Question: 1. Should American companies refuse to do business in countries that:
a. Do not practice democracy?
b. Routinely practice discrimination?
c. Tolerate or even encourage the abuse of children? Explain.
2. In criticizing General Motors, Ralph Nader is reported to have said, Someday we'll have a legal system that will criminally indict the president of General Motors for these outrageous crimes. But not as long as this country is populated by people who fritter away their citizenship by watching TV, playing bridge and Mah-Jongg, and just generally being slobs.144
a. Is the citizenry generally unconcerned about unethical corporate conduct? Explain.
b. To the extent that corporations engage in misdeeds, does the fault really lie with the corporate community or with society at large?