Business, 29.09.2020 17:01 nacmp890

Business Environment Activity Activity Overview
This activity examines the ethical responsibilities of a business.

Activity Goal
Identify a specific business that has been in the news lately for its contribution to the social good. Identify a specific business that has been in the news lately for its unethical behavior.

Compare and contrast the two businesses and identify examples of finance and marketing regulations and rules.

Activity Details
Complete the following:

Read the following scenario: A perpetual debate revolves around the roles and activities of business owners in contributing to the greater social good. Promoting the so-called proactive stance, some people argue that businesses should be socially responsible by seeking opportunities to benefit the society in which they are permitted to conduct their affairs. Others maintain that because businesses exist to make profits for owners; they have no further obligation to society than that (the defensive stance).

Identify a specific business that has been in the news lately for its contributions to the social good.

Identify a specific business that has been in the news lately for its unethical behavior.

Do the businesses serve as exemplars of businesses that comply with the general rules and regulations that govern finance and marketing? Note two examples for each business.

Compare and contrast the ethical behavior of the two businesses. Draft three or four suggestions as to how the business in step 3 can improve its ethics and meet regulatory violations.
Need help with this

Answers: 1

Show answers

Another question on Business

Business, 22.06.2019 06:20

About time delivery co. incurred the following costs related to trucks and vans used in operating its delivery service: classify each of the costs as a capital expenditure or a revenue expenditure. 1. changed the oil and greased the joints of all the trucks and vans. 2. changed the radiator fluid on a truck that had been in service for the past four years. 3. installed a hydraulic lift to a van. 4. installed security systems on four of the newer trucks. 5. overhaul the engine on one of the trucks purchased three years ago. 6. rebuilt the transmission on one of the vans that had been driven 40,000 miles. the van was no longer under warranty. 7. removed a two-way radio from one of the trucks and installed a new radio with a greater range of communication. 8. repaired a flat tire on one of the vans. 9. replaced a truck's suspension system with a new suspension system that allows for the delivery of heavier loads. 10. tinted the back and side windows of one of the vans to discourage theft of contents.

Answers: 1

Answer

Business, 22.06.2019 07:30

When selecting a savings account, you should look at the following factors except annual percentage yield (apy) fees minimum balance interest thresholds taxes paid on the interest variable interest rates

Answers: 1

Answer

Business, 22.06.2019 11:10

Use the information below to answer the following question. the boxwood company sells blankets for $60 each. the following was taken from the inventory records during may. the company had no beginning inventory on may 1. date blankets units cost may 3 purchase 5 $20 10 sale 3 17 purchase 10 $24 20 sale 6 23 sale 3 30 purchase 10 $30 assuming that the company uses the perpetual inventory system, determine the gross profit for the month of may using the lifo cost method.

Answers: 1

Answer

Business, 22.06.2019 18:30

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?

Answers: 1

Answer

You know the right answer?

Business Environment Activity Activity Overview
This activity examines the ethical responsibi...

Questions