discussion questions

2.1 Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this week?s activities, you will be able to:

Articulate the importance of business ethics.

Analyse the arguments for and against corporate social responsibility.

Critique an ethical dilemma

• 2.2 Action Required:
• Watch the short video in the following link and answer the questions that follows:
• What is Ethics? What is Business Ethics?

2.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

Do you think business ethics is important? Why or why not?

Your Cynicism Quotient

Answer the following questions as honestly as you can.  Circle the number between 1 and 5 that best represents your own beliefs about business.

• Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

1. Financial gain is all that counts in business

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2. Ethical standards must be compromised in business practice

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3. The more financially successful the businessperson, the more unethical the behavior.

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4. Moral values are irrelevant in business

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5. The business world has its own rules.

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6. Business persons care only about making profit.

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7. Business is like a game – one plays to win.

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8. In business, people will do anything to further their own interest.

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9. Competition forces business managers to resort to shady practices.         

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10. The profit motive pressures managers to compromise their ethical concerns.