Assignment:
Question 1. What is a code of conduct violation?
Question 2. What is an example of a conflict of interest?
Question 3. What are "whistleblowers"?
Question 4. How are whistleblowers protected?
Question 5. How would you describe Milton Friedman's view of the role of business in society?
Question 6. What is a "social contract" and how might that impact the behavior of a business?
Question 7. What is involved in social contracts theory?
Question 8. Is it against the law for U.S. companies to offer bribes when doing business with other countries where bribery is acceptable? True or False?
Question 9. What are some potential competitive ramifications to those businesses that follow U.S. laws on bribery?
Question 10. What are some supporting and opposing views to corporate policies govern ethical conduct?
Question 11. What are some attributes that "should" be incorporated into and ethics policy?
Question 12. What is the role of an "Ethics Officer"?
Question 13. Why is the effectiveness of Ethics Officers unclear?
Question 14. What was the primary purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
Question 15. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of accounting?
Question 16. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of human resource management?
Question 17. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of sales and marketing?
Question 18. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of production?
Question 19. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of intellectual property rights?
Question 20. What is an example of an ethics issue relating to the field of international business?
Question 21. Describe the term "ethicism".