Chapter 14 - Managing Environmental Quality
Questions
1. Does Amvac have an ethical strategy? Does it pur-sue its strategy in an ethical manner?
2. Do you believe that Amvac is faithful to its ethics code? Does the code adequately address the con-sequences of its operations? What might be added or changed to improve it?
3. Should the law prohibit Amvac and others from exporting pesticides barred from use in the United States?
4. Is the value to society of pesticides such as dibromochloropropane, mevinphos, and dichlorvos great enough to warrant the risks they pose?
5. If economic and market conditions remain favorable for Amvac's strategy, would you buy its stock?
Chapter 15 - Consumerism
Questions
1. Were Spykes and Wide Eye bad products? Do you think they were marketed in objectionable or misleading ways? Do you think companies should be allowed to market other caffeinated alcoholic beverages?
2. Do alcoholic beverage companies fulfill their ethical duty to be informative and truthful in advertising? Do they generally uphold their ethical duty to minimize potential harm to society from underage drinking?
3. Are some beer, wine, or spirits, ads misleading? What examples can you give? What is misleading in them? Do some ads contain images and themes that go too far in appealing to an audience under the legal drinking age? Can you give examples?
4. Do you believe there is a need for more restrictions on alcohol advertising? If so, what limits are needed? Explain how a ban or any restrictions could meet the Central Hudson guidelines.
Chapter 17- Civil Rights, Women, and diversity
Questions
1. What constitutional issue is raised in the Adarand litigation?
2. After the Supreme Court's 1995 decision in Adarand v. Perla what requirements did an affirmative action program have to meet to be constitutional?
3. Was the decision of the Court majority correct? Why or why not?
4. In a concurring opinion, Justice Scalia said that race classifications by government were never legitimate. In dissenting opinions, Justices Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg argued that race-conscious remedies were justified. What were their arguments? With whom do you agree? Why?
5. Following Adarand v. Penn, the district court held that the affirmative action program in federal highway contracts was unconstitutional. Do you agree with this decision? Why or why not?
6. Do you believe that the Department of Transportation's current rules for helping DBEs get high-way construction contracts pass the strict scrutiny requirement?
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