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Business Ethics: Chapter 6 Case Study Questions
1
It is fair to pay senior executives more than janitors receive because executives are usually from upper class families whereas janitors are usually from working class families. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
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a) Violation of compensatory justice
b) Violation of moral equality of persons
c) Violation of equality of resources
d) Violation of the difference principle
2
It is fair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because both come from families in the same working class neighbourhood and neither family was better off than the other one was. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Strict equality of welfare
b) Strict equality of resources
c) Initial equality of resources
d) The difference principle
3
The high salary of a senior executive is fair because both the organization and the executive have freely agreed to the high salary. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Libertarian
b) Utilitarian
c) Egalitarian
d) Contractarian
4
The high salary of a senior executive is unjust because the marginal utility to her of her extra salary is less than the marginal utility that same income would create for the janitor, and so paying them both the same would generate more utility. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Strict equality of resources
b) Strict equality of welfare
c) Libertarian
d) Utilitarian
5
It is fair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because both are the same age, sex, and race, and both had the same chance to go to business school. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Equal respect for rights
b) Equality of opportunity
c) Equal consideration of interests
d) The difference principle
6
It is fair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because giving the executive more incentive to work hard will improve the company's business, eventually resulting in a higher salary for the low paid janitor. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Direct utilitarian
b) Indirect utilitarian
c) Libertarian
d) The difference principle
7
It is fair to pay senior executives more than janitors receive because giving executives the incentive to work hard will cause the firms to produce widgets more efficiently, resulting in higher wages for employees and lower prices for consumers. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Direct utilitarian
b) Indirect utilitarian
c) Libertarian
d) The difference principle
8
It is fair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because the executive prefers dining in fine restaurants whereas the janitor prefers fast food. What is the best classification of the problem with this piece of ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
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a) Problem of levelling down
b) Problem of providing incentives
c) Problem of no responsibility for life choices
d) Problem of expensive tastes
9
It is unfair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because everyone should have the same income. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Strict equality of welfare
b) Strict equality of resources
c) Initial equality of resources
d) The difference principle
10
It is fair to pay the senior executive more than the janitor receives because, though both were free to apply for either job, the executive creates far more value for shareholders than the janitor does. What is the best classification of this ethical reasoning about distributive justice?
- select -
a) Equality of opportunity
b) Equal respect for rights
c) Equal consideration of interests
d) The difference principle
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