Questions and Answers of Managing Business Ethics

Albert Schweitzer (philosopher and mission doctor) said “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” What do you
What limitations, if any, can you think of to the prescriptions provided in this chapter? Can you think of reasons why they might not work?
What do you think of the proposed Hippocratic Oath for managers?
Should a person be permitted to place a value on a human life? Should a company? Should the government? If not, how would decisions be made about whether to market certain products (that might be
What do you value? Can you make a list of the three or four values you would stand up for? How will you explain to others what your values are and why?
Have you ever practiced raising an ethical issue to a professor or to your manager? What did you do? What were the results?
What conditions would have to be present for you to blow the whistle about unethical conduct you observed at work? How would you go about it?
To the best of your ability, use the questions in Tables 5.1 and 5.2 to conduct an ethics audit of the formal and informal systems in your organization.
Having conducted the ethics audit, identify the formal and informal systems that are in need of attention. Where is the culture out of alignment? Design a change program to address weaknesses and to
Think about an organization where you've worked. What kinds of ethical dilemmas are unique to that organization? To that industry? What might be the best way to prepare employees to deal with those
Think about your own positive, memorable, “peak experiences” when it comes to ethics. Be prepared to discuss those with others in your class and to think about the conditions that would make it
Evaluate yourself or a manager you know using the "do you walk your talk" questions above.
Choose a company and analyze its CSR report. In doing so, think about what seem to be its reasons for being socially responsible. Is it pragmatic, ethical, strategic, or some combination? Can you
Using the same company as an example, think about the four types of corporate social responsibility. What is your assessment of how the company is doing?
With reference to the CSR pyramid, what are the implications of stopping at a particular pyramid level? For example, would it be all right if a company took its sole responsibility to be financial
Do you believe that employees are more attracted and committed to socially responsible companies? Why or why not? Are you? Why or why not?
Think about industry-disrupting companies such as Uber (disrupting the taxi industry) and Airbnb (disrupting the hotel industry). Research them if you don’t know much about them. What are the legal
What role, if any, does a company’s reputation play a role in your purchasing decisions?
Is posting online any safer than posting your personal information on a billboard along a busy highway?
What role do you think the personality and other characteristics of a CEO play in the handling of an ethical problem?

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