Solution Manual For Business Law: Text & Exercises, 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell, Verified Chapters 1 - 43, Complete Newest Version

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Table of Contents
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PurposeWandWPerspectiveWofWtheWChapter .................................................................................2
CengageWSupplements ...............................................................................................................2
ListWofWStudentWDownloads ....................................................................................................2
ChapterWObjectives .....................................................................................................................2
KeyWTerms..................................................................................................................................2
What'sWNewWinWThisWChapter.....................................................................................................3
ChapterWOutline ..........................................................................................................................4
DiscussionWQuestions .................................................................................................................8
AdditionalWResources ...............................................................................................................10
CengageWVideoWResources ..................................................................................................10
Appendix ...................................................................................................................................10
GenericWRubrics ....................................................................................................................10
StandardWWritingWRubric .......................................................................................................10
StandardWDiscussionWRubric .................................................................................................12




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, Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
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TheWpurposeWofWthisWchapterW isWtoWexamineWtheWrelationshipWbetweenWlawW andWethics.WThe
W chapterWpresentsW issuesW involvedW toW determiningW theW ethicalW responsibilitiesW ofW businesse

sWandWprovidesWstudentsWaWframeworkWforWanalyzingWandWmakingWethicalWdecisions.

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levelW supplementsWprovideWadditionalWinformationWthatWmayWhelpW youW inWpreparingWyourWco
urse.WTheyWareWavailableWinWtheWInstructorWResourceWCenter.
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List of Student Downloads
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StudentsWshouldWdownloadWtheWfollowingWitemsWfromWtheWStudentWCompanionW CenterWtoWco
mpleteWtheWactivitiesWandWassignmentsWrelatedWtoWthisWchapter:
 PowerPointWDeckW(withoutWteachingWnotes,Wactivities,WorWanswers)

Chapter Objectives
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TheWfollowingWobjectivesWareWaddressedWinWthisWchapter:

1. DiscussWhowWbusinessWcanWdiscourageWunethicalWbehavior

2. ExplainWtheWrelationshipWbetweenWlawWandWethics

3. CompareWduty-basedWethicsWandWutilitarianWethics

4. IdentifyWethicalWproblemsWinWtheWglobalWcontext

Key Terms
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businessWethics:WEthicsWinWaWbusinessWcontext;WaWconsensusWofW whatWconstitutesWrightWor
W wrongW behaviorW inW theW worldW ofW businessW andW theW applicationW ofW moralW principlesW toW situa

tionsWthatWariseWinWaWbusinessWsetting.
categoricalWimperative:WAWconceptWdevelopedWbyWtheWphilosopherWImmanuelW KantWasWan
W ethicalWguidelineW forW behavior.W InW decidingW whetherW anW actionW isW rightWorW wrong,W orW desira

bleW orWundesirable,WaWpersonWshouldWevaluateWtheWactionWinWtermsWofWwhatW wouldW happen
W ifW everybodyW elseW inW theW sameW situation,W orW category,W actedW theW sameW way.

corporateWsocialWresponsibilityW(CSR):WTheWconceptWthatWcorporationsWcanWandWsh
ouldW actWethicallyW andWbeWaccountableWtoWsocietyWforWtheirWactions.
cost-benefitWanalysis:WAWdecision-
makingWtechniqueWthatWinvolvesW weighingWtheWcostsWofWaWgivenWactionWagainstWtheWbenefitsW
ofWtheWaction.
duty-
basedWethics:WAnWethicalW philosophyWrootedW inWtheWideaWthatWeveryW personWhasWcertainWduti
esWtoWothers,WincludingWbothWhumansWandWtheWplanet.WThoseWdutiesWmayW beWderivedWfromWre
ligiousWprinciplesWorWfromWotherWphilosophicalWreasoning.
ethicalWreasoning:WAWreasoningWprocessW inW whichWanWindividualW linksWhisWorWherWmoralWco
nvictionsWorWethicalWstandardsWtoWtheWparticularWsituationWatWhand.



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