4/23/2021 Exam – BMGT 496 7383 Ethics (2212)

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BMGT 496 7383 Ethics (2212)

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understanding the requirements and expectations of completing the exam. You are
expected to use the course materials to support the ideas and reasoning presented.

Step 2: Instructions

You have between Wednesday 12:00 a.m. and Monday, 11:59 p.m. eastern time to
complete the final exam. There is a 30 minute-grace period. If the exam is turned in after
the due date, the Late Assignment policy applies. No exam will be accepted after 11:59
p.m. eastern time on the last day of class.

You will answer in a question-answer format (only the question number as a heading and
not the scenario). For each of the following questions, prepare a response that addresses
all questions asked, fully supported with concepts from the course materials including the
course eBook. You are required to draw from the course materials unless indicated. All
source materials must be properly cited using APA. Not using the course materials will
negatively impact the grade.

Step 3: Answer the following questions using the course materials to support the
reasoning.

QUESTION 1 Environmental Issues

The text, Ethics, Chapter 14 provides several models and frameworks for a
business approach to the environment and sustainability including;

accelerate and innovate
monetize and count
express corporate responsibility

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Using the perspective of a business owner of a mid-size manufacturer, select the
approach/approaches you would recommend for this company (mid-size manufacturer).
Support the selection by explaining the approach, describing which of the five (5)
environmental positions you espouse, and how the approach and positions relate to key
ethical theories we have studied.

QUESTION 2 Data Security

For this question, please select one of the breaches listed in the Insider Biggest
Hacks article, research it (beyond the Insider article), and prepare your response
to the following questions.

Insider Biggest Data Hacks of 2018

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1. Discuss the nature of the breach in terms of WHO was harmed. Use a stakeholder
orientation as we studied to evaluate the harmed.

2. Define and explain the overarching ethical issues demonstrated by the data
breaches. Refer to our course text to define the issues. Explain how such
breaches prevail?

3. Discuss the level of governance that you espouse for the industry? Be sure to
support your position with information from our course learning and other well
researched reliable sources.

QUESTION 3 Government Regulation

The two (2) crashes of Boeing Airlines’ 737 Max 8 present an opportunity for examining the
interaction of regulators (Government), industry and society. The ongoing examination of
the crashes include investigation of the Boeing/FAA relationship and the role of regulators
including whether the airline manufacturing industry can / should self-govern. The following
articles provide background information on the Boeing Airlines case.

How Did the F.A.A. Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? | The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com Retrieve April 17 from: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-
columnists/how-did-the-faa-allow-the-boeing-737-max-to-fly

Boeing’s Not Alone In Companies That Government Agencies Have Let Self-Regulate |
NPR Heard on All Things Considered Retrieved May 20 from:

https://www.businessinsider.com/data-hacks-breaches-biggest-of-2018-2018-12

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-did-the-faa-allow-the-boeing-737-max-to-fly

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For this question, you will consider the relationship of Government, and Society
and specifically the concept of Government Regulation of , using the Boeing case
presented as an example. SELECT A POSITION ON THE REGULATION CONTINUUM
AS DEMONSTRATED BELOW.

1. Define and discuss the type of regulation espoused using concepts from the eBook
and examples from the case to support your recommendations. When referring to a
concept, you must include the definition from the eBook to establish its meaning.

2. Applying the regulation continuum selection and reasoning as a guide, answer the
following specific questions.

Explain the arguments for and against airline manufacturers being allowed to
self-regulate airplane’s safety testing and features? Which arguments support
your position on the continuum?
Explain the arguments for privately owned companies being allowed to lobby
against safety regulations? Which arguments support your position on the
continuum?
What examples, beyond Boeing support your selection and
recommendations? Be specific. This question will require research.

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Read the paper to ensure all required elements are present. Use the grading rubric to
ensure that you gain the most points possible for this assignment.

Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

Read the paper aloud as a first measure;
Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a second measure.

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complete sentences and indented paragraphs.

Completing the Exam

In order to complete this exam, you will want to first read the module, Learn How to Support
What You Write, as this assignment requires you to use the course material and research to
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Read and use the grading rubric while completing the exam to ensure all
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JAMES GOODWIN: I think the American public would be surprised and maybe even concerned if they knew how widespread the practice of self-regulation was. NAYLOR: It's especially prevalent in agencies that regulate single industries, like the FAA with air transport or the Federal Railroad Administration, which allows self- certification of conductors and engineers on trains. 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UMGC has modified this work and it is available under the original license. http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/The%20%20Ethics%20Workshop.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 627 Chapter 14 The Green Office: Economics and the Environment Chapter Overview Chapter 14 "The Green Office: Economics and the Environment" explores the multiple relations linking business, the environment, and environmental protection. The question of animal rights is also considered. Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 628 14.1 The Environment L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 1. Consider damage done to the environment in a business context. 2. Delineate major legal responses to concerns about the environment. Cancun Cancun, Mexico, is paradise: warm climate, Caribbean water, white sand beaches, stunning landscapes, coral reefs, and a unique lagoon. You can sunbathe, snorkel, parasail, shoot around on jet skis, and drink Corona without getting carded. Hordes of vacationers fill the narrow, hotel-lined peninsula—so many that the cars on the one main street snarl in traffic jams running the length of the tourist kilometers. It’s a jarring contrast: on one side the placid beaches (until the jet skis get geared up), and on the other there’s the single road about a hundred yards inland. Horns scream, oil-burning cars and trucks belch pollution, tourists fume. Cancun’s problem is that it can’t handle its own success. There’s not enough room for roads behind the hotels just like there’s not enough beach in front to keep the noisy jet skiers segregated from those who want to take in the sun and sea quietly. The environment hasn’t been able to bear the success either. According to a report, The tourist industry extensively damaged the lagoon, obliterated sand dunes, led to the extinction of varying species of animals and fish, and destroyed the rainforest which surrounds Cancun. The construction of 120 hotels in 20 years has also endangered breeding areas for marine turtles, as well as causing large numbers of fish and shellfish to be depleted or disappear just offshore. [1] For all its natural beauty, environmentally, Cancun is an ugly place. Those parts of the natural world that most tourists don’t see (the lagoon, the nearby forest, the fish life near shore) have been sacrificed so a few executives in suits can make money. Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 629 From its inception, Cancun was a business. The Mexican government built an airport to fly people in, set up rules to draw investors, and made it (relatively) easy to build hotels on land that only a few coconut harvesters from the local plantation even knew about. From a business sense, it was a beautiful proposition: bring people to a place where they can be happy, provide new and more lucrative jobs for the locals, and build a mountain of profit (mainly for government insiders and friends) along the way. Everything went according to plan. Those who visit Cancun have a wonderful time (once they finally get down the road to their hotel). College students live it up during spring break, young couples take their children to play on the beach, and older couples go down and remember that they do, in fact, love each other. So fish die, and people get jobs. Forests disappear, and people’s love is kindled. The important questions about business ethics and the environment are mostly located right at this balance and on these questions: how many trees may be sacrificed for human jobs? How many animal species can be traded for people to fall in love? What Is the Environment? Harm to the natural world is generally discussed under two terms: the environment and the ecosystem. The words’ meanings overlap, but one critical aspect of the term ecosystem is the idea of interrelation. An ecosystem is composed of living and nonliving elements that find a balance allowing for their continuation. The destruction of the rain forest around Cancun didn’t just put an end to some trees; it also jeopardized a broader web of life: birds that needed limbs for their nests disappeared when the trees did. Then, with the sturdy forest gone, Hurricane Gilbert swept through and wiped out much of the lower-level vegetation. Meanwhile, out in the sea, the disappearance of some small fish meant their predators had nothing to feed on and they too evaporated. What makes an ecosystem a system is the fact that the various parts all depend on each other, and damaging one element may also damage and destroy another or many others. In the sense that it’s a combination of interdependent elements, the tourist world in Cancun is no different from the surrounding natural world. As the traffic jams along the peninsula have grown, making it difficult for people to leave and get back to their hotels, the tourists have started migrating away, looking elsewhere for their vacation reservations. Of course Cancun isn’t going to disappear, but if you took that one road completely away, most everything else would go with it. So economic realities can Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org 630 resemble environmental ones: once a single part of a functioning system disappears, it’s hard to stop the effects from falling further down the line. What Kinds of Damage Can Be Done to the Environment? Nature is one of nature’s great adversaries. Hurricanes sweeping up …