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Using the concepts, theories and principles from your readings from Chapters 7 through 10, the internet or any other resources, address the following the questions. Your responses for each question should be thorough enough to completely address the questions and not less than two, double-spaced paragraphs typed in a 12 font pitch. Remember to cite any sources you use.
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1. Why do centralized organizations tend to be more ethical than decentralized ones? Provide a situation or example in which a decentralized organization might be more ethical than a centralized one?
2. How do societal expectations affect corporations and their ethical initiatives? Give an example of a company that had to alter a product or service because of society’s concerns about its health, moral, or social impacts.
3. Describe the different kinds of power. Show how some types of power more likely to result in ethical behavior than others?
4. What are the major features of a successful ethics training program and communication systems? Give an example of a company with strong employee ethics training.
5. What is the role of an ethics officer within an organization? What are his or her duties? To whom does the FSGO guidelines recommend that the ethics officer report? Research the internet and find a major corporation which has an ethics officer.
6. Explain the benefits and risks of ethics auditing.
7. How can companies secure stakeholder input during an ethics audit? Why is it important to do so?
8. Using a past or current employer as an example, describe the process of conducting an ethics audit in detail.
9. Why are many international business ethics issues different from domestic ethical issues? Give examples.
10. Using any two (2) Fortune 100 American multinational corporations, discuss the ethical issues associated with the corporations.
11. What is dumping and why is it considered anticompetitive? Does the United States allow dumping? What products have been “dumped” in the U.S. and which companies did the “dumped” products originate?