I do want the tests typed in 12 point scale. This font is Times New Roman, but most anything will be accepted. And for goodness sake, please staple your answers together! One and only one staple is necessary if done correctly. Staplers are fairly easy to operate. Do not make an elaborate origami sculpture out of your paper in the upper left hand corner just because you didn't bring a stapler. I will probably be nice enough to bring my stapler along.
Remember to hit a hard page return when you have completed an answer. The instructions indicate that each new answer should start on a new page. Let's assume I want to give an extended quote or list the premises of an argument:
"Whether a quote or a list of premises, notice how the page is double indented and starts over at the same point on the soft return. Also notice that the type face is reduced, and this part of the paper is single spaced.
And here we are again back to normal. The purpose of all the above formatting at the quotation section is to reduce the size of the quotation to leave you more room to expound on the meaning of the quotation. Your words are more important than the quotations.
Good Luck!