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Business Ethics
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Dallas: For the last six
months, many Roman Catholic priests have felt like the public face of scandal,
in their communities, even though most had no role in the sex abuse crisis
engulfing the church. Now, they say, they face a new concern: whether the blameless
in their ranks will be hurt under the ambitious policy bishops have adopted to
keep abusive clergy away from parishioners. Under the “Charter for the
Protection of Children and Young People,” clergymen who molest children will
never again be active in church work, and some will be formally removed from
the priesthood. Many priests say they are concerned about the document’s board definition
of abuse, and they question whether the church leaders who approved it have
taken enough responsibility for their own roles in creating the moral
emergency. “The policy is driven a lot more by public sentiment than the
principle of compassion.” Said the Rev. Robert Silva, Head of the National
Federation of priests’ Councils, which claims a membership of about half of the
nation 46,000 priests. Since the scandal erupted in January with the conviction
of a former Boston priest for molesting a boy, scores of people have come
forward with accusations of sexual abuse by priests and indifference from
church leaders. At least 250 priests have since resigned or been suspended.
Silva said priests – already anxious about their interactions with children –
we be even more apprehensive because of the definition of abuse the bishops
approved on Friday. Abuse will now be considered as any inappropriate contact
with a child, regardless of whether it involves force, physical contact or
whether any harm is apparent. Silva called the wording "very frightening.”
Philadelphia cardinal, Anthony Bevilacqua, who is a canon lawyer, said he too
was concerned by the language and hoped it would be clarified when the document
comes under review in two years. “It’s very difficult to come to a definition,”
he said. “It must be something of a serious nature and involve some kind of
bodily interaction.” Silva also complained that the plan contained severe
punishments for the priests but no sanctions for bishops who mishandle abuse
cases. The bishops have informed a national governor Frank Keating, to annually
review whether church leaders are complying with the policy. Some clergy said
that wasn’t enough. The bishops added a clause saying they “deeply regret that
any of our decisions have obscured the good work of our priests.” But Mondignor
Kenneth Lasch, a parish priest and canon lawyer in Paterson, New Jersey,
Diocese felt the apology sounded stilted.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Give an overview of the
above case.
Q2. Discuss the moral and
ethical issues w.r.t the facts above.
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Paula is a freshman at a large
university in southern California. She is involved with a sorority, Alpha
Alpha, on her campus. Paula rushed Alpha Alpha because she heard that it was
heavily involved in philanthropy. In fact, Alpha Alpha hosts an annual philanthropy
week donating money to a charity that raises money for cancer research. Paula
is excited to take part in the weeklong activities because philanthropy and
service have always been an important part of her life. She wants to find out
more about the charity, and is thrilled that other college students will also
be finding out more about cancer research and what they can individually do to
help fight cancer. When the week approaches, Paula is surprised at the
activities that will take place. She notices that not once in the week’s
activities does it mention cancer research. Teams simply signup and have each
member pay $15 to partake in the activities. Paula notices that the activities
are simply attending a dinner at a local restaurant, performing a two minute dance
on stage, a karaoke tournament, a fashion show, and a scavenger hunt. Paula
thinks the week is a lame excuse of a philanthropic effort. She hears from her
older sorority sisters that teams just pay the fee and never hear about the
charity again. Teams allegedly just participate to get drunk and attempt to win
the activities for bragging rights. Paula is disappointed to be a part of such
a philanthropy week.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Are philanthropy weeks,
like the one Paula’s sorority puts on, ethical? Give your comment.
Q2. Do participants actually
get an idea where their money is going? Explain.
Q3. What about charity balls
that older individuals take part in? Oftentimes individuals pay a large sum of
money per plate at these charity events, but don’t learn much about the charity
and just attend to boost their social status. Discuss.
Q4. Is there a difference
between the way they are run and these college philanthropy weeks? Debate.
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
US researchers said on Monday
they have created a new human embryonic stem cell by fusing an embryonic stem
cell. They hope their method will provide a way to create tailor made treatments
from scratch, using cloning technology. That would mean generating the valuable
cells without using a human egg, and without creating a human embryo, which
some people, including President George W. Bush, find objectionable. But the
team, led by stem cell expert Douglas Melton, Kevin Eggan and others at Harvard
Medical School, stress in a report to be published in next Friday’s issue of the
journal Science that their method is not yet perfect. Stem cells are the body’s
master cells, used to continually regenerate tissues, organs and blood. Those
taken from days old embryos are considered the most versatile. They can produce
any kind of tissue in the body. Doctors hope to use embryonic stem cells as a
source of perfectly matched transplants to treat diseases such as cancer,
Parkinson’s disease and some injuries. But because some people object to the
destruction of or experimentation on a human embryo, US law restricts the use
of federal funds for this kind of research. It is a hot debate in Congress and
several bills have been offered for consideration that would either relax the federal
restrictions or tighten them even more. Melton has complained about the
restrains and, like other experts, has used private funding to pursue stem cell
work. He and other experts say they only want to understand how to reprogram an
ordinary cell and hope the use of human embryo would only be a short term and
interim step to learning how to manufacture these cells. The Harvard team says
they have taken a big step in this direction. Currently, embryonic stem cells
are either taken from embryos left over from fertility clinics, or generated
using a cloning technology called nuclear transfer. This requires taking the
nucleus out of an egg cell and replacing it with the nucleus of an adult cell,
called a somatic cell, f from the person to be treated. This reprograms the
egg, which starts dividing as if it had been fertilized by a sperm.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Give an overview of the
above case
Q2. What is cloning technology?
Explain.
Q3. Explain the unethical
aspects of cloning.
Q4. Discuss necessity and
ethical aspects of cloning.
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Frank and Bobby are freshmen at
a university on the semester system. They meet at orientation and bond over
their major, Economics, and their hobby of playing sports. They decide to
request one another as roommates, and both enroll in the same mathematics class:
calculus for business majors. The two get off to a bad start academically. They
are experiencing the freedom of living on their own for the first time. No
parents are around to make sure they are keeping up with their homework
assignments or readings. In fact, since Frank and Bobby are both in the same
math class, they often take turns going to class. It starts off with the boys
alternating going to class, but eventually turns into both boys often skipping.
One evening, midway through the semester, Frank and Bobby run into a classmate
who informs them they have a midterm the next morning. They successfully get
her class notes, however they soon realize they don’t have enough time to study
unless they pull an all-nighter. Bobby doesn’t believe he can stay up all night
and still perform well on the test the next morning. He decides that it’s in
his best interest to create a cheat sheet and plug equations into his
calculator. He Frank is against cheating. He calls out Bobby, saying that this
is unethical. Instead, he buys two Adderall pills from a student in their dorm
who has ADD. He has heard that taking Adderall helps you stay awake and focus.
Bobby gets upset when he finds out Frank is taking Adderall to study. Bobby
claims that there is no difference between taking a drug that isn’t prescribed
to you to help you study and bringing in a cheat sheet. Bobby says they are
both forms of cheating. Frank disagrees, claiming that at least he’s going
through the process of studying for the midterm.
Answer the following question.
Q1. Do you believe it’s
cheating to take an academic performance enhancing drug that isn’t prescribed
to you? Comment.
Q2. Is relying on academic
performance enhancing drugs to study dangerous in long term? Explain.
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