Assignment:
1. From the text and class notes, you can refuse to perform a task on the job if you alone (and no one else) believes it is dangerous (True or False)? Why? You must explain your answer for any credit - Write On Back
2. From the class notes on the notes on the Challenger shuttle disaster, what did the engineer (Boisjoly) do when he was called before congress the disaster?
A.) provided proof that he had warned his superiors that the o-rings could fail in those temperatures,
b) supported his superiors position that there was no credible reason to expect the o-rings to fail,
c) took the moral and legal blame for the situation,
d) pleaded the 5th to protect himself,
e.) none of the above
3. List two of the conditions from the Standard Theory of whistle Blowing?
4. From Case 1 entitled "The Training Program, " what was Rajiv strongly encouraged to do?
5. How does the Division Philosophy known as Aesthetics apply to practices in the Criminal Justice system?
6. For employees that are "Employed At-Will, " they can sometimes have the courts overturn a dismissal if it meets the following:
a) Outrageous Peron Standard,
b) Humiliation Act,
c) Ongoing Aggravation Standard,
d) Tort of Outrage,
e) none of the
7. In presentation on Incandescent Light Bulbs, why are they a problem(s) for the environment? (Explain on Back)
8. In the presentation on Bernie Madoff, he sole money from his investors by way of a _____.
9. In the presentation The History of Fracking in the US, to perform fracking large amounts of _____ must be mixed with several toxic chemicals and injected underground.
10. For Utilitarianism, define the diference between the "Act" and "Rule" versions.
11. What makes Egoism such a strong theory to refute in explaining human behavior? What is the Normative Approach to Ethical Theory?