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As a famous athlete, you are offered a $500,000

endorsement to promote a product that you dislike and
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use. Do you endorse it?
You are working on a project along with several other
companies and you notice that one of the companies is
doing shoddy, dangerous work. If you report the
company, the entire project may be shut down and you
will lose 20% of your revenues for the year. Do you
report the problem?
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The taxi driver gives you a blank receipt as he drops

you off. You are on an expense account. Do you write in
the exact correct amount?
You're backing into a tight parking space in the work car
park and
car. Nobody
- - -you
- - - - accidentally
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - dent
- - - - - - someone's
-------has seen you. Do you leave a note taking responsibility?
A colleague wants to copy some music CDs. You know
it's illegal. Do you do it?
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Your budgets are tight, you procure some business

services, the vendor forgets to invoice you... Six
months go by, do you remind them to send the
invoice.
- - - -offered
- - - - - - - - -tickets
- - - - - - - -to
--a
- - -rock
- - - - -concert
---You are
with a
potential supplier that is currently tendering for a big
contract. It is your favourite band and you really want
to see them - and tickets have been sold out for
months. You know it will not influence your
contribution to the tender process. Do you go?
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You know you are handsome / attractive and so

does your prospective customer. Do you lightly flirt
to get a major new account for your business?
A good friend has been unemployed for several
----------------------------------months. They ask you to write a reference for a job
that you don't think they're well qualified for. Do you
agree?
You see some great content for a presentation, you
know it is copyright - do you use it in your work
presentation to make you look good?
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You pass someone in the street who is in severe

need and you are able to help them at little cost to
yourself. Do you help them - - why or why not?
You have a brother. You know that someone has
been
- - -seriously
- - - - - - - - - - -injured
- - - - - - - -as
---a
- - -result
- - - - - - of
- criminal activity
undertaken by him. You live in a country where the
police and legal system are generally trustworthy.
Are you morally obliged to inform them about your
brother's crime?
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You are able to help some people, but unfortunately

you can only do so by harming other people. The
number of people harmed will always be 10 percent
of those helped. When considering whether it is
morally justified to help does the actual number of
people
involved make any difference? For example,
----------------------------------does it make a difference if you are helping ten
people by harming one person rather than helping
100,000 people by harming 10,000 people?
You can save the lives of a thousand patients by
cancelling one hundred operations that would have
saved the lives of a hundred different patients. Are
you morally obliged to do so?
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You become aware that a piece of machinery in

your workplace is faulty and that if it is not repaired
then there will soon be an accident which will result
- - - - - - - - - losing
- - - - - - - -the
- - - -use
- - - - -of
- - -their
- - - - - legs.
in someone
Despite
knowing that nobody else is aware of the fault, you
take no action. Shortly afterwards, the accident
occurs, and someone does lose the use of their
legs. Are you morally responsible for their injury?
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You and your son are prisoners at a concentration

camp. You son tried to escape but was recaptured
and sentenced to hang at the gallows. To send a
- - - -to
- - -all
- - -others
- - - - - - - -who
- - - - -may
- - - - - -try
- - - to
- - -escape, the
message
guard orders you to pull the chair out from under your
son; if you refuse, the guard will kill your son and
another innocent person in the camp. What do you
do?
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You deliberately sabotage a piece of machinery in

your work place so that when someone next uses it
there will be an accident which will result in that
person losing the use of their legs. Are you morally
responsible for their injury?
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You are required to send a person a gift, and you

have bought a bottle of drink to send to them.
However, you discover it is poison and if consumed
will cause blindness in the drinker. To replace it with
a non-contaminated bottle will cost you $10.00. You
give the poisoned drink as a gift anyway. Are you
morally responsible for the blindness of the drinker?
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Youre involved in a two-car crash on your way to

work one morning in which you accidentally hit and kill
a pedestrian. As you get out of the car, you are
- - - - - -by
---a
- - -tearful
- - - - - - - woman
- - - - - - - - - who
- - - - - -seems
intercepted
to think
that she hit and killed the pedestrian. Youre not sure
why she thinks she hit the person, but she is
convinced. Theres only you, the woman, and the
person you hit on the road; there are no witnesses.
You know that whoever is deemed responsible will
probably be sent to jail. What do you do?
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Ethics or moral philosophy is the branch of

philosophy that involves systematizing, defending,
and recommending concepts of right and wrong
conduct
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Right and wrong conduct
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Whomever holds this hammer, if he be worthy

shall posess the power of Thor
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Social Responsibility and NGOs

THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
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Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3wyaEe9vE
Key Terms
SWEAT SHOPS
corporate social
responsibility (CSR)
business ethics
ethical imperialism
cultural relativism
pollution
resource depletion
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sweatshops
corporate corruption
dumping
predatory dumping
microcredit
non-governmental
organizations (NGOs)

Although sweatshops
intui0vely appear bad,
unfair, and immoral to
those of us accustomed
to much higher wages
and appreciably be:er
working condi0ons, these
workers dont actually
have that op0on.
For example, many of the

workers who moved to
ci0es or towns to work in
sweatshops previously
were laborers on 0ny
farms with even longer
hours for lower (oCen
subsistence) wages.
Next best alternative

subsistence farming
scavenging for
trash
prostitution
etc.
Invariably the next best

alterna0ve to working at a
sweatshop in developing
(3rd world) countries is
something much worse
(lower wages, harsher
condi0ons, or both).
Fallacy of seen &

unseen
sweatshop
conditions
o highly visible
o caused by buyers
next best alternative
o less obvious
o unrelated to
buyers
Workers voluntarily choose

to work at sweatshops.

They do so to maximize
their welfare given the
choices available to them.
Similarly the choice of

children oCen is not
between labor and school.

Instead it can be between

child labor and starving.

Working in sweatshops is
their best alterna0ve to eat
and improve their lives.
Acknowledging a bias does NOT necessarily mean

your source is incorrect: it allows you to make an
assessment about where the ideas you are reading
are coming from.
Libertarians believe that being free and independent is a great way

to live. We want a system which encourages all people to choose
what they want from life; that lets them live, love, work, play, and
dream their own way.
It is also important
for us to see our own
biases influenced by:
-Culture
-Nationality
-Race
-Upbringing
-Religion
-Information Sources
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Is Chuck correct?
Sweatshops & Fairness

-Dont CLOSE the
factories.
-Reduce expectations of
low pricing.
-Pay workers living wage.
-Guarantee education.
-Guarantee right to selfdetermination (able to
speak up against abuses
without threat)
2013: Rana Plaza garment factory collapses killing

1127 workers in Bangladesh
Sweatshops & Fairness

How to do it:
-Recognize the ethical
dilemma when you shop.
-Investigate companies you
buy from.
-Buy fair trade products.
-Boycott companies that
use sweat shops (key: and
let them know, make clear
you would resume
purchase if working
conditions improved)
The Environment
Turn to page 163 in your textbook, lets read together.
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The Environment

Exxon Valdez
1984 Bhopal, India gas

disaster.
Right: In 2006 protestors demanding

extradition of Anderson. Warren M.
Anderson (November 29, 1921 September
29, 2014) was an American businessman
who served as Chairman and CEO of the
Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the
Bhopal disaster in 1984
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Canadas Waterways
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Ghana, Lake Songor
Ghana, Lake Songor
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Rainforest Deforestation
https://youtu.be/rGmVCABMRRQ
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North Pacific Trash Pile
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Corporate Corruption
Key Term:
Corporate Corruption refers to

involvement in illegal activities to
further ones business interests.
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Turn to page 167 in your textbook, lets go over some

examples of corporate corruption. Examples of Corrupt
practices:
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Non-Governmental Organizations
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Non-Governmental Organizations
Pg 175-177
Pg 175-177 Read & Add Notes for Each Example
NGOs are not associated with

any specific government. They
are non-profit organizations made
up mostly of volunteers and have
a service and development focus.
Examples:
Free the Children
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations
International (FLO)
Ten Thousand Villages
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
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TEST REVIEW:
Know the key terms used throughout

this chapter.
Answer Questions on page 178-179.
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As a famous athlete, you are offered a $500,000

Fundamentals of International Business

The taxi driver gives you a blank receipt as he drops

Fundamentals of International Business

Your budgets are tight, you procure some business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

You know you are handsome / attractive and so

Fundamentals of International Business

You pass someone in the street who is in severe

Fundamentals of International Business

You are able to help some people, but unfortunately

Fundamentals of International Business

You become aware that a piece of machinery in

Fundamentals of International Business

You and your son are prisoners at a concentration

Fundamentals of International Business

You deliberately sabotage a piece of machinery in

You are required to send a person a gift, and you

Fundamentals of International Business

Youre involved in a two-car crash on your way to

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Ethics or moral philosophy is the branch of

Right and wrong conduct

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Whomever holds this hammer, if he be worthy

Fundamentals of International Business

Copyright 2010 Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.

During this Unit

Social Responsibility and NGOs

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

For example, many of the

Next best alternative

Invariably the next best

Fallacy of seen &

Workers voluntarily choose

Similarly the choice of

Instead it can be between

Acknowledging a bias does NOT necessarily mean

Libertarians believe that being free and independent is a great way

Fundamentals of International Business

Copyright 2010 Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.

Sweatshops & Fairness

2013: Rana Plaza garment factory collapses killing

Sweatshops & Fairness

Fundamentals of International Business

1984 Bhopal, India gas

Right: In 2006 protestors demanding

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Fundamentals of International Business

Ghana, Lake Songor

Ghana, Lake Songor

Fundamentals of International Business