1.A) Define employment discrimination and elaborate different forms of employment discrimination? Identify different postures with respect to affirmative action. ; explain the concept of reverse discrimination.

B) Outline the characteristics of the new social contract between employers and employees. Identify the major changes occurring in the workforce today. Describe the actions companies are taking to make the workplace friendlier. Elaborate on the freedom-of-speech issue and whistle-blowing.

C) What are different ethical philosophies (consequence-based and non-consequence-based principles of ethics). Also explain the linkage between ethics and business performance.