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1. An executive is privy to confidential investment

information after a board meeting and he discloses the
information to a friend who a hedge fund manager. The
hedge fund manager takes advantage of the opportunity
and makes millions from the company shares overnight.
Question:
Would a virtuous person have leaked the information? 5
points

- Yes it is possible for a highminded individual to have spilled the data since in spite of being
known as an ethical person he/ she is still a person competent of committing such acts. Nobody
is perfect we all commit mistakes.

2. Mendoza is the owner of a small business firm with 15

employees. At present, his business is not in good condition
and he needs 500,000 for the salary and other benefits of his
employees especially with the Christmas Season fast
approaching. He has done a lot of thinking and he can only
think of one feasible solution: fake some documents so that
he can loan in a bank where he has been a trusted client for
10 years. Mr. Mendoza thinks that he won’t be caught
because he is a trusted client for 10 years. He knows how
hard the lives of his employees are especially with the
typhoons that hit their areas. Mr Mendoza can’t take seeing
the faces of his employees’ children having nothing for the
 Christmas. After all, 500,000 is a small amount for a bank
that has been successfully for the last 100 years. He also
sees that the poor business condition is just temporary. In a
year’s time, he foresees that he can pay the bank in full
Question:

1. Do you think the actions of Mr. Mendoza is right? (Justify

your answer according to virtue ethics) 5 points
2. Will this change your position regarding his act? Why or why
not? 5 points
3. Would you agree with Mr. Mendoza’s course of action? 5
points
4. In the instant case when can you say that lying is
justified? 5 points
A. No, because even if his reason for doing it was great, he shouldn’t have done it. Lying to
the bank takes away the trust that the bank has given to him for being a trusted client
for a long time. A fake report may be a serious issue and can cause bad results that can
lead you to having a negative adjust and overdraft expenses.
B. My position has continuously been that he is within the off-base. In spite of the
goodwill he has been attempting to fulfill, what he did was wrong and
an unsafe activity. Misrepresentation of records could be a serious wrongdoing and
would cause harm on both sides. A long lasting relationship of trust with the bank would
be eradicated by fair one straightforward act and it might influence your
other exchanges to other banks and so does the discernment of individuals on you and
your commerce.
C. No since this will not as it were influence him but moreover the bank
he attempted to credit cash from. In case the bank would have found out around the
fake document, he would have been charged and would lose the trust of the bank. He
would have a chance having a negative balance in his account.
D. In any case, lying is terrible but it is advocated in time where in you're in a life
threatening circumstances. There are cases where in lying can be a device to maintain a
strategic distance from certain issues that can lead to something deadly and
lying justifies that to spare them from those issues.