Business Ethics & Society Policy Areas and Theories Multiple Choice Answers Paper

I will post question after 5 hours. you need to finish them within 30 mins. Please only take it if you are really good of these theory.

The three schools of moral thought from this unit are:

I.utilitarianism

II.respect for persons

III.virtue ethics

Note that in addition to thinking through how these three different schools of thought would handle the four policy areas below, you are also responsible for:

i.Which theorists supported each view

ii.What has moral worth on each view. (ex: happiness, agency)

iii.What the motivating commitments of each view are (ex: rationality/autonomy).

iv.What the key conceptions are on each view (mere means, utility, virtue/vice, and so on)

Four policy areas (you’re also responsible for the facts of each case):

1.Product safety & the Ford Pinto: what considerations should a company have when they put out a new product? What could each moral theory say about the Ford Pinto and why?

2.Sweatshops: coercion, workplace safety, and living wages: what would each moral theory say about sweatshop working conditions, and why?

3.Abusive customer in a restaurant: what do owners and managers of restaurants owe to their employees on each moral theory? What should a manager consider on each theory when deciding whether to intervene?

4.Sick Leave: what would each moral theory say about whether/how people deserve sick leave, and why?

For each topic, think about what each school of morality would have to say, and why. What policies could they support, and what reasons could they give in support of those policies? Many multiple choice questions will ask you to identify from what school of thought a particular reason or claim comes. For each case, try asking these questions for each theory:

What would the theory value here? (Ex: Why is product safety important to a utilitarian?)

What is/could be potentially problematic in this case, on each theory? What is most problematic on each theory?

What interventions/policy changes would be possible?

What interventions/policy changes would be preferred, on each theory? See charts.

(Meta question): How does each theory differ in its approach? What does this tell you about answers to (i)-(iv) above?