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Questions and Answers of Business Ethics

What is the difference between alternative facts, and alternative explanations of the facts?
How is the “news” that is published in mainstream news outlets such as The New York Times or CNN similar and dissimilar to the “news” that appears in Facebook’s News Feed?
Vaccine skeptics often advised people to “do your own research” before taking the vaccine.How is the research done by the public different from the research conducted by medical scientists?
A distinction is often made between “misinformation,” which is false or misleading information, and “disinformation” which is false or misleading information that is intentionally promoted.
How would you check the validity of the myths listed above? What sources would you rely on?
How would you describe the decisions made by the insiders at Facebook who chose to go public with their criticisms? What pressures and values might lead them to go public with their revelations? What
Does a company have special loyalty or extra responsibilities to the country in which it operates? In what sense, if any, is Facebook an “American” company?
Facebook’s claim that it is just a platform for bringing people together and not a publishing company is reminiscent of a claim that Nike made years ago when they were criticized for the use of
By most accounts, Facebook did not do anything illegal in any of these situations, but did they fail in any ethical duties?
What responsibilities does Facebook (or Google or Twitter) have for policing political advertisements placed on their platform?
On financial grounds, there can be no doubt that Facebook has been a very successful company and CEO Mark Zuckerberg an effective leader. Based on what you know, would you describe Facebook as a good
3 A new administrative assistant in the HR department of a mediumsized construction firm was going through some old files and found some employment applications that were several years old. Since
2 Bob is working on a proposal for a new project. The proposal manager has given everyone on the team access to a private folder on the company server that contains confidential information to be
1 A project engineer was accidentally copied on an email from a friend who works for one of the company’s current clients. The email included cost detail plus owner analysis and comments on four
Describe ways in which information from social media could help or hurt a company.
Give examples of ethical challenges associated with the use of collaborative digital information.
Identify corporate social responsibility initiatives that might benefit a construction company.
Explain the similarities and differences between ethics and compliance, and corporate social responsibility.
4 Allied Construction has a contract for the construction of a power plant in a foreign country. The workforce employed on the project contains workers from multiple countries. The project
3 National Construction Company has a contract for the construction of an oil refinery in a foreign country. The project is nearing completion, and the project superintendent discovered significant
2 Continental Construction has a contract for the construction of a water treatment plant in a foreign country. The design documents were about 90 percent complete when the construction contract was
4 You are working on a waterfront development project where you are required to drive piles with an impact hammer. The noise from the pile driving is extremely loud and disruptive. The project is
3 You have several containers of used oil from your project’s vehicles and equipment. The local waste transfer station accepts used oil, so you ask one of your laborers to drop it off on her way
2 You are managing a large-scale mixed use development project. You are currently working on the site preparation phase and there is a fairly large exposed area where the topsoil has been removed.
1 Your jobsite is going to be visited tomorrow by a group of managers from the home office, including the company’s environmental compliance manager. You do a quick site inspection to make sure the
3 Your company is a government contractor working on a federal construction project. Your project is going well and you are planning a holiday gala celebration with a no host bar. There is a large
3 Sunita, who has a noticeable Indian accent, has five years of experience as a front desk receptionist for a local planning department. Through her job, she has met many local contractors and
2 Roger has been an estimator for 20 years. He’s good at his job, reliable, and has been a good mentor for the younger employees. Recently, Roger applied for a new position as a lead estimator
1 A female project engineer is attending a meeting in a subcontractor’s jobsite trailer. This is her first field assignment and she wants to make a good impression and show that she knows her
Give examples of discrimination on the basis of age, disability, race, and gender.
3 You work for a company that specializes in storm water control and treatment. As a representative of the company, you have presented several papers about storm water control technology at national
You pass the information on to your manager, and he asks you how you found out. What do you tell him? Evaluate the situation using the Framework for Ethical Decision Making. Which ethical theory
1 You are working on a proposal for a large project with an important privately owned client. The award will be based on a number of factors, including the qualifications of the proposed management
4 Central Constructors has a fixed-price contract for the construction of a community college classroom building. The company’s project manager was developing the monthly application for payment to
1 A contractor has a contract for the construction of a large retail store located within a shopping complex. The project owner is very interested in getting the store completed by mid-October to
Describe the ethical challenges that can occur with respect to time, cost, and quality during the management of a construction project.
1 Pacific Constructors has a contract for the construction of an office building for a state government agency. The contract specifies that prevailing wages must be paid to all workers employed on
2 Eastern Construction has a contract for the construction of a data center. During the construction of the building, the contractor found that the electrical and mechanical drawings contained
Describe the ethical challenges that can occur during the administration of a construction contract between: a contractor and a project owner. a general contractor and a subcontractor.
4 A general contractor is developing a proposal for the construction of a medical clinic. Since the contract will be executed prior to the completion of design, the contract will be negotiated on a
Describe the ethical challenges that can occur during the process for submitting a bid for a project between: a contractor and a project owner a contractor and a project designer a contractor
What are the Ethical Challenge of Sexual Harassment
4 The field office for a solar energy construction project in a rural location received a series of phone calls warning of a bomb on the job site. The caller also threatened to shoot workers from a
3 During the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, a company decided to use worker tracking technology to ensure their workers were maintaining social distancing and to enable contact tracing in the event a
2 A project manager learns that her superintendent has been posting racist comments on his personal social media account. By the time she finds out about it, screenshots of the comments have already
1 You are the owner of Professional Riggers, Inc., operating leased cranes for downtown high-rise projects. During one of your projects, the crew operating the crawler crane to install rooftop
• Imagine and evaluate potential consequences resulting from ethical decisions made during the response to a crisis situation
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur when a construction company or project is confronted with a crisis situation.
• Give examples of crisis situations that can occur on a construction project due to events happening within a company or project (internal factors) or outside the company or project (external
7 Trisha Brown is Baxter Construction Company’s project manager for the construction of a water treatment plant. She conducts project coordination meetings weekly with the project team to address
6 Alpha Construction has just started a blog to highlight its current projects.The blog, which is linked to the company website, features photos of different projects with brief descriptions. The
5 Janet White is a project manager for Allied Construction, a contractor that specializes in the construction of mixed-use high-rise buildings. She also has a personal business in which she works on
4 A project engineer was accidentally copied on an email from a friend who works for one of the company’s current clients. The email included cost detail plus owner analysis and comments on four
3 Thomas Jackson is interested in seeking employment as a project superintendent for Stellar Construction. To be able to request an appropriate salary, he is interested in determining the monthly
2 Sarah Brown is project manager on a construction project involving the construction of a major hospital sited in a congested metropolitan area. To facilitate collaboration on the project, a BIM
1 Tom Smith is a cost estimator for a commercial construction company that self-performs rough carpentry and concrete scopes of work on all of their major projects. Tom has created a database of
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur regarding the use of social media.
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur regarding the use of electronic mail.
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur regarding the disclosure of private or confidential information.
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur regarding the shared use of collaborative digital information.
7 International Construction Group has a contract for construction of a petrochemical plant in a foreign country where the primary language is Arabic.Many of the contractor’s workers are from Korea
6 Ted Jones is the project superintendent on the construction of a multi-span highway bridge in a foreign country. He visits the project site while local steelworkers are placing the reinforcing
5 Cascade Constructors has a contract for the construction of a major hotel in the Middle East. Many of the workers employed on the project were imported from Asia. The workers requested that they be
4 Allied Construction has a contract for the construction of a power plant in a foreign country. The workforce employed on the project contains workers from multiple countries. The project
3 National Construction Company has a contract for the construction of an oil refinery in a foreign country. The project is nearing completion, and the project superintendent discovered significant
2 Continental Construction has a contract for the construction of a water treatment plant in a foreign country. The design documents were about 90% complete when the construction contract was awarded
1 International Constructors, a U.S. firm, is interested in obtaining the contract for the construction of a major industrial facility to be located in a foreign country. The contractor’s project
• Describe the basic requirements of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and its impact on the conduct of international business.
• Describe the ethical challenges that can occur when executing a construction project in a foreign country.
6 Syed Malek works the late shift on a highway bridge project in an area surrounded by rural and agricultural land. Over the last several evenings Syed has noticed a few of the crew members tossing
5 Mike Tanaka is scheduling the concrete delivery for a tilt-up office project in a suburban location. The job site has been set up so that the concrete washout area will be convenient for trucks
4 Wendy Pearson is managing a waterfront development project where the design requires piles to be driven with an impact hammer. The noise from the pile driving is extremely loud and disruptive. The
3 John O’Brien is the superintendent on a project that is using a fleet of earth moving equipment. There are several containers of used oil that are taking up space in the maintenance area and John
2 Luis Gonzalez is managing a large-scale mixed use development project. The project is currently in the site preparation phase and there is a fairly large exposed area where the topsoil has been
1 Tanya Miller is the field engineer on a job site that is going to be visited tomorrow by a group of managers from the home office, including the company’s environmental compliance manager. Tanya
• Recognize the federal statutes that regulate environmental impacts from construction activities.
• Imagine and evaluate potential consequences to the environment resulting from common construction site management practices.
• Explain what is meant by the “precautionary principle” and the “tragedy of the commons.”
• Describe the concept of environmental justice.
5 Superior Construction Inc. leases a private skybox at a major league ballpark. One of the company’s managers offers two free tickets for an upcoming game to an employee of the state highway
4 Nick Johnson manages information technology software for a mid-sized commercial construction company. After a promotional presentation to highlight several new products, a vendor offers to buy Nick
3 Your company is a government contractor working on a federal construction project. Your project is going well and you are planning a holiday gala celebration with a no host bar. There is a large
2 You spot an omission in a bid. A portion of the work that you know must be done has been left out of the specifications. You put money in your bid to cover the cost of the work. Now the job has
1 You are out to dinner with your spouse at your favorite restaurant. One of your clients happens to be in the restaurant with a small party at another table. You ask the waiter to offer that table a
• Recognize the statutes that regulate relationships with representatives of federal agencies.
• Imagine and evaluate potential consequences resulting from common ethical decisions in contractor-client relationships.
• Explain the difference between a gift and a bribe.
• Describe ethical challenges that can occur between a contractor and client.
3 Sunita Kumar, who has a noticeable Indian accent, has five years of experience as a front desk receptionist for a local planning department. Through her job, she has met many local contractors and
2 Roger Wilson has been an estimator for 20 years. He’s good at his job, reliable, and has been a good mentor for the younger employees. Recently, Roger applied for a new position as a lead
1 A female project engineer is attending a meeting in a subcontractor’s job site trailer. This is her first field assignment and she wants to make a good impression and show that she knows her
• Explain how a diversity, equity, and inclusion program might help to eliminate discrimination in the workplace.
• Give examples of federal regulations that prohibit various forms of discrimination in the workplace.
• Explain the difference between quid pro quo sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.
• Describe the purpose of affirmative action.
• Give examples of discrimination on the basis of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
• Describe ways in which discrimination can occur in the workplace.
7 Continental Construction has a contract for construction of an industrial facility that will be used to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles. While inspecting the jobsite, the project
6 High Quality Construction has a contract to construct a medical office building. While inspecting the work being performed on the project, the superintendent notices that the hand railing on an
5 Acme Construction has a contract for the construction of a hospital. The company’s project manager subcontracted both the electrical and mechanical scopes of work to separate subcontractors. The

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