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Business Ethics Case Studies 7th Ed Unit 5
- 1. Business Ethics: Cases and Selected Readings, 7th Ed. Marianne M. Jennings Unit 5 © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 2. 230 Investors Business Customers Government Regulation/Fairness Fairnessassumption The Interdependence of Trust, Business, and Government © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 3. 231 Corruption Perception Index (Transparency, Int’l 2002) Least Corrupt • Finland • Denmark • New Zealand • Iceland • Singapore • Sweden • Canada • Luxembourg • Netherlands • United Kingdom • Australia • Norway • Switzerland • Hong Kong • Austria • USA Most Corrupt • Bangladesh • Nigeria • Paraguay • Madagascar • Angola • Kenya • Indonesia • Azerbaijan • Uganda • Moldova • Haiti • Ecuador • Cameroon • Bolivia • Kazakhstan • Vietnam © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 4. 232 Corruption Perception Index (Transparency, Int’l 2004) Least Corrupt • Finland • New Zealand • Denmark • Iceland • Singapore • Sweden • Switzerland • Norway • Australia • Netherlands • United Kingdom • Canada • Austria • Luxembourg • Germany • Hong Kong • Belgium • Ireland • USA • Chile Most Corrupt • Sudan • Ukraine • Cameroon • Iraq • Kenya • Pakistan • Angola • Congo • Cote ‘d Ivoire • Georgia • Indonesia • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Azerbaijan • Paraguay • Chad • Myanmar • Nigeria • Bangladesh • Haiti © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 5. 233 Corruption Perception Index (Transparency, Int’l 2005) Least Corrupt • Iceland • Finland • New Zealand • Denmark • Singapore • Sweden • Switzerland • Norway • Australia • Austria • Netherlands • United Kingdom • Luxembourg • Canada • Hong Kong • Germany • USA • France • Belgium • Ireland • Chile • Japan • Spain Most Corrupt • Chad • Bangladesh • Turkmenistan • Myanmar • Haiti • Nigeria • Equatorial Guinea • Cote ‘d Ivoire • Angola • Tajikistan • Sudan • Somalia • Paraguay • Pakistan • Kenya • Congo • Uzbekistan • Liberia • Iraq • Indonesia • Ethiopia • Cameroon • Azerbaijan • Venezuela • Papua New Guinea • Kyrgyztan • Georgia © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 6. 234 Corruption Perception Index (Transparency Int’l 2007) Least Corrupt • Denmark • Finland • New Zealand • Singapore • Sweden • Iceland • Netherlands • Switzerland • Canada • Norway • Australia • Luxembourg • United Kingdom • Hong Kong • Austria • Germany • Ireland • Japan • France • United States • Belgium • Chile Most Corrupt • Somalia • Myanmar • Iraq • Haiti • Uzbekistan • Tonga • Sudan • Chad • Afghanistan • Laos • Guinea • Equatorial Guinea • Congo, Democratic Republic • Venezuela • Turkmenistan • Papua New Guinea • Central African Republic • Cambodia • Bangladesh • Zimbabwe • Tajikistan • Sierra Leone • Liberia© 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 7. Corruptions Perception 2008 Least Corrupt • Denmark • New Zealand • Sweden • Singapore • Finland • Switzerland • Iceland • Netherlands • Australia • Canada • Luxembourg • Austria • Hong Kong • Germany • Norway • Ireland • United Kingdom • Belgium • Japan • USA • Santa Lucia • Barbados • Chile Most Corrupt • Somalia • Myanmar • Iraq • Haiti • Afghanistan • Sudan • Guinea • Chad • Equatorial Guinea • Congo, Democratic Republic • Zimbabwe • Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Kyrgyzstan • Cambodia • Venezuela • Sierra Leone • Guinea-Bissau • Gambia • Congo Republic © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 235
- 8. Corruptions Perception 2009 Least Corrupt • New Zealand • Denmark • Singapore • Sweden • Switzerland • Finland • Netherlands • Australia • Canada • Iceland • Norway • Hong Kong • Luxembourg • Austria • Germany • Ireland • Austria • Japan • United Kingdom • USA • Barbados • Belgium • Qatar Most Corrupt • Somalia • Afghanistan • Myanmar • Sudan • Iraq • Chad • Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Iran • Haiti • Guinea • Equatorial Guinea • Burundi • Venezuela • Kyrgyzstan • Guinea-Bissau • Democratic Rep of Congo • Congo Brazzaville • Angola • Tajikistan © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 236
- 9. 237237 The Universality of Ethics? • Categorical Imperative: How would you want to be treated? • If you were setting up the rules for the world, not knowing where you would land, what would those rules be? • Would you be comfortable in a world with your pre-established standards? © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 10. 238238 The Universality of This Test Christian principle: The Golden Rule And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.. Luke 6:31 Thou shalt love. . . thy neighbor as thyself. Luke 10:27 Confucius: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Aristotle: We should behave to our friends as we wish our friends to behave to us. Judaism: What you hate, do not do to anyone. © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 11. 239239 The Universality of This Test Islam: No one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself. Hinduism: Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee. Sikhism: Treat others as you would be treated yourself. © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 12. 240240 Universality, Simplicity, Challenge Buddhism: Hurt not others with that which pains thyself. Plato: May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me. TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO TREAT YOU © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 13. 241 Chiquita Banana and the Colombian Terrorist Contractors • Payments for Protection • Switched to Cash • Met with Justice Department • Took two years to resolve issue • Eventually stopped doing business in Colombia © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.
- 14. The Story of AES in Kazakhstan • Miners dug coal in freezing temperatures • Took tea breaks every other hour to warm up and then went right back to digging • High technical abilities • It took only 5-7 AES managers to supervise 6,500 Kazakhs • Customers paid on time, even with 20% rate increases in some years © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 242
- 15. Siemens, the Bribes, and the Countries COUNTRY PRODUCT BRIBE PAID DATE Russia Medical devices $55 million 2000-2007 Argentina Identity cards project $40 million 1998-2004 China High-voltage transmission lines $25 million 2002-2003 China Metro trains $22 million 2002-2007 Israel Power plants $20 million 2002-2005 Bangladesh Mobile telephone works $5.3 million 2004-2006 Venezuela High-speed trains $16.7 million 2001-2007 Russia Traffic control systems $0.75 million 2004-2006 Vietnam Medical devices $0.5 million 2005 China Medical devices $14.4 million 2003-2007 Nigeria Telecommunications projects €4.2 million 2003 Iraq Power station $1.7 million 2000 Italy Power station €6.0 million 2003 Greece Telecommunications €37 million 2006 © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 243
- 16. Reinhard Siekaczek, former Siemens employee, largely responsible for Siemens accounting system that hid bribes for five years: “People will only say about Siemens that they were unlucky and that they broke the 11th Commandment. The 11th Commandment is: ‘Don’t get caught.’” © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 244
- 17. Reinhard Siekaczek, former Siemens executive in charge of accounting for bribes “I would have never thought I’d go to jail for my company. Sure, we joked about it, but we thought if our actions ever came to light, we’d get together and there would be enough people to play a game of cards.” © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 245
- 18. Reinhard Siekaczek, former Siemens executive in charge of accounting for bribes “It was about keeping the business unit alive and not jeopardizing thousands of jobs overnight.” “I was not the man responsible for the bribery. I organized the cash.” © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 246