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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PurposeoandoPerspectiveoofotheoChapter............................................................................................................... 2
CengageoSupplements .................................................................................................................................................. 2
ListoofoStudentoDownloads ..................................................................................................................................... 2
ChapteroObjectives ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeyoTerms........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'soNewoinoThisoChapter ....................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapteroOutline ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
DiscussionoQuestions..................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionaloResources .................................................................................................................................................. 10
CengageoVideooResources ................................................................................................................................... 10
Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
GenericoRubrics ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
StandardoWritingoRubric ....................................................................................................................................... 10
StandardoDiscussionoRubric ................................................................................................................................. 12




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Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
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Theopurposeoofothisochapteroisotooexamineotheorelationshipobetweenolawoandoethics.oTheochapt
eropresentsoissuesoinvolvedotoodeterminingotheoethicaloresponsibilitiesoofobusinessesoandoprovid
esostudentsoaoframeworkoforoanalyzingoandomakingoethicalodecisions.

Cengage Supplements o

Theofollowingoproduct-
levelosupplementsoprovideoadditionaloinformationothatomayohelpoyouoinopreparingoyourocours
e.oTheyoareoavailableoinotheoInstructoroResourceoCenter.

 PowerPointoDeck

List of Student Downloads
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StudentsoshouldodownloadotheofollowingoitemsofromotheoStudentoCompanionoCenterotoocomplet
eotheoactivitiesoandoassignmentsorelatedotoothisochapter:

 PowerPointoDecko(withoutoteachingonotes,oactivities,ooroanswers)

Chapter Objectives
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Theofollowingoobjectivesoareoaddressedoinothisochapter:

1. Discussohowobusinessocanodiscourageounethicalobehavior

2. Explainotheorelationshipobetweenolawoandoethics

3. Compareoduty-basedoethicsoandoutilitarianoethics

4. Identifyoethicaloproblemsoinotheoglobalocontext

Key Terms
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businessoethics:oEthicsoinoaobusinessocontext;oaoconsensusoofowhatoconstitutesorightoorowrongo
behavioroinotheoworldoofobusinessoandotheoapplicationoofomoraloprinciplesotoosituationsothatoari
seoinoaobusinessosetting.
categoricaloimperative:oAoconceptodevelopedobyotheophilosopheroImmanueloKantoasoanoethic
aloguidelineoforobehavior.oInodecidingowhetheroanoactionoisorightoorowrong,oorodesirableooround
esirable,oaopersonoshouldoevaluateotheoactionoinotermsoofowhatowouldohappenoifoeverybodyoels
eoinotheosameosituation,oorocategory,oactedotheosameoway.
corporateosocialoresponsibilityo(CSR):oTheoconceptothatocorporationsocanoandoshouldoa
ctoethicallyoandobeoaccountableotoosocietyoforotheiroactions.
cost-benefitoanalysis:oAodecision-
makingotechniqueothatoinvolvesoweighingotheocostsoofoaogivenoactionoagainstotheobenefitsoofothe
oaction.

duty-
basedoethics:oAnoethicalophilosophyorootedoinotheoideaothatoeveryopersonohasocertainodutiesotooo
thers,oincludingobothohumansoandotheoplanet.oThoseodutiesomayobeoderivedofromoreligiousoprinci
plesoorofromootherophilosophicaloreasoning.

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ethicaloreasoning:oAoreasoningoprocessoinowhichoanoindividualolinksohisooroheromoraloconvictio
nsooroethicalostandardsotootheoparticularosituationoatohand.




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