Name: Trixia Dale P.

Jimeno GEN006: Applied Ethics

Lesson Title: The Role of Corporations and Large Businesses (Part 1)
Module #21 Student Activity Sheet

A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
INTRODUCTION (5 MINS)
Instructions: Answer the following question/s and write your answers in 2-3
sentences only.
1. Should large businesses be held accountable for the environmental crises?
2. Explain your answer.
 Yes, major corporations should be held accountable since their scale of
operations, resource consumption, and waste creation typically result in a
considerable environmental imprint. Holding them accountable might
motivate them to adopt more environmentally friendly practices and lessen
their environmental impact.

B. MAIN LESSON
LESSON PRESENTATION/CONTENT NOTES (15 MINS)
SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITY: RESEARCH EXPLORATION/ANNOTATION ACTIVITY (30
MINS)
Instructions: Read the following online articles and/or watch the videos below.
You can also do your own research regarding environmental taxation,
environmental sustainability, among others. Then, you are to make annotations
on the articles you’ve read or videos you’ve watched. This will serve as a
preparatory activity for the skill-building activity of the next lesson. Here are a few
guide questions for the annotation activity:
1. Who is the speaker/author? What is their background?
2. What are the important points mentioned by the speaker/author?
3. What were the ideas introduced? How did the speaker/author develop the ideas
mentioned?
4. What was the progression of the speech or article? Was the intent or objective
clear?
5. Do you agree with the ideas and points mentioned by the speaker/author? Do
you have any questions?
6. Were you able to relate the discussions in the video/article with your personal
experiences?

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: TRUE/FALSE (5 MINS)

Instructions: Write T if the statement is true and F if otherwise.
T 1.)Business institutions are primarily responsible for polluting the environment.
F 2.)The game argument claims that ethical principles are not necessary to
regulate the conduct of business, for the market forces are sufficient.
F 3.) Recycling, Reducing, and Reusing are not essential to provide environmental
protection.
F 4.) The legal argument claims that there is no need for ethical principles to guide
business activities since the laws of government are sufficient.
F 5.) Oils Spills refer to the increased levels of harmful carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere produced by the burning of fossil fuels.