Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course
List)
10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E.
Hollowell
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,Chapteroo1
TableooofooContents
PurposeooandooPerspectiveooofootheooChapter............................................................................2
CengageooSupplements ..............................................................................................................2
ListooofooStudentooDownloads .................................................................................................2
ChapterooObjectives ....................................................................................................................2
KeyooTerms.................................................................................................................................2
What'sooNewooinooThisooChapter.................................................................................................3
ChapterooOutline .........................................................................................................................4
DiscussionooQuestions ................................................................................................................8
AdditionalooResources ..............................................................................................................10
CengageooVideoooResources ................................................................................................10
Appendix ...................................................................................................................................10
GenericooRubrics ...................................................................................................................10
StandardooWritingooRubric .....................................................................................................10
StandardooDiscussionooRubric ...............................................................................................12
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, PurposeooandooPerspectiveooofootheooChapter
Theoopurposeooofoothisoochapterooisootoooexamineootheoorelationshipoobetweenoolawooandooeth
ics.ooTheoochapteroopresentsooissuesooinvolvedootooodeterminingootheooethicalooresponsibilities
ooofoobusinessesooandooprovidesoostudentsooaooframeworkooforooanalyzingooandoomakingooeth
icaloodecisions.
CengageooSupplements
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ChapterooObjectives
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1. Discussoohowoobusinessoocanoodiscourageoounethicaloobehavior
2. Explainootheoorelationshipoobetweenoolawooandooethics
3. Compareooduty-basedooethicsooandooutilitarianooethics
4. Identifyooethicalooproblemsooinootheooglobaloocontext
KeyooTerms
businessooethics:ooEthicsooinooaoobusinessoocontext;ooaooconsensusooofoowhatooconstitutesoo
rightoooroowrongoobehaviorooinootheooworldooofoobusinessooandootheooapplicationooofoomoraloop
rinciplesootooosituationsoothatooariseooinooaoobusinessoosetting.
categoricalooimperative:ooAooconceptoodevelopedoobyootheoophilosopherooImmanuelooKantoo
asooanooethicalooguidelineooforoobehavior.ooInoodecidingoowhetherooanooactionooisoorightoooroowr
ong,oooroodesirableooorooundesirable,ooaoopersonooshouldooevaluateootheooactionooinootermsoo
ofoowhatoowouldoohappenooifooeverybodyooelseooinootheoosameoosituation,oooroocategory,ooact
edootheoosameooway.
corporateoosocialooresponsibilityoo(CSR):ooTheooconceptoothatoocorporationsoocanooa
ndooshouldooactooethicallyooandoobeooaccountableootooosocietyooforootheirooactions.
cost-benefitooanalysis:ooAoodecision-
makingootechniqueoothatooinvolvesooweighingootheoocostsooofooaoogivenooactionooagainstootheoob
enefitsooofootheooaction.
duty-
basedooethics:ooAnooethicaloophilosophyoorootedooinootheooideaoothatooeveryoopersonoohasooce
rtainoodutiesootoooothers,ooincludingoobothoohumansooandootheooplanet.ooThoseoodutiesoomayoobe
ooderivedoofromooreligiousooprinciplesoooroofromoootheroophilosophicalooreasoning.
ethicalooreasoning:ooAooreasoningooprocessooinoowhichooanooindividualoolinksoohisooorooheroo
moralooconvictionsooorooethicaloostandardsootoootheooparticularoosituationooatoohand.
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