Instructor Manual (Case
Notes) for Business Ethics
Contemporary Issues and
Cases 1st Edition By Richard
Spinello
(All Chapters 1-15, 100%
Original Verified, A+ Grade)
This is The Only Original and
Complete Instructor Manual
for 1st Edition, All Other Files
in The Market are
Fake/Old/Wrong Edition.
, Table Of Contents
1. Why Capitalism?
2. Corporate Moral Agency, Purpose, and
Responsibilities
3. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
4. The Person and the Corporation
5. The Rights of the Modern Corporation
6. Ethics in the Investment and Financial Services
Industries
7. Patients, Patents, and the Pharmaceutical
Industry
8. Protecting the Consumer: Product Safety and
Marketing
9. Business and the Environment
10. Informational Privacy and Cybersecurity
11. Fair Competition in the Era of Informational
Capitalism
12. Employee Rights and Sexual Harassment
13. Global Politics and Disinvestment Strategies
14. Bribery and Corruption in Foreign Markets
15. Responsible Outsourcing: Fair Wages and
Worker Safety
, Spinello, Business Ethics, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
Case Notes
for
Chapters 5 through 15
No Case Notes For Chapter 1-4.
, Spinello, Business Ethics, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
Chapter 5 Cases
Case 5.1
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Case Summary
In this now famous court decision, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that a federal election
law could not ban corporate expenditures for political campaigns or electioneering
communications. The Supreme Court Justices (in a 5–4 vote) concluded that the federal law
banning such spending violated the First Amendment rights of corporations and other
institutions. The case, which follows up on the theme of corporate rights introduced in
Chapter 2, has raised many vexing questions about the scope of those rights. Is this decision a
logical extension of Supreme Court cases affirming a corporation’s limited right to political
participation? Or is it a miscarriage of justice based on a misconception of the corporation?
Does this sweeping decision represent sound legal reasoning, consistent with a reasonable
view of the corporation, or is it grounded in fatally flawed assumptions about the nature and
limited purpose of the corporate enterprise?
Analysis and Teaching Suggestions
Citizens United can allow for a fruitful (and sometimes emotional) discussion on the essence
of the First Amendment and its scope. The First Amendment prohibits the government from
“abridging freedom of speech and of the press.” Broad free speech rights are a distinctive
quality of the U.S. Constitution, and it could be valuable for instructors to probe students on
their views about the virtually “absolute” freedom of thought and speech that is characteristic
of American political society. In Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations
and unions have the same First Amendment right to spend their money to influence elections
as ordinary citizens do. According to law professor Eugene Volokh, money isn’t speech but
the First Amendment protects your right to speak using your money. As Chapter 2 makes
clear, this case follows a long line of judicial precedent that enshrines corporate liberty rights
in the law. Some focus on this trend (if class time allows) can also be a useful avenue of
discussion. The key issue in Citizens United is whether or not there is a fundamental liberty
inherent in campaign spending that applies to corporations as well as individuals.
Consult the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court case and outline
the arguments on both sides of the debate. (The decision can be downloaded at the Supreme
Court website: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf.)
Discussion Questions:
Notes) for Business Ethics
Contemporary Issues and
Cases 1st Edition By Richard
Spinello
(All Chapters 1-15, 100%
Original Verified, A+ Grade)
This is The Only Original and
Complete Instructor Manual
for 1st Edition, All Other Files
in The Market are
Fake/Old/Wrong Edition.
, Table Of Contents
1. Why Capitalism?
2. Corporate Moral Agency, Purpose, and
Responsibilities
3. Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
4. The Person and the Corporation
5. The Rights of the Modern Corporation
6. Ethics in the Investment and Financial Services
Industries
7. Patients, Patents, and the Pharmaceutical
Industry
8. Protecting the Consumer: Product Safety and
Marketing
9. Business and the Environment
10. Informational Privacy and Cybersecurity
11. Fair Competition in the Era of Informational
Capitalism
12. Employee Rights and Sexual Harassment
13. Global Politics and Disinvestment Strategies
14. Bribery and Corruption in Foreign Markets
15. Responsible Outsourcing: Fair Wages and
Worker Safety
, Spinello, Business Ethics, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
Case Notes
for
Chapters 5 through 15
No Case Notes For Chapter 1-4.
, Spinello, Business Ethics, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
Chapter 5 Cases
Case 5.1
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Case Summary
In this now famous court decision, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that a federal election
law could not ban corporate expenditures for political campaigns or electioneering
communications. The Supreme Court Justices (in a 5–4 vote) concluded that the federal law
banning such spending violated the First Amendment rights of corporations and other
institutions. The case, which follows up on the theme of corporate rights introduced in
Chapter 2, has raised many vexing questions about the scope of those rights. Is this decision a
logical extension of Supreme Court cases affirming a corporation’s limited right to political
participation? Or is it a miscarriage of justice based on a misconception of the corporation?
Does this sweeping decision represent sound legal reasoning, consistent with a reasonable
view of the corporation, or is it grounded in fatally flawed assumptions about the nature and
limited purpose of the corporate enterprise?
Analysis and Teaching Suggestions
Citizens United can allow for a fruitful (and sometimes emotional) discussion on the essence
of the First Amendment and its scope. The First Amendment prohibits the government from
“abridging freedom of speech and of the press.” Broad free speech rights are a distinctive
quality of the U.S. Constitution, and it could be valuable for instructors to probe students on
their views about the virtually “absolute” freedom of thought and speech that is characteristic
of American political society. In Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations
and unions have the same First Amendment right to spend their money to influence elections
as ordinary citizens do. According to law professor Eugene Volokh, money isn’t speech but
the First Amendment protects your right to speak using your money. As Chapter 2 makes
clear, this case follows a long line of judicial precedent that enshrines corporate liberty rights
in the law. Some focus on this trend (if class time allows) can also be a useful avenue of
discussion. The key issue in Citizens United is whether or not there is a fundamental liberty
inherent in campaign spending that applies to corporations as well as individuals.
Consult the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court case and outline
the arguments on both sides of the debate. (The decision can be downloaded at the Supreme
Court website: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf.)
Discussion Questions:
