DISCUSION/REVIEW QNS - PGDAF 2018-2019

1) Sound Business ethics is important for any organization. Explain.

2) The concepts of Transparency, Integrity and Accountability are considered to be key in

the debate on business ethics. Discuss three terminologies.

3) Consider the case of two neighbouring slaveholders in the American South before the
Civil war. The first slaveholders Jack Good, treats his slaves reasonably well. He knows
them by name, provides them with adequate shelter, and does not beat them unless they
break the rules he sets. Although he works them hard, they have some leisure time. None
of his slave has ever attempted to run away. On the whole, they consider themselves
lucky to have Mr. Good as their owner. The second slaveholders Simon, is very different.
He gives his slaves swill to eat, does not worry about their shelter, and makes them work
sixteen hours a day. He is capricious in his dealings with them, arbitrary in the
punishment he metes out, and surly in his attitude toward them. He is not above beating
them for the slightest infringement of his rules. He relentlessly pursues his runaway
slaves and makes an example of them with the severest of floggings.

Required

Of the two slaveholders, which is the more moral?

4) A Company’s commitment to ethics and creation of ethical corporate climate can be

affirmed by formulation of an effective general principles and procedures for ethical
compliance.

Required

Outline five general principles and procedures for ethical compliance.

5) Briefly describe the following terms related to business ethics:

a) Corruption d) Financial crimes

b) Fraud e) Bribery
c) Money Laundering

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 6) The NGOs groups tend to be much more focused on local poverty problems, and they are
much more focused on delivery of services and improving the conditions and lives of the
people in their communities.

Why do we have so many NGOs in Tanzania however things are worsening?

7) With concrete examples and facts show the truth of this statement “an

Unethical business is profitable only in the short term”.

8) What is the definition of bribery, and how does it differ from extortion and gift giving?
9) Why do many businesses in third world countries pose big environmental problems?

10) What is wrong with businesses saying that their environmental responsibility is linked
with what will generate a profit?
11) What are the effects of financial scandals and corruption to the poor in Tanzania today?

12) What is the impact of globalization on university education in Tanzania today?

13) Good ethics make good business sense. Your company stands to profit from a reputation
for acting with honesty and integrity.
Many companies "pay attention" to the social behavior of companies. Some protested
poor social performance by speaking out against the companies or refusing to buy their
products .Your policies and actions are under constant scrutiny and assessment by those
who can make or break your business. Can you afford not to do the right thing?
Discuss this statement keep your mind on these three points
a. How to choose an ethical course of action.
b. Ways to do right by your employees.

c. Tips for treating customers ethically.

14. Under globalization, products are not manufactured any more in one country and then
exported, rather, products are designed and produced in production sites in various locations
around the world and financed by global investors and holding companies. Globalization must
now be regarded as a fact. But for business ethics, this fact poses a severe problem.
Required
Examine the impacts of globalization on business ethics.

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15) A good friend of yours, who studied at the same university, has complaining for some time
to you that he never has any money. He decided that he needs to go out and find a job, and after
searching for a while is offered a job as a bartender in the student bar at your university. He
gladly accepts and begins three nights a week. You too are pleased, not only because it means
that your friend will have more money, but also because the fact is that you often go to the
students bar already and so will continue to see him quite frequently despite him having the new
job.
The extra money is indeed much welcomed by your friend (especially as he has less time to
spend it now too), and initially he seems to enjoy the work. You are also rather pleased with
developments since you notice that whenever you go up to the bar, your friend will always
serves you first regardless of how many people are waiting.
After a time though, it becomes apparent that your friend is enjoying the job rather less.
Whenever you see him, he always seems to have a new story of mistreatment at the hands of the
bar manager, such as getting the worst shifts, being repeatedly chosen to do the least popular
jobs, and being reprimanded for minor blunders that go uncensored for the rest of the staff.
This goes on for a short while and then one day, when you are in the bar having a drink with
some of your other friends, your friend the bartender does something that you are not quite sure
how to react to. When you go up to pay for a round of four beers for you and your other friends,
he discretely only charges you for one. While you are slightly uncomfortable with this, you
certainly don’t want to get your friend into any kind of trouble by mentioning it. And when you
tell your friends about it, they of course think it is very funny and congratulate you for the cheap
round of drinks! In fact, when the next one of your friends goes up to pay for some drinks, he
turns around and asks you to take his money, so that you can do the same trick for him. Although
you tell him to get his own drinks, your friend the bartender continues to undercharge you
whenever it is your turn to go to the bar. In fact this goes on for a number of visits, until you
resolve to at least say something to him when no one else behind the bar is listening. However,
when you do end up rising and you get a cheap night out. Besides, it’s only what this place
deserves after the way I’ve been treated.
Required
i. Who is wrong in this situation- your friend for undercharging you, you for accepting it,
both of you, or neither of you?

ii. Confronted by this situation, how would you handle it? Do nothing or ask your friend to
atop undercharging you? If you take the latter option, what would you do if he refused?

iii. To what extent do you think that being deliberately undercharged id different from other
forms of preferential treatment, such as serving you in front of other waiting customers?

iv. Does the fact that your friend feels aggrieved at the treatment he receives from his boss
condone his behaviour at all? Does it help to explain either his or your actions?