Assignment: Business Ethics Project
Use your textbook Business Ethics Concepts & Cases (8th Edition) by Manuel G. Velasquez, and write a minimum of 6,000 words essay that addresses the following:
Chapter 1
o Describe moral and nonmoral standards and norms.
o Describe applying ethical or moral concepts to corporations
o Describe business ethics and corporate social responsibility:
o Explain globalization and business ethics
o Describe moral development.
Chapter 2
o Describe the issues with human rights in Burma.
o Describe traditional utilitarianism
o Describe the criticism of rule utilitarianism
o Explain Immanuel Kant's basis for moral rights
o Describe the difference between retributive justice and compensatory justice.
Chapter 3
o Describe examining the balance and debating the balance of economic systems
o Describe interpreting John Locke and criticisms of Lockean rights.
o Describe the invisible hand of market competition.
o Explain Interpreting Adam Smith and the criticism of Smith's free markets.
o Briefly mention happened and what was the outcome in the Case Study 3.1: The GM Bailout.
Chapter 4
o Describe Perfect competition:
o Equilibrium point and moral outcomes
o Mechanics of perfectly competitive markets
o Describe monopoly competition
o Monopoly control and profit
o Monopolists as utility maximizer
o Monopoly competition and ethics
o Explain Oligopolistic competition:
o How oligopolies form
o Effects of oligopoly on consumers and markets
o Explain the Fraud Triangle components
Chapter 5
o Explain the dimensions of pollution and resource depletion
o Explain describe air pollution causes (i.e., greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide)
o Explain water pollution causes
o Explain land pollution
o Describe depletion of minerals
o Explain the ethics of pollution control
o Consumer responsibility
o Ecological ethics
o Environmental rights and absolute bans
o Briefly mention happened and what was the outcome in the Case Study 5.2: Gas or Grouse.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.