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Business Ethics: Chapter 2 Case Study Questions
1
Ben should not be the sort of person who is dishonest and disloyal to his fellow employees. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Care ethics concern for local community
b) Care ethics concern for the interests of employees
c) Virtue ethics concern for the interests of Ben and the other employees
d) Virtue ethics concern for local community
2
Ben should not poison the work relationships in his department. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Care ethics concern for local community
b) Care ethics concern for the interests of employees
c) Virtue ethics concern for the interests of Ben and the other employees
d) Virtue ethics concern for local community
3
Ben should keep the promise of good service to his employer that was implicit in his employment contract. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Duty-based concern for interests of owner
b) Duty-based concern for interest of local community
c) Utilitarian concern for interests of owner
d) Care ethics concern for interests of owner
4
Ben should respect the property of the Provincial Power Corporation. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Utilitarian concern for interests of owner
b) Rights-based concern for interests of owner
c) Rights-based concern for interests of posterity
d) Virtue ethics concern for interests of owner
5
It is unfair that Ben take the $500 instead of everyone receiving the chance of a holiday bonus. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Virtue ethics concern with interests of employees
b) Care ethics concern with interests of employees
c) Utilitarian concern with interests of employees
d) Justice-based concern with interests of employees
6
The pain that Ben avoids at the hands of the gangsters will not outweigh the pleasure that Ben takes away from the children of another member of the department. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Virtue ethics concern with the interests of others
b) Utilitarian concern with the interests of others
c) Rights-based concern for the interests of owner
d) Justice-based concern with the interests of others
7
Ben should take the $500 because he doesn't care about the other people involved. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Utilitarian concern with the interests of the self
b) Virtue ethics concern with the interests of the self
c) Care ethics concern with the interests of the self
d) Ethical egoist concern with the interests of the self
8
The balance of ethical reasons is thoroughly against the judgment that Ben should take the money because the various ethical reasons against theft override all Ben's selfish and strategic reasons. What is the best classification for this kind of ethical reasoning?
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a) Ethical relativism
b) Ethical pluralism
c) "Is/ought" gap
d) "Ought" implies "can"
9
Ben's family of origin and the sub-culture of his neighbourhood both approve of small and easy thefts, so Ben's theft is ethically permissible. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Ethical relativism
b) Ethical pluralism
c) "Is/ought" gap
d) "Ought" implies "can"
10
The gangsters are merciless and Ben is hugely afraid of them, so he really couldn't do anything other than steal the $500; so he's not morally accountable for doing it. What is the best classification for this ethical reasoning?
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a) Ethical relativism
b) Ethical pluralism
c) "Is/ought" gap
d) "Ought" implies "can"
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