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Table of Contents
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PurposejandjPerspectivejofjthejChapter ................................................................................................................... 2
CengagejSupplements ................................................................................................................................................... 2
ListjofjStudentjDownloads ........................................................................................................................................ 2
ChapterjObjectives .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeyjTerms ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'sjNewjinjThisjChapter........................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterjOutline ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
DiscussionjQuestions ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionaljResources ....................................................................................................................................................10
CengagejVideojResources ......................................................................................................................................10
Appendix...........................................................................................................................................................................10
GenericjRubrics ..........................................................................................................................................................10
StandardjWritingjRubric ..........................................................................................................................................10
StandardjDiscussionjRubric....................................................................................................................................12




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Thejpurposejofjthisjchapterjisjtojexaminejthejrelationshipjbetweenjlawjandjethics.jThejchapterjpresentsji
ssuesjinvolvedjtojdeterminingjthejethicaljresponsibilitiesjofjbusinessesjandjprovidesjstudentsjajframew
orkjforjanalyzingjandjmakingjethicaljdecisions.

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leveljsupplementsjprovidejadditionaljinformationjthatjmayjhelpjyoujinjpreparingjyourjcourse.jTheyjareja
vailablejinjthejInstructorjResourcejCenter.
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Thejfollowingjobjectivesjarejaddressedjinjthisjchapter:

1. Discussjhowjbusinessjcanjdiscouragejunethicaljbehavior

2. Explainjthejrelationshipjbetweenjlawjandjethics

3. Comparejduty-basedjethicsjandjutilitarianjethics

4. Identifyjethicaljproblemsjinjthejglobaljcontext

Key Terms j

businessjethics:jEthicsjinjajbusinessjcontext;jajconsensusjofjwhatjconstitutesjrightjorjwrongjbehavi
orjinjthejworldjofjbusinessjandjthejapplicationjofjmoraljprinciplesjtojsituationsjthatjarisejinjajbusine
ssjsetting.
categoricaljimperative:jAjconceptjdevelopedjbyjthejphilosopherjImmanueljKantjasjanjethicaljguid
elinejforjbehavior.jInjdecidingjwhetherjanjactionjisjrightjorjwrong,jorjdesirablejorjundesirable,jajpers
onjshouldjevaluatejthejactionjinjtermsjofjwhatjwouldjhappenjifjeverybodyjelsejinjthejsamejsituation,
jorjcategory,jactedjthejsamejway.

corporatejsocialjresponsibilityj(CSR):jThejconceptjthatjcorporationsjcanjandjshouldjactjethicallyja
ndjbejaccountablejtojsocietyjforjtheirjactions.
cost-benefitjanalysis:jAjdecision-
makingjtechniquejthatjinvolvesjweighingjthejcostsjofjajgivenjactionjagainstjthejbenefitsjofjthejaction.
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basedjethics:jAnjethicaljphilosophyjrootedjinjthejideajthatjeveryjpersonjhasjcertainjdutiesjtojothers,
jincludingjbothjhumansjandjthejplanet.jThosejdutiesjmayjbejderivedjfromjreligiousjprinciplesjorjfro

mjotherjphilosophicaljreasoning.
ethicaljreasoning:jAjreasoningjprocessjinjwhichjanjindividualjlinksjhisjorjherjmoraljconvictionsjorjet

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ethics:jMoraljprinciplesjandjvaluesjappliedjtojsocialjbehavior.
moraljminimum:jThejminimumjdegreejofjethicaljbehaviorjexpectedjofjajbusinessjfirm,jwhichjisjusuallyj
definedjasjcompliancejwithjthejlaw.
outcome-
basedjethics:jAnjethicaljphilosophyjthatjfocusesjonjthejimpactsjofjajdecisionjonjsocietyjorjonjkeyjsta
keholders.
outsourcing:jThejpracticejbyjwhichjajcompanyjhiresjanjoutsidejfirmjorjindividualjtojperformjworkjra
therjthanjhiringjemployees.
principlejofjrights:jThejprinciplejthatjhumanjbeingsjhavejcertainjfundamentaljrightsj(tojlife,jfreedo
m,jandjthejpursuitjofjhappiness,jforjexample).jAjkeyjfactorjinjdeterminingjwhetherjajbusinessjdecisi
onjisjethicaljunderjthisjtheoryjisjhowjthatjdecisionjaffectsjthejrightsjofjothers,jsuchjasjemployees,jco
nsumers,jsuppliers,jandjthejcommunity.
stakeholders:jGroups,jotherjthanjthejcompany’sjshareholders,jthatjarejaffectedjbyjcorporatejdeci
sions.jStakeholdersjincludejemployees,jcustomers,jcreditors,jsuppliers,jandjthejcommunityjinjwhic
hjthejcorporationjoperates.
triplejbottomjline:jThejideajthatjinvestorsjandjothersjshouldjconsiderjnotjonlyjcorporatejprofits,jb
utjalsojthejcorporation’sjimpactjonjpeoplejandjonjthejplanetjinjassessingjthejfirm.j(Thejbottomjlineji
sjpeople,jplanet,jandjprofits.)
utilitarianism:jAnjapproachjtojethicaljreasoningjinjwhichjethicallyjcorrectjbehaviorjisjrelatedjtojanje
valuationjofjthejconsequencesjofjajgivenjactionjonjthosejwhojwilljbejaffectedjbyjit.jInjutilitarianjreas
oning,jaj―good‖jdecisionjisjonejthatjresultsjinjthejgreatestjgoodjforjthejgreatestjnumberjofjpeoplej
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What's New in This Chapter
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Thejfollowingjelementsjarejimprovementsjinjthisjchapterjfromjthejpreviousjedition:

• Newjchapterjtitlejandjchapter-
openingjintroductionjscenariojdiscussingjrecentjtechnologyjscandaljinvolvingjfin
ger-prickjbloodjtestjkits
• Newjchapterjorganizationjandjsubheadsjthroughoutj(includingjnewjheadingsjfor
―outsourcing‖j andj ―corruption‖)
• NewjsectionjonjMakingjEthicaljBusinessjDecisionsjandjnewjmaterialsjonjSystematic
Approach:jIDDRj(―Ijdesirejtojdojright‖)jthatjwilljbejusedjthroughoutjthejtextjtojanalyzejethics,j
includingjinjalljofjthejnewj―AjQuestionjofjEthics‖jproblemsjinjthejremainingjchapters.
o Newj―ApplicationjofjthejIDDRjApproach‖jsubsectionjwithjstep-by-
stepjdiscussionjandjsamplejscenario.
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