- Who are the people affected by résumé truth decisions? What are five distinct ways you may choose to misrepresent yourself on your résumé? What’s the difference between legal and ethical approaches to the question about padding the résumé? Why might an egoist lie on the résumé, and why not?
- Ethically, is there a difference between a worker sitting at her desk during office hours and working on her Facebook page and one who’s trolling Monster, looking to find a new job somewhere else? If not, why not? If so, what’s the difference?
- If you were starting a small business, would you prefer that your partner is a utilitarian, an altruist, or an egoist? Why?
- Your mother is ill with diabetes, and you can’t afford her medicine. In the pharmacy one day, you notice the previous customer forgot that same prescription on the counter when she left. Why might the premise that the ends justify the means lead you to steal the pills? Why might the premise that the means justify the ends lead you to return the pills?
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