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Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List)
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10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell
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Chapterg1
TablegofgContents
PurposegandgPerspectivegofgthegChapter ............................................................................................................ 2
CengagegSupplements ................................................................................................................................................. 2
ListgofgStudentgDownloads .................................................................................................................................... 2
ChaptergObjectives......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeygTerms .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'sgNewgingThisgChapter ..................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptergOutline ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
DiscussiongQuestions .................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionalgResources ................................................................................................................................................. 10
CengagegVideogResources .................................................................................................................................. 10
Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
GenericgRubrics ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
StandardgWritinggRubric ...................................................................................................................................... 10
StandardgDiscussiongRubric ................................................................................................................................ 12
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PurposegandgPerspectivegofgthegChapter
Thegpurposegofgthisgchaptergisgtogexaminegthegrelationshipgbetweenglawgandgethics.gThegch
aptergpresentsgissuesginvolvedgtogdetermininggthegethicalgresponsibilitiesgofgbusinessesgandg
providesgstudentsgagframeworkgforganalyzinggandgmakinggethicalgdecisions.
CengagegSupplements
Thegfollowinggproduct-
levelgsupplementsgprovidegadditionalginformationgthatgmayghelpgyougingpreparinggyourgco
urse.gTheygaregavailablegingthegInstructorgResourcegCenter.
• PowerPointgDeck
ListgofgStudentgDownloads
StudentsgshouldgdownloadgthegfollowinggitemsgfromgthegStudentgCompaniongCentergtogcom
pletegthegactivitiesgandgassignmentsgrelatedgtogthisgchapter:
• PowerPointgDeckg(withoutgteachinggnotes,gactivities,gorganswers)
ChaptergObjectives
Thegfollowinggobjectivesgaregaddressedgingthisgchapter:
1. Discussghowgbusinessgcangdiscouragegunethicalgbehavior
2. Explaingthegrelationshipgbetweenglawgandgethics
3. Comparegduty-basedgethicsgandgutilitariangethics
4. Identifygethicalgproblemsgingthegglobalgcontext
KeygTerms
businessgethics:gEthicsgingagbusinessgcontext;gagconsensusgofgwhatgconstitutesgrightgorgwro
nggbehaviorgingthegworldgofgbusinessgandgthegapplicationgofgmoralgprinciplesgtogsituationsgt
hatgarisegingagbusinessgsetting.
categoricalgimperative:gAgconceptgdevelopedgbygthegphilosophergImmanuelgKantgasganget
hicalgguidelinegforgbehavior.gIngdecidinggwhethergangactiongisgrightgorgwrong,gorgdesirableg
orgundesirable,gagpersongshouldgevaluategthegactiongingtermsgofgwhatgwouldghappengifgeve
rybodygelsegingthegsamegsituation,gorgcategory,gactedgthegsamegway.
corporategsocialgresponsibilityg(CSR):gThegconceptgthatgcorporationsgcangandgshould
gactgethicallygandgbegaccountablegtogsocietygforgtheirgactions.
cost-benefitganalysis:gAgdecision-
makinggtechniquegthatginvolvesgweighinggthegcostsgofgaggivengactiongagainstgthegbenefitsgof
gthegaction.
duty-
basedgethics:gAngethicalgphilosophygrootedgingthegideagthatgeverygpersonghasgcertaingdutiesg
togothers,gincludinggbothghumansgandgthegplanet.gThosegdutiesgmaygbegderivedgfromgreligio
usgprinciplesgorgfromgothergphilosophicalgreasoning.
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ethicalgreasoning:gAgreasoninggprocessgingwhichgangindividualglinksghisgorghergmoralgconvic
tionsgorgethicalgstandardsgtogthegparticulargsituationgatghand.
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