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

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BMGT 496 7383 Business Ethics (2212)

BMGT 496 Exam (25%)

Step 1: Read the instructions to understand what is required

You are responsible for reading the instructions below prior to starting the exam to 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, Business 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 Business Insider Biggest Hacks article, research it (beyond the Business Insider article), and prepare your response to the following questions.

Business Insider Biggest Data Hacks of 2018

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

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:

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For this question, you will consider the relationship of Government, Business and Society and specifically the concept of Government Regulation of Business, 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 airplanes 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.

Step 4: Review the Exam

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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Step 5: Submit the exam in the Assignment Folder (The exam submitted to the Assignment Folder will be considered the student’s final product and therefore ready for grading by the instructor. It is incumbent upon the student to verify the assignment is the correct submission. No exceptions will be considered by the instructor).

How to Set Up the Exam

Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. The final product will cover all questions provided and should not exceed 5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page. Write clearly and concisely with 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 support what you write. Also,

Read and use the grading rubric while completing the exam to ensure all requirements are met that will lead to the highest possible grade. Third person writing is required. Third person means that there are no words such as I, me, my, we, or us (first person writing), nor is there use of you or your (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third- person.

Contractions are not used in business writing, so do not use them.

Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks. Paraphrase means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document. Instead put a passage from a source document into your own words and attribute the passage to the source document. Not using direct quotation marks means that there should be no passages with quotation marks and instead the source material is paraphrased as stated above. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. You may not use more than four consecutive words from a source document, as doing so would require direct quotation marks. Changing words from a passage does not exclude the passage from having quotation marks. If more than four consecutive words are used from source documents, this material will not be included in the grade and could lead to allegations of academic dishonesty.

You are expected to use the weekly course materials to develop the analysis and support the reasoning. Materials used from a source document must be cited and

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The only book you may use is the course eBook. You may not use a dictionary or Wikipedia, or Encyclopedias. Provide the page or paragraph number in every in-text citation presented. If the eBook does not have pages, provide the chapter title and topic heading. Note that this is not an APA requirement but an Attention to Instructions requirement.

NOTE: All submitted work is to be your original work. You may not use any work from another student, the Internet or an online clearinghouse. You are expected to understand the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy and know that it is your responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations to proper citation of sources as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 7th Ed. (Students are held accountable for in-text citations and an associated reference list only). Serious sanctions can result from violations of any type of the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism including a zero on a project, a zero for the course or dismissal from the University.

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Ever since the Ethiopian Airlines crash three weeks ago, the Federal Aviation

Administration has been under scrutiny. The agency had delegated to Boeing much of

the testing of its 737 MAX jets. Critics say the FAA let the company basically certify its

own plane. But as NPR’s Brian Naylor reports, that sort of thing happens a lot.

BRIAN NAYLOR, BYLINE: The FAA’s model of self-regulation has come under attack

from the government’s own watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, which,

as far back as the 1990s, criticized the practice. But James Goodwin of the Center for

Progressive Reform, a left-leaning research group, says it’s a model that’s used

throughout government.

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. Thomas McGarity of the

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University of Texas Law School says you can also see it at the Department of Interior’s

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, known as BSEE.

THOMAS MCGARITY: That’s the agency that failed pretty badly with the Deepwater

Horizon blowout several years ago. It’s a single agency regulator, and it allows owners

of offshore oil rigs to self-certify, do their annual certifications.

NAYLOR: After the blowout, the Obama administration reorganized the agency and

required well operators to hire independent third parties to conduct safety checks.

Now the Trump administration is trying to roll that regulation back. In a video on the

agency’s website, BSEE director Scott Angelle said the changes will not harm safety or

the environment.

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SCOTT ANGELLE: I am confident when reviewing the proposed revisions to the rule,

you will likewise conclude BSEE’s team of career engineers and regulatory specialists

used a scalpel rather than a chainsaw, seeking to improve public policy.

NAYLOR: Angelle is a former oil pipeline company board member, and his

background illustrates another concern about government agencies relying on

industries to self-regulate. UT’s McGarity says there is often a revolving door between

the two.

MCGARITY: That can really make things questionable sometimes because the person

working in the agency may well anticipate that in a few years, he or she will go out and

take a job with that regulated industry.

NAYLOR: Peter Van Doren, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute, argues

self-regulation has largely gone on unnoticed because, with a few exceptions, it’s been

a success.

PETER VAN DOREN: In effect, the delegation of all this to experts and the lack of

second guessing about all this occurred because it was working.

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NAYLOR: The Food and Drug Administration is another agency that relies on industry

– in this case, drug manufacturers – to test their own new drugs, with the data then

certified by FDA scientists. Goodwin at the Center for Progressive Reform says

agencies don’t have the funding they need to do more extensive oversight.

GOODWIN: Agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration and the Food and Drug

Administration just don’t have the resources or the technological capacity to keep up

with the rapidly evolving industries that they’re charged with overseeing.

NAYLOR: In fact, the acting director of the FAA said it would take nearly $2 billion

and 10,000 new employees for the agency to end its reliance on the aircraft

manufacturers to conduct their own certification tests. Brian Naylor, NPR News,

Washington.

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