Professional Standards and Ethics

You may feel that the judicial system is a machine with grafted-on parts that keep things moving—but in a lurching, lumbering, stumbling way. Systemic problems may seem ready to either implode every major courthouse or slowly chip away at any hope. Overfull dockets,...

Business Ethics

Companies are expected to act ethically and to ensure their employees act ethically as well. However, we know the level of ethics expected is not always the same as the level of ethics in practice. Take a moment to share your thoughts on the following questions about...

Business ethics

One source of new-product ideas is competitors. Steven Fischer recently joined Frankie and Alex Specialty Products as a brand manager. His new boss told him, “We don’t have a budget for new-product development. We just monitor our competitors’ new-product...

TESLA ‘s stated values

Describe in about 300 words TESLA as it relates in the following ways: List their Mission and Vision statements and find evidence (not press releases or their own website) that supports or does not support that the company lives up to their stated values, such as...

Business ethics

W​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​rite a 3-5 pp., double spaced essay in which you (a) explain Robert Nozick’s Libertarian Theory of Justice as Entitlement, as set forth in his Anarchy, State, and Utopia, (​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​b) explain Stephen Metcalf’s critique of it, as set...

Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

What is your reaction to the following statement made by many business graduates? “It may be nice to study ethics, but in the real world the only thing that counts is money.”Management in Action – Wal-Mart Managers Take the High Road and the Low...