Worksheet for Business Ethics Reading Chapter 1


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When the authors use the phrase, a ?stakeholder approach? to business ethics, what do they mean? What is a stakeholder approach? What sorts of problems does it address? How does it address these problems?






According to Carroll, there are five levels of business ethics. List these levels and for each level briefly describe what sorts of ethical questions or issues they address.






LaRue Hosmer offers five characteristics of ethical problems. List these characteristics. In your mind, what do these characteristics say about the nature of ethical reasoning?






George and John Steiner give 10 reasons why moral problems are often complex. List these 10 reasons. Put a star by the 2 reasons you find the most compelling. Be prepared to discuss the reasons for your choice.






Do you think that business ethics can be taught? Why or why not?






List Kolberg?s Stages of Moral Development.






How would you explain what business ethics is? In what ways iss your definition the same or different than the author?s definition?






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