Business Ethics

Question 1

intro - history/news

Answer 1

1889 great dock strike
industrial revolution, more rights
1970 - equal pay
oxfam scandal

language of business overlaps with moral language

Question 2

whistleblowing case studies/law/companies

Answer 2

public interest disclosure act 1998

ed Snowden, 2013
2017, via hacking abilities
david Kelly 2002 iraq

wikileaks Assange

oxfam scandal
- helen Evans, former head of safeguarding for Oxfam

Question 3

whistleblowing and theories

Answer 3

kant
duty to employer or self?
1st ci: honesty
2nd Ci: whistleblowing = good if manipulating

bentham
- HC could be against WB

mill
- quality
rule util is for WBq

Question 4

whistleblowing and scholars

Answer 4

Hannah arendt

norman bowie

Question 5

CSR and scholars positive

Answer 5

+ Sam healy, qinetiq
+ Robert c solomon, can be moral and successful
+ Aristotle, emphasis on community
+ Cardinal vincent,: human dignity, subsidiarity (+ mill, pope Pius XI), fraternity (+Aristotle), sustainability, solidarity, common good

Question 6

CSR good/bad examples

Answer 6

freedom to care
anglo American

coca cola
niger delta, 69k dead, 90 fields, h - 98% by humans

Question 7

CSR and scholars negative

Answer 7

friedman

• conflicting interests
• trickle down (-Pope Francis)

Question 8

CSR and companies - investment

Answer 8

FTSE 4 good

UN principles for responsible investment, 6 ideas, 1.6k sign, $62trill

Question 9

CSR and theories

Answer 9

kant: deontological, autonomy of business. 1st CI = moral, 2nd CI, cannot be only profit driven, may exploit

bentham
- free market economy
HC (could justify exploitation)

mill
- quality of CSR vs quantity of money loss

singer
- people prefer CSR

Question 10

good ethics = good business, Good examples

Answer 10

freedom to care
body shop
quakers (JHS solar solution, the hill family)

Question 11

good ethics = good business, bad examples

Answer 11

coca cola
tesco (326mill)
Brazil World Cup 2014 and olympics 2016, 170,000 homeless
48.5 mill enslaved, 68% force laboured

Question 12

good ethics = good business, scholars

Answer 12

+ Ford

+roddick

Question 13

good ethics = good business, theories

Answer 13

kant - honesty, no manipulation

Bentham - HC

Mill - yes
Singer - yes

Question 14

globalisation explanation and examples

Answer 14

free market economy
interdependency
labour = cheaper

factory, 1.1k dead, 2.5k injured (H, $30 mill raised)

Question 15

globalisation scholars and theories

Answer 15

Pope John XXII - means we can’t be indifferent to suffering

kant: can’t universalise everything to do with globalisation need trade to be fair

Bentham: HC allows child exploitation

mill - suffering > profit

singer: applauds Harvard grads. rich countries must help poor e.g. James Rachel’s, drowning child

Question 16

recent examples

Answer 16

oxfam scandal

Adidas
Transforming marine plastic into sportswear such as trainers, swimsuits and t-shirts in collaboration with Parley.

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