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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PurposedanddPerspectivedofdthedChapter ................................................................................................................ 2
CengagedSupplements .................................................................................................................................................. 2
ListdofdStudentdDownloads ...................................................................................................................................... 2
ChapterdObjectives ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
KeydTerms ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
What'sdNewdindThisdChapter ........................................................................................................................................ 3
ChapterdOutline................................................................................................................................................................ 4
DiscussiondQuestions ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
AdditionaldResources .................................................................................................................................................. 10
CengagedVideodResources ................................................................................................................................... 10
Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
GenericdRubrics......................................................................................................................................................... 10
StandarddWritingdRubric........................................................................................................................................ 10
StandarddDiscussiondRubric ................................................................................................................................. 12




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Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter
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Thedpurposedofdthisdchapterdisdtodexaminedthedrelationshipdbetweendlawdanddethics.dThedchapterd
presentsdissuesdinvolveddtoddeterminingdthedethicaldresponsibilitiesdofdbusinessesdanddprovidesd
studentsdadframeworkdfordanalyzingdanddmakingdethicalddecisions.

Cengage Supplements d


Thedfollowingdproduct-
leveldsupplementsdprovidedadditionaldinformationdthatdmaydhelpdyoudindpreparingdyourdcourse.d
TheydaredavailabledindthedInstructordResourcedCenter.

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List of Student Downloads
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StudentsdshouldddownloaddthedfollowingditemsdfromdthedStudentdCompaniondCenterdtodcompleted
thedactivitiesdanddassignmentsdrelateddtodthisdchapter:

• PowerPointdDeckd(withoutdteachingdnotes,dactivities,dordanswers)

Chapter Objectivesd


Thedfollowingdobjectivesdaredaddresseddindthisdchapter:

1. Discussdhowdbusinessdcanddiscouragedunethicaldbehavior

2. Explaindthedrelationshipdbetweendlawdanddethics

3. Comparedduty-baseddethicsdanddutilitariandethics

4. Identifydethicaldproblemsdindthedglobaldcontext

Key Terms
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businessdethics:dEthicsdindadbusinessdcontext;dadconsensusdofdwhatdconstitutesdrightdordwrongdbe
haviordindthedworlddofdbusinessdanddthedapplicationdofdmoraldprinciplesdtodsituationsdthatdarisedind
adbusinessdsetting.
categoricaldimperative:dAdconceptddevelopeddbydthedphilosopherdImmanueldKantdasdandethicald
guidelinedfordbehavior.dInddecidingdwhetherdandactiondisdrightdordwrong,dorddesirabledordundesir
able,dadpersondshoulddevaluatedthedactiondindtermsdofdwhatdwoulddhappendifdeverybodydelsedindt
hedsamedsituation,dordcategory,dacteddthedsamedway.
corporatedsocialdresponsibilityd(CSR):dThedconceptdthatdcorporationsdcandanddshoulddactd
ethicallydanddbedaccountabledtodsocietydfordtheirdactions.
cost-benefitdanalysis:dAddecision-
makingdtechniquedthatdinvolvesdweighingdthedcostsdofdadgivendactiondagainstdthedbenefitsdofdtheda
ction.
duty-
baseddethics:dAndethicaldphilosophydrooteddindthedideadthatdeverydpersondhasdcertainddutiesdtodoth
ers,dincludingdbothdhumansdanddthedplanet.dThoseddutiesdmaydbedderiveddfromdreligiousdprinciple
sdordfromdotherdphilosophicaldreasoning.

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ethicaldreasoning:dAdreasoningdprocessdindwhichdandindividualdlinksdhisdordherdmoraldconvictionsd
ordethicaldstandardsdtodthedparticulardsituationdatdhand.




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