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Chapter 1 GA
Table of Contents GA GA
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter ................................................................................................................... 2
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Cengage Supplements ................................................................................................................................................... 2
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List of Student Downloads ........................................................................................................................................ 2
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Chapter Objectives .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
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Key Terms ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
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What's New in This Chapter ........................................................................................................................................... 3
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Chapter Outline ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
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Discussion Questions...................................................................................................................................................... 8
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Additional Resources ....................................................................................................................................................10
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Cengage Video Resources ......................................................................................................................................10
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Appendix ..........................................................................................................................................................................10
Generic Rubrics ..........................................................................................................................................................10
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Standard Writing Rubric ..........................................................................................................................................10
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Standard Discussion Rubric....................................................................................................................................12
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Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter GA GA GA GA GA
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationship between law and ethics. The chapterpres
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ents issues involved to determining the ethical responsibilities of businesses and provides students
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a framework for analyzing and making ethical decisions.
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Cengage Supplements GA
The following product-
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level supplements provide additional information that may help you inpreparing your course. The
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y are available in the Instructor Resource Center.
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PowerPoint Deck GA
Listof Student Downloads GA GA GA
Students should download the following items from the Student Companion Center to completethe
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activities and assignments related to this chapter: GA GA GA GA GA GA
PowerPoint Deck (without teaching notes, activities, or answers) GA GA GA GA GA GA GA
Chapter Objectives GA
The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
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1. Discuss how business can discourage unethical behavior GA GA GA GA GA GA
2. Explain the relationship between law and ethics GA GA GA GA GA GA
3. Compare duty-based ethics and utilitarian ethics GA GA GA GA GA
4. Identify ethical problems in the global context GA GA GA GA GA GA
Key Terms GA
business ethics: Ethics in a business context; a consensus of what constitutes right or wrong behavi
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or in the world of business and the application of moral principles to situations that arisein a busines
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s setting.
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categorical imperative: A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as an ethicalgui
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deline for behavior. In deciding whether an action is right or wrong, or desirable or undesirable, a pe
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rson should evaluate the action in terms of what would happen if everybody else in the same situati
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on, or category, acted the same way.
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corporate social responsibility (CSR): The concept that corporations can and should actethi
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cally and be accountable to society for their actions.
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cost-benefit analysis: A decision- GA GA GA
making technique that involves weighing the costs of a givenaction against the benefits of the action
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based ethics: An ethical philosophy rooted in the idea that every person has certain dutiesto others, i
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ncluding both humans and the planet. Those duties may be derived from religious principles or from
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ethical reasoning: A reasoning process in which an individual links his or her moral convictionsor et
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hical standards to the particular situation at hand.
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