Chapter 1.1, Problem II.7E

Mr. Nawa Maboshe is a minority shareholder in a company that recently built a clinic for a community in Lusaka that is ten kilometers from the nearest hospital. At a handover ceremony of the clinic to the people of Zambia, the government of Zambia commended and thanked the company for its gesture of corporate social responsibility. However, Mr. Maboshe plans to introduce a motion at the company’s next annual meeting to censure management for spending money on a project that did not advance the economic value of shareholders.REQUIRED:a) What is the relationship between strategy and corporate social responsibility?b) Discuss any THREE (3) reasons why a firm might engage in corporate social responsibility.

Are corporations moral agents? Do they have moral responsibilities? Or, in your view, do only human beings have moral agency and moral obligations? please help with this discussion

Does the president of a firm have a right and obligation to use corporate profits for social programs? To whom do the profit belong?

On November 24, 2014, employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment booted up their computers to find an image of a skull along with a message from a group calling itself the Guardians of Peace. The message read: "We've already warned you and this is just the beginning. We've obtained all your internal data including your secrets and top secrets [which will be released] if you don't obey us." As Sony would eventually discover, the hackers had stolen reams of sensitive data, including the Social Security numbers of 47,000 current and former employees, system passwords, salary lists, contracts, and even copies of some Sony employees' passports. The hackers accessed hundreds of Outlook mailboxes as well as Sony IT audit documents. They also stole media files and placed pirated copies of five of Sony's movies on illegal file-sharing servers. Sony was forced to completely shut down its information systems in an attempt to stem the data breach. Ultimately, Sony would determine that the damage…

Clara Hammond persuaded her daughter, Never-Do-Well to give up her secretarial work and read BSc (Accounting Option) at Ghana Communication Technology University by promising to pay her GH¢1,500 maintenance fee per month. After the daughter had begun the course, the mother bought a house at Tesano, so that the daughter could live there rent-free. Eventually, after the daughter had had more than three unsuccessful attempt at passing business law examinations, the mother and daughter fell out. The mother sought to gain possession of the house, and the daughter refuse.what is the analysis of the case?

what do the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence mean.  Why did our founders want to see these changes implemented and what values are reflected?   “1) We hold these truths to be self-evident,   2) that all men are created equal,   3) that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,   4) that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.—  5) That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,   6) deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,   7) --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has emphasized the importance of ethical behavior and codes of conduct. Discuss the costs and benefits of the ethical environment. If a poor ethical environment results in costs to an organization, what are they? Conversely, what are the benefits of a good ethical environment?

What are the stages of the moral enterprise? Describe one or more tools that may be employed in each stage. Give an example of how you may or may not have been subject to the moral enterprise.

According to the principle of ________, an act is considered to be morally right if it allows the decision maker to lead a "good life" by adhering to virtues like wisdom, honesty, courage, friendship, mercy, loyalty, modesty, and patience.        A. ethics of duties B. ethics of rights C. virtue ethics D. utilitarianism E. egoism