Primer on business ethics

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Author: Machan
Publisher: Rowmn
Copyright:2002
Read page 222 on case study 7 " Big Time enterprises"
1) Re write the facts of the case more concisely; list the essential specific facts, deleting the unnecessary verbiage
2) Identify and spell out the conflicting moral issues. What facts are open to interpretation?
3) Examine the list of 6 moral principles found on page 219
4) Identify any of the moral principles that can apply to the case
5) Try to develop at least 2 alternative resolutions and describe them
6) Select the resolution you feel is morally the best result and state why

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Commercialization of Organ Transplants

Assignment 1: Commercialization of Organ Transplants

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Imagine that you are a member of an ethics committee listening to arguments for and against altering the way in which human organs are obtained for patients in need of transplants. A new policy to allow the sale of organs by consenting individuals to patients in need and to medical institutions has been proposed. Critics argue that permitting organs to be bought and sold is unethical. You have been asked to review the arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants and to construct a report with your suggested plan of action. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to search for arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants, and then apply the principles learned in Weeks 1-3 to formulate your report.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 

1.Briefly summarize the arguments for and against the commercialization of transplants that you found in your research. 
2.Formulate your position on the debate of whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted. 
3.Defend your moral judgment with a moral argument. Identify the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument. 
4.Determine which normative theory best supports your conclusion.
5.Use at least two (2) quality references. (Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.)
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
•Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
•Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
•Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics. 

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Write a minimum 5 pages reflection critical analysis' essay entitled “Is morality relative or are there objective moral truths?

Write a minimum 5 pages reflection critical analysis' essay entitled “Is morality relative or are there objective moral truths?” This essay should explore the ethical, scientific, historic and socio-cultural dimensions of the readings. You have to read two readings (links you will find below the assignment description), one written by Ruth Benedict, “The Case for Moral Relativism” and a second written by Louis P. Pojman entitled “The Case Against Moral Relativism.”
What position do you hold regarding the essay’s question? Do you agree or disagree with the positions stated in the two readings? In order to prove your thesis make reference to the required readings from Unit 1 and 2, to the Instructor’s Lecture, as well as to two readings included in this assignment. In the Instructor’s Lecture you have an additional bibliography.

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In your essay you should:
1. Use both readings as well as the rest of the required readings included in the Learning Modules.
2. Give answers to the following questions:
1. Regarding Benedict’s paper:
1. Is Benedict correct in saying that our culture is “but one entry in a long series of possible adjustments”? What are the implications of this statement?
2. Can we separate the descriptive (or fact-stating) aspect of anthropological study from the prescriptive (evaluative) aspect of evaluating cultures? Are there some independent criteria by which we can say that some cultures are better than others? Can you think how this project might begin?
3. What are the implications of Benedict's claim that morality is simply whatever a culture deems normal behavior? Is this a satisfactory equation? Can you apply it to the institution of slavery or the Nazi policy of anti-Semitism?
4. What is the significance of Benedict’s statement, “The very eyes with which we see the problem are conditioned by the long traditional habits of our own society”? Can we apply the conceptual relativism embodied in this statement to her own position? (taken form Pojman L.P., Vaughn L., The Moral Life, New York 2007, p. 165.)
b. Regarding Pojman’s paper:

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1.    Is Pojman correct in thinking most American students tend to be moral relativists? If he is, why is this? What is the attraction of relativism? If he’s not correct, explain your answer.
2. Explain the difference between subjective ethical relativism and conventionalism.
3. Sometimes people argue that since there are no universal moral truths, each culture’s morality is as good as every other, so we ought not to interfere in its practices. Assess this argument.
4. Does moral relativism have a bad effect on society? Reread the tape-recorded conversation between serial murderer Ted Bundy and one of his victims (pages 171-172) in which Bundy attempts to justify the murder of his victim on the basis of the idea that all moral values are subjective. Analyze Bundy's discussion. How would the relativist respond to Bundy's claim that relativism justifies rape and murder? What do you think? Why? (taken form Pojman L.P., Vaughn L., The Moral Life, New York 2007, pp. 190-191.)
Readings:
1. http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/heathwood/pdf/benedict_relativism.pdf
2. Louis P. Pojman, “The Case Against Moral Relativism."

MILL AND UTILITARIANISM

USE BOOK. JOHN STUART MILL, UTILITARIANISM 2ND EDITION BY GEORGE SHER 

( CHAPTERS 1 AND 2) ONLY AND IMMANUAEL KANT, GROUNDWORK FOR THE METAPHYSIC OF MORALS HARPER PUBLISHER BY H.J. PATON

From his comments on "intuitive" ethics. It is clear that Mill believes that Kant in his major rival as a moral philosopher. In Utilitarianism he often positions himself as defending his "principle of utility" or Greatest Happiness Principle against criticisms from Kantians. Explain the central tenants of utilitarianism (including the principle of utility and utilitarian calculus) and then contrast them with the tenants and methods of the "intuitive school." How does Mill defend utilitarianism (consequential more broadly) against Kant's deontology? What does he believe is deficient in Kant's ethics? Finally, which, according to you, is better ethical system and why? Make sure to give reasons and arguments for your answer.

PLEASE MAKE IT SIMPLE AND EASY TO READ. YOU CAN BREAK ALL THE QUESTIONS INTO DIFFERENT PARAGRAPHS

WHEN IS COMES TO CHOOSING BETTER ETHICAL SYSTEM CHOOSE UTILITARIANISM AND EXPLAIN WHY?

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Gubernatorial Campaign plan_ Texas

NOTE: Please take this assignment seriously. Even if you do not agree with the positions this persons should adopt in order to win, you need to present them in a way that will enable Jane “Bitzi” Johnson Miller to win his election. Your job is to show me that you can develop a winning campaign for this candidate in this state.

Congratulations! You have just been hired to organize and manage the 2014 Gubernatorial Campaign for Jane “Bitzi” Johnson Miller. She is the granddaughter of former governor Joe “Big Daddy” Johnson (Governor in a fictional Texas from 1954-1958) and a conservative Republican. She was born and raised in west Texas in a ranch. Divorced, with two grown children, she started her own software company in Dallas in1993- she sold it to Dell in 2010 for $2.5 million. Based on what you know about the history, geography, economy and political culture of Texas, advise “Bitzi” Johnson Miller on how she should run hercampaign. Based on the lectures, course readings and an analysis of the distribution of presidential and gubernatorial votes in 2010 (http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2010-general-election/2010-texas-governors-race-maps/) develop acampaign plan that addresses the following questions (answer the questions in your paper, not just listing responses 1 through 5):


1. Where (in what regions of the state) is she likely to do well? Where will she have problems?

2. In which regions and political cultures are people most likely to vote? Will the issues she focuses on vary by region or part of the state? 

3. Which ideological (conservative or liberal), ethnic (black, white or Hispanic) and economic (poor, wealthy or middle class) groups are likely to support her?

4. Identify at least three issues that will be important to your campaign.

5. If you hear a rumor that your opponent was involved in an incidence of domestic violence (a dispute with his wife), but no charges were filed. Would you make that a campaign issue? Why or why not?

Please find and read three articles on the election between Rick Perry and Bill White (Governor, 2010). Based on what you read in those three articles and your responses to the four questions above, evaluate “Bitzi’s” chances of becoming the next Governor of Texas?

Your Paper should include (Total of 5-6 pages minimum 4 pages of text):

Title Page (title of paper, date, class and your name)


Picture of your candidate (download a picture of what you think “Bitzi” Johnson Miller would look like)

Body of the Paper: Introduction: Introductory paragraph describing the candidate.

Cultural and Regional Support: Her likely strength among the different historic political cultures (traditionalistic, moralistic and individualistic) and geographic regions of Texas.

Demographic Support: Section describing key groups (ideological, racial and economic) likely to vote for her and why.

Campaign Themes: Present three issues that will be the central focus of your campaign and explain why you selected those issues and not others.

Win or Lose? Evaluation of chances of winning based on the rest of the paper and at least three articles discussing the 2010 Texas Governor’s race.

Be sure to use the categories noted above as subheadings to organize your paper!!!

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