SOLUTIONMANUAL
Business Law:Text & Exercises (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller,William E.Hollowell
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Chapter 1 A
Table of Contents
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PurposeAandAPerspectiveAofAtheAChapter ............................................................................................................... 2
CengageASupplements .................................................................................................................................................. 2
ListAofAStudentADownloads ...................................................................................................................................... 2
ChapterAObjectives ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeyATerms........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'sANewAinAThisAChapter........................................................................................................................................ 3
ChapterAOutline ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
DiscussionAQuestions..................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionalAResources .................................................................................................................................................. 10
CengageAVideoAResources ................................................................................................................................... 10
Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
GenericARubrics ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
StandardAWritingARubric ....................................................................................................................................... 10
StandardADiscussionARubric ................................................................................................................................. 12
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Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
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TheApurposeAofAthisAchapterAisAtoAexamineAtheArelationshipAbetweenAlawAandAethics.ATheAchapte
rApresentsAissuesAinvolvedAtoAdeterminingAtheAethicalAresponsibilitiesAofAbusinessesAandAprovide
sAstudentsAaAframeworkAforAanalyzingAandAmakingAethicalAdecisions.
Cengage Supplements A
TheAfollowingAproduct-
levelAsupplementsAprovideAadditionalAinformationAthatAmayAhelpAyouAinApreparingAyourAcourse.
ATheyAareAavailableAinAtheAInstructorAResourceACenter.
• PowerPointADeck
List of Student Downloads
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StudentsAshouldAdownloadAtheAfollowingAitemsAfromAtheAStudentACompanionACenterAtoAcomplet
eAtheAactivitiesAandAassignmentsArelatedAtoAthisAchapter:
• PowerPointADeckA(withoutAteachingAnotes,Aactivities,AorAanswers)
Chapter ObjectivesA
TheAfollowingAobjectivesAareAaddressedAinAthisAchapter:
1. DiscussAhowAbusinessAcanAdiscourageAunethicalAbehavior
2. ExplainAtheArelationshipAbetweenAlawAandAethics
3. CompareAduty-basedAethicsAandAutilitarianAethics
4. IdentifyAethicalAproblemsAinAtheAglobalAcontext
Key Terms
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businessAethics:AEthicsAinAaAbusinessAcontext;AaAconsensusAofAwhatAconstitutesArightAorAwrongAb
ehaviorAinAtheAworldAofAbusinessAandAtheAapplicationAofAmoralAprinciplesAtoAsituationsAthatAariseAi
nAaAbusinessAsetting.
categoricalAimperative:AAAconceptAdevelopedAbyAtheAphilosopherAImmanuelAKantAasAanAethica
lAguidelineAforAbehavior.AInAdecidingAwhetherAanAactionAisArightAorAwrong,AorAdesirableAorAundesi
rable,AaApersonAshouldAevaluateAtheAactionAinAtermsAofAwhatAwouldAhappenAifAeverybodyAelseAin
AtheAsameAsituation,AorAcategory,AactedAtheAsameAway.
corporateAsocialAresponsibilityA(CSR):ATheAconceptAthatAcorporationsAcanAandAshouldAac
tAethicallyAandAbeAaccountableAtoAsocietyAforAtheirAactions.
cost-benefitAanalysis:AAAdecision-
makingAtechniqueAthatAinvolvesAweighingAtheAcostsAofAaAgivenAactionAagainstAtheAbenefitsAofAtheA
action.
duty-
basedAethics:AAnAethicalAphilosophyArootedAinAtheAideaAthatAeveryApersonAhasAcertainAdutiesAtoAot
hers,AincludingAbothAhumansAandAtheAplanet.AThoseAdutiesAmayAbeAderivedAfromAreligiousAprincip
lesAorAfromAotherAphilosophicalAreasoning.
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ethicalAreasoning:AAAreasoningAprocessAinAwhichAanAindividualAlinksAhisAorAherAmoralAconviction
sAorAethicalAstandardsAtoAtheAparticularAsituationAatAhand.
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