1. Why would BMW sell millions of pounds of assets for 10 and lend the buyer an additional 427 million?
2. Why would SAIC want to buy 70 percent of a company that was losing money for 1 billion?
3. With compensation packages already locked in, do you think the executives were committed to making the SAIC's or Tata Motors deals work?
4. If MG Rover had been successful in winning a 120 million loan from the government rather than a 6.5 million loan, would the outcome of the SFO investigation have been any different?
5. The Phoenix Four maintain they did nothing wrong. How would you defend their conduct from a business ethics perspective?
6. What do you think the outcome should have been for the Phoenix Four?