SOLUTION MANUAL Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List) 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell

Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List)
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SOLUTION MANUAL
Business Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E.

Hollowell




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Table of Contents
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PurposewandwPerspectivewofwthewChapter ............................................................................................................. 2
CengagewSupplements ................................................................................................................................................. 2
ListwofwStudentwDownloads .................................................................................................................................... 2
ChapterwObjectives ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeywTerms .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'swNewwinwThiswChapter ...................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterwOutline ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
DiscussionwQuestions .................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionalwResources ................................................................................................................................................. 10
CengagewVideowResources .................................................................................................................................. 10
Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
GenericwRubrics ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
StandardwWritingwRubric ...................................................................................................................................... 10
StandardwDiscussionwRubric ................................................................................................................................ 12




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Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
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Thewpurposewofwthiswchapterwiswtowexaminewthewrelationshipwbetweenwlawwandwethics.wThewcha
pterwpresentswissueswinvolvedwtowdeterminingwthewethicalwresponsibilitieswofwbusinesseswandwpr
ovideswstudentswawframeworkwforwanalyzingwandwmakingwethicalwdecisions.

Cengage Supplements w

Thewfollowingwproduct-
levelwsupplementswprovidewadditionalwinformationwthatwmaywhelpwyouwinwpreparingwyourwcou
rse.wTheywarewavailablewinwthewInstructorwResourcewCenter.

 PowerPointwDeck

List of Student Downloads
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StudentswshouldwdownloadwthewfollowingwitemswfromwthewStudentwCompanionwCenterwtowcompl
etewthewactivitieswandwassignmentswrelatedwtowthiswchapter:

 PowerPointwDeckw(withoutwteachingwnotes,wactivities,worwanswers)

Chapter Objectives
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Thewfollowingwobjectiveswarewaddressedwinwthiswchapter:

1. Discusswhowwbusinesswcanwdiscouragewunethicalwbehavior

2. Explainwthewrelationshipwbetweenwlawwandwethics

3. Comparewduty-basedwethicswandwutilitarianwethics

4. Identifywethicalwproblemswinwthewglobalwcontext

Key Terms
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businesswethics:wEthicswinwawbusinesswcontext;wawconsensuswofwwhatwconstituteswrightworwwron
gwbehaviorwinwthewworldwofwbusinesswandwthewapplicationwofwmoralwprincipleswtowsituationswtha
twarisewinwawbusinesswsetting.
categoricalwimperative:wAwconceptwdevelopedwbywthewphilosopherwImmanuelwKantwaswanweth
icalwguidelinewforwbehavior.wInwdecidingwwhetherwanwactionwiswrightworwwrong,worwdesirableworw
undesirable,wawpersonwshouldwevaluatewthewactionwinwtermswofwwhatwwouldwhappenwifweverybo
dywelsewinwthewsamewsituation,worwcategory,wactedwthewsamewway.
corporatewsocialwresponsibilityw(CSR):wThewconceptwthatwcorporationswcanwandwshould
wactwethicallywandwbewaccountablewtowsocietywforwtheirwactions.

cost-benefitwanalysis:wAwdecision-
makingwtechniquewthatwinvolveswweighingwthewcostswofwawgivenwactionwagainstwthewbenefitswofw
thewaction.
duty-
basedwethics:wAnwethicalwphilosophywrootedwinwthewideawthatweverywpersonwhaswcertainwdutieswt
owothers,wincludingwbothwhumanswandwthewplanet.wThosewdutieswmaywbewderivedwfromwreligious
wprinciplesworwfromwotherwphilosophicalwreasoning.



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ethicalwreasoning:wAwreasoningwprocesswinwwhichwanwindividualwlinkswhisworwherwmoralwconvict
ionsworwethicalwstandardswtowthewparticularwsituationwatwhand.




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