Assignment Task:
Task:
1. Explicate and assess Milton Friedman’s arguments for the claim that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits. According to Friedman, what is problematic about and/or ethically wrong with businesses pursuing other sorts of social responsibilities? What is the nature of the distinction between principals and agents, and how is it relevant to Friedman’s claim and arguments? Do you agree with Friedman’s claim? Why or why not?
2. Explicate and assess the corporate and/or government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In what key ways have corporations and/or governments responded to the pandemic, and in what crucial ways, if any, have they failed to respond? What are some of the morally commendable ways in which corporations and/or governments have responded to the pandemic, and what are some of the morally criticisable ways in which corporations and/or governments have responded? What is the ethically appropriate corporate and/or government approach to the pandemic and why? (You may choose to focus on specific businesses or governments. If you choose to focus on government’s response please be sure to address the approach of governments toward businesses, corporations, and their stakeholders.)
3. Explicate and assess the corporate response to the death of George Floyd and subsequent BLM protests. In what key ways have corporations responded to Floyd’s death along with the subsequent protests, and in what crucial ways, if any, have they failed to respond? What are some of the morally commendable ways in which corporations have responded to the pandemic, and what are some of the morally criticisable ways in they have responded? What is the ethically appropriate approach to take with respect to the moral and political controversy surrounding Floyd’s death, and why?
4. In Canada, there exist several government regulations as well as industry codes and guidelines concerning gender portrayal in advertising, as well as advertising directed toward children. These include the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (www.adstandards.ca), the Canadian Marketing Association Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, as well as the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Explicate and assess the current state of regulation in Canada concerning one or both of these types of advertising. Are the current regulations both effective and ethically appropriate? Why or why not?
5. Who and/or what was responsible for the sub-prime mortgage meltdown and subsequent financial crisis? What specific individuals, corporations and/or groups share blame for the crisis, and why do they bear ethical responsibility? Did the US federal government respond appropriately to the crisis? How were distinct sorts of stakeholders effected differently by the crisis? From an ethical perspective, could, or should anything have been done differently either in advance to avert the crisis, or in dealing with it after the fact? Why or why not?
6. Explicate and assess Jennifer Saul’s claims and arguments in her paper ‘Stop Thinking so Much about Sexual Harassment.’ Why does Saul think we should stop thinking so much about sexual harassment and what does she argue we should be doing instead? What specific strategies, or guidance does she provide with respect to addressing sexual harassment? Do you agree with the claims, arguments, and proposals she puts forward in the paper? Why or why not?
7. In class we have examined several case studies, including those of Bre-X minerals, David Tweed, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and Oshawa’s GM plant closure. Choose one of the case studies, and then move on both to explicate its ethical dimensions, as well as assess its ethical implications. What are the ethical implications in your chosen case and who, or what is responsible for them? What, if anything, could, or should have been done differently to avoid ethically problematic outcomes for various stakeholders?
8. Examine the ethics of whistleblowing through the lens of the case of Julian Assange (Wikileaks). Explicate the ethical dimensions of this case and assess the ethical implications of the principal actions associated with it. Was Julian Assange ethically in the right to leak sensitive information regarding, inter alia, the U.S. State Department, and Department of Defense? Have the U.S. government and/ or other government agencies (notably, in the United Kingdom and Sweden) handled his case in an ethically appropriate manner? Why or why not?
9. Examine the ethics of whistleblowing through the lens of the case of Jane Akre and Steve Wilson (Fox News and Monsanto). Explicate the ethical dimensions of this case and assess the ethical implications of the principal actions associated with it. Were Jane Akre and Steve Wilson ethically in the right to leak sensitive information regarding Prosilac? Was it unethical of Monsanto to pressure Fox News to kill the story? Did Fox News treat their employees (Akre and Wilson) in an ethically inappropriate way? Did the courts come to the correct decision regarding the case? Explain your answers.
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