SOLUTION MANUALBusiness Law: Text & Exercises (MindTap
Course List) 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell
Chapters 1 - 43, Complete
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website, in whole or in part.
, Table of Contents
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter................................................................... 2
Cengage Supplements ...................................................................................................... 2
List of Student Downloads .......................................................................................... 2
Chapter Objectives ............................................................................................................. 2
Key Terms ............................................................................................................................. 2
What's New in This Chapter ............................................................................................ 3
Chapter Outline ................................................................................................................... 4
Discussion Questions ....................................................................................................... 8
Additional Resources .......................................................................................................10
Cengage Video Resources ..........................................................................................10
Appendix ...............................................................................................................................10
Generic Rubrics ..............................................................................................................10
Standard Writing Rubric ..............................................................................................10
Standard Discussion Rubric ...................................................................................... 12
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website, in whole or in part.
,Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationship between law
and ethics. The chapter presents issues involved to determining the
ethical responsibilities of businesses and provides students a framework
for analyzing and making ethical decisions.
Cengage Supplements
The following product-level supplements provide additional information
that may help you in preparing your course. They are available in the
Instructor Resource Center.
• PowerPoint Deck
List of Student Downloads
Students should download the following items from the Student
Companion Center to complete the activities and assignments related to
this chapter:
• PowerPoint Deck (without teaching notes, activities, or answers)
Chapter Objectives
The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
1. Discuss how business can discourage unethical behavior
2. Explain the relationship between law and ethics
3. Compare duty-based ethics and utilitarian ethics
4. Identify ethical problems in the global context
Key Terms
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website, in whole or in part.
, business ethics: Ethics in a business context; a consensus of what
constitutes right or wrong behavior in the world of business and the
application of moral principles to situations that arise in a business
setting.
categorical imperative: A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether
an action is right or wrong, or desirable or undesirable, a person should
evaluate the action in terms of what would happen if everybody else in
the same situation, or category, acted the same way.
corporate social responsibility (CSR): The concept that corporations
can and should act ethically and be accountable to society for their
actions.
cost-benefit analysis: A decision-making technique that involves
weighing the costs of a given action against the benefits of the action.
duty-based ethics: An ethical philosophy rooted in the idea that every
person has certain duties to others, including both humans and the planet.
Those duties may be derived from religious principles or from other
philosophical reasoning.
ethical reasoning: A reasoning process in which an individual links his or
her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at
hand.
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website, in whole or in part.
Course List) 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell
Chapters 1 - 43, Complete
1
website, in whole or in part.
, Table of Contents
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter................................................................... 2
Cengage Supplements ...................................................................................................... 2
List of Student Downloads .......................................................................................... 2
Chapter Objectives ............................................................................................................. 2
Key Terms ............................................................................................................................. 2
What's New in This Chapter ............................................................................................ 3
Chapter Outline ................................................................................................................... 4
Discussion Questions ....................................................................................................... 8
Additional Resources .......................................................................................................10
Cengage Video Resources ..........................................................................................10
Appendix ...............................................................................................................................10
Generic Rubrics ..............................................................................................................10
Standard Writing Rubric ..............................................................................................10
Standard Discussion Rubric ...................................................................................... 12
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website, in whole or in part.
,Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationship between law
and ethics. The chapter presents issues involved to determining the
ethical responsibilities of businesses and provides students a framework
for analyzing and making ethical decisions.
Cengage Supplements
The following product-level supplements provide additional information
that may help you in preparing your course. They are available in the
Instructor Resource Center.
• PowerPoint Deck
List of Student Downloads
Students should download the following items from the Student
Companion Center to complete the activities and assignments related to
this chapter:
• PowerPoint Deck (without teaching notes, activities, or answers)
Chapter Objectives
The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
1. Discuss how business can discourage unethical behavior
2. Explain the relationship between law and ethics
3. Compare duty-based ethics and utilitarian ethics
4. Identify ethical problems in the global context
Key Terms
3
website, in whole or in part.
, business ethics: Ethics in a business context; a consensus of what
constitutes right or wrong behavior in the world of business and the
application of moral principles to situations that arise in a business
setting.
categorical imperative: A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding whether
an action is right or wrong, or desirable or undesirable, a person should
evaluate the action in terms of what would happen if everybody else in
the same situation, or category, acted the same way.
corporate social responsibility (CSR): The concept that corporations
can and should act ethically and be accountable to society for their
actions.
cost-benefit analysis: A decision-making technique that involves
weighing the costs of a given action against the benefits of the action.
duty-based ethics: An ethical philosophy rooted in the idea that every
person has certain duties to others, including both humans and the planet.
Those duties may be derived from religious principles or from other
philosophical reasoning.
ethical reasoning: A reasoning process in which an individual links his or
her moral convictions or ethical standards to the particular situation at
hand.
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website, in whole or in part.
