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Business: A Changing World, 4/e
O.C. Ferrell, Colorado State University
Geoffrey Hirt, DePaul University

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Cybertrek

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Business for Social Responsibility is a group of business-lead organizations in the U.S. and Europe that focus on corporate social responsibility.

1. Choose a recent "Headlines" news article and briefly summarize it.

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The E-Ethics Center Web site provides information on business ethics, corporate citizenship, organizational compliance, and related topics.

1. Compare the codes of conduct of two similar organizations. Do you feel these codes would be effective in preventing unethical conduct?

2. The Gray Matters Ethics game was developed to sensitize the employees of Lockheed Martin to ethical issues. Play the game (choose "Chapter 2 - Ethical Issues in Business"). What was your score? Do you think the game format is effective?

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Visit the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection

1. How does the Division of Enforcement protect consumers?

2. Read about two recent enforcement activities and briefly describe each of them in a paragraph.





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