Chapter 1, Problem 6.1EC

Costco has a policy of not hiring business school graduates because it wants employees to start at the bottom and work their way up. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?

The Department of Education called the attention of LBC (Luzon Brokerage Movement) management for showing a commercial that encouraged wrong spelling among children. In a spelling bee contest, the emcee played by Edu Manzano called the contestants to spell remittance, affordable, and instant. They spelled out "LBC" instead. DepEd said that the commercial was encouraging wrong spelling of words.    What is the social responsibility of entrepreneurs or advertisers to customers based on the example given above?

Quite often, people may face situations that put them in an ethical conflict. The best way to cope with this is ________.   Question 22 options:   A)  to develop a personal code of ethical conduct about what is right and wrong   B)  to use the "golden rule"   C)  to do what makes the largest number of people happy in the situation   D)  to do nothing and ignore the situation   E)  to act the same way you have seen others act in similar situations

You have a job where you have a computer on your desk. Is it ok to access the internet for personal use during your workday? What are some of the positive and negative effects to you and your employer? Give a detailed explanation supporting your answer.

A saw a TV advertisement of a body cologne showing women getting attracted to and running after the man who used the said product. Believing what he saw on TV, A bought the cologne, wear it and walked along Session Road. He was disappointed when women gave no attention to him. A. A can complain for damages on ground of fraud because the advertisement is not true. B. A can complain for damages because the advertisement is an exaggeration. C. A cannot complain because the advertisement is in the nature of a "trader's talk" or "dealer's talk”. D. A cannot complain because there is no contract between him and the cologne's manufacturer.

In the 1970's do you think Motorola lost touch with employees? Customers? process? Give an example of each

Do you think it is ethical for an employer to use social media information as a factor when considering whether to hire an employee? What about monitoring social networking activities of employees while on the job? Use ethical reasoning in answering these questions.

According to the 2011 National Business Ethics Survey conducted by the Ethics Resource Center, Generational Differences in Workplace Ethics,83 a relatively high percentage of Millennials consider certain behaviors in the workplace ethical when compared with their earlier counterparts.These include: • Use social networking to find out about the company’s competitors (37%),• “Friend” a client or customer on a social network (36%),• Upload personal photos on a company network (26%),• Keep copies of confidential documents (22%),• Work less to compensate for cuts in benefits or pay (18%),• Buy personal items using a company credit card (15%),• Blog or tweet negatively about a company (14%), and• Take a copy of work software home for personal use (13%). The report further concludes that younger workers are significantly more willing to ignore the presence of misconduct if they think that behavior will help save jobs. a. Choose one or more behaviors and explain why Millennials might view a.…

As a student, do you feel the effects of train law? If yes , how does it affects you? If no, why do you think that you are not affected by the train law?