Question 1: The French Car Company, LeCar (pronounced "Lee Car"), has hired your employer regarding a potential scandal. LeCar is an automobile manufacturer which specializes in small compact affordable vehicles throughout the world. The issue is that LeCar engineers have been falsifying information about the vehicles speed and horsepower for years. LeCar literature suggests the car has 36 horsepower with a top speed of 52 miles per hour but in reality, independent tests have put the car at 25 horsepower with a top speed of 48 miles per hour. The company CEO is worried that customers in France and the United Kingdom will become furious with the inadequate speeds of the car. Your boss has told you that the French Broadcasting Company (WEWE) has been calling the CEO and is prepared to blow the roof off this story in two weeks. The CEO of LeCar has knowledge of the incident as well as members of the Board of Directors.

The companies response so far has been "Why does 4 mph really matter?" and "our cars are actually polluting less therefore we are a sustainable company"! Plus, LeCar uses recycled materials on all our cars (although customers dont know this yet). LeCar has also blamed British Petroleum (BP) saying that BP fuel is of poor quality hence the test results.

The other issue is that LeCar's slogan may be misleading. The slogan currently reads "LeCar, a beautiful car for beautiful people". Their secondary slogan reads "LeCar, when you want to get somewhere fast and look fantastic doing it". While you hold back a chuckle, your boss tells you that organizations such as "Normal Looking is OK Too, LLC" and "Discriminatory Advertising Anonymous" have taken issue with the advertisement/slogan on multiple fronts.

Your boss would like information on the following in 30 minutes:

1) Who are the stakeholders?

2) Which stakeholders should be given priority?

3) What should be done about the CEO and Board of Directors?

4) How should we handle the Media?

5) Should we alert the customers and how should we handle claims?

6) Is the 4mph difference really a difference worthy of any response? What about the fact that LeCar is sustainable?

7) Are the slogans fraudulent advertising? Should they be changed? Are the local groups just complainers without an interest? Should they be treated as a priority?

8) Any other recommendations? (i.e. this is bonus points guys!)

Question 2: Is the employment-at-will doctrine fair to both employer and employee? Should employees have more protection? Should the government begin to regulate private employee contracts?

Question 3:Jackie Chiles is a high power personal injury lawyer in New York City. While walking to court one day, Jackie's briefcase randomly opens loosing all of its contents on the streets of Time Square. Jackie, furious over the incident, calls his secretary, Sandra Day O'Connor, to inquire about the bag's warranty. Ms. O'Connor tells Jackie that the bag was made in Malaysia and comes with a lifetime warranty. Jackie, purchased the bag 4 years ago and feels that because it contains a "lifetime warranty", he should receive a new bag.

Jackie, after losing his court case, calls Shamsonite, the bags maker, to inquire about the warranty and request a new bag. Shamsonite replies "our lifetime warranty only covers the leather material and not the zipper or straps". Jackie is furious and consults his team of ethics professionals (i.e. - you!) Jackie wants to know - What does a "lifetime warranty" imply? Is this deceptive? Jackie wants to know if this ethical?