blaw chapter 3
Business ethics shape the development of the law in what fashion?
The ideals and standards of business ethics point lawmakers in directions where additional laws are needed.
Why is it not ethical necessarily for Smooth Ride to decide where it locates by simply obeying the law?
The law does not cover all aspects of human conduct that have ethical affects.
If when making the decision about whether to move their plant to Honduras, Smooth Ride management considered what would happen if everyone in society acted the same way, which test would they be applying?
The universalization test
What does it mean when we say that ethics guides the law?
The evolution of law moves in a direction that legislatures and courts see as more ethical.
Establishing a code of ethics can benefit the firm but has what limitation?
It can never provide the firm with a single best answer for what what it should do.
Why is the question raised by Smooth Ride's consideration of a move to Honduras an ethical dilemma?
It is a question about right and wrong business conduct with no clear answer.
who created the universalization test?
Kant
Business ethics provide a set of standards for ethical behavior, but they can never provide ......
absolute right answers
Business ethics is not adequately pursued just by obeying the law because .....
ethics ask us not just what the law is, but what it should be
Business ethics and business law are _________________; each affects the direction of movement for the other.
interdependent
