Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya

IIM BODH GAYA

Final Examination - Term III

Master of Business Administration- Batch VII (2021-23)

Course: Business Ethics Duration: 1.5 hours
Course Instructor: Prof. Srividya Raghavan
Maximum Marks: 35

INSTRUCTIONS
Please number your answers to questions appropriately (confusing me, will not help you)
Think and frame your answer with clarity before writing (same as above)
Ensure that you explain your thought process in applying appropriate theory to context. iso
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Write your own answers (Remember thot even Calvin thought it was wrong to cheat on on
Frhics test
Please write legibly and digitize such that it can be read properly. (Giving awoy jree ma rks
for good-looking submissions)
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1. Write a cogent argument in 200 words on the fundamental conundrum of the Trolley
Problem? (5 Marks)

2 You work as a purchasing manager for a large European retailing company that is in the
process of revamping its line of own-label cosmetics. This line is important to your business,
and as your company has expanded, own label cosmetics have gradually occupied an
increasingly prominent role in the product mix in stores.

Your existing supplier of own-label products, Beauty-To-Go, has supplied your company for
ten years and over two-thirds of its business is accounted for by your company's orders. You
have a good relationship with the account manager who, like yourself, has been in her role
for number of years, and has become a good friend.

As you are considering how to proceed with the revamp, a competing supplier, Real
Cosmetics, contacts you and offer virtually identical products as offered by Beauty-To-Go, with
what appears to be equivalent supply arrangements, but at a slightly lower price per unit.
Over a year, this would work out to approximately 200,000 Euros savings-not a huge sum
for your company but a substantial saving of about 2% on your costs. In addition, Real
Cosmetics also highlights in its sales pitch that it goes well beyond the industry standards for
animal testing of the products ingredients again, a significant improvement over what
Beauty to Go has been offering you

BASED ON YOU ETHICAL REASONING ON THE ABOVE SCENARIO, ANSsWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS VERY BRIEFLY (10 marks: break-up as given)
 a. What are the ethical issues at stake in this situation? (2 marks)
course
b. Which ethical theories do you think might be of help in deciding an appropriate
of action? (3 marks)
C. What are the main considerations that these theories raise? (3 marks)
d. How would you proceed in this situation? (2 marks)

THE ETHICAL
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3. PICK ANY 3 OF THE FOLLOWING TO WRITE A SHORT NOTE (250 words) ON
LESSONS DRAWN FROM THESE CLASSICCASES/DISCUSSIONS-(

a. The Enron Case

b. The Merck Case
C. The 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse documentary
d. The Stanley Milgram StudyY
e. Solomon Ash Study

Legible writing & Good Scanning (2 marks)