ADMAS UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance group Assignment (20%)
Objective: To Familiarizing students to the concept of Business Ethics and Morality
General Instruction
Submission Date: the paper should be submitted to the instructor in the following schedule June
8 and 9, 2022 (in your class sessions before starting class):
Group: Form a group consisting of maximum of (5) members, if possible based on intimacy or
relationship and report to the instructor ahead of time.
Evaluation: The group work will be evaluated out of 10% and students will be evaluated
individually for 10% in the class during presentation. Moreover, attendance is compulsory and
no excuse for absence.
It has been planned the maximum of 20 minutes will be allocated to each group and it will be
scheduled as per our convenience.
Source material: provide a list of the reference materials (books, manuals, internet etc) you used
in completing the paper
Content of the paper: the term paper should cover but not limited to the following topic
a) The Ethics of Care
b) Partiality and Care
c) Objections to Care
d) Virtue Ethics
e) The Nature of Virtue
f) The Moral Virtues
g) Virtues and Principles
h) Virtues, Actions and Institutions
i) Evolution of Corporate Governance
j) Foundations of Corporate Governance systems
k) Corporate Governance and its Impact on Financial Reporting
l) Discuss the difference between Moral and Ethics
m) Business Ethics and Cultural Difference
Use practical example (if necessary) that covers all the subtopics above and other issues that
should be addressed
4. Should the babysitter be fired?
5. Was Sylvia fair in her actions?
6. Is there ever a solution for working mothers?
7. Should
2. CASE working fathers take turns staying home?
STUDY
Business Ethics Case Studies
Case Study: Networking and J.R.
The University needed to purchase a networking system. Tim pressed hard for the 3-COM
network which Tiddley endorsed and supported. C.G. made an excellent point that Novell was
the system used in the industry as a standard. When Tim learned that Tiddley could bid Novell,
he agreed and bids were let for Novell's Netware.
Three very high priced bids came back from companies C.G. had never heard of; Tiddley bid
$46,000 and BIG BYTE bid $20,000. Tim suggested that the low bid be thrown out as low bids
often are. C.G. was frustrated, claiming the hardware shouldn't cost more than $14,000 - $15,000
at the most, proved it with ad prices, but Tiddley got the bid, this time through Cripple Creek
franchise's new salesman, Jim (J.R.'s son).
A clause in the bid required the equipment to be operational in thirty days. Three months later
the Tiddley installers contacted C.G. asking for help. C.G. found that Tiddley would have to
develop special drives. C.G. reported this to the CCVU purchasing agent who called Tiddley
Corporate Office (about the 30-day clause), they sent out 2 reps and fired the Cripple Creek store
manager on the spot. J.R. put his arm around the store manager, escorted him to CCVU
personnel office, informed the personnel officer that Computer Services had a new employee.
The personnel officer questioned the hiring; he soon left the University. The former Cripple
Creek Tiddley franchise manager remained with the University. The system finally came on line,
but has had many problems during its operation.
Questions:
1. Does the information presented raise questions about J.R.'s ethical philosophy?
2. If so, who should be concerned?
3. Tim was apparently between a rock and a hard place. Should he have acted differently?
4. What has CCVU taught C.G. Farnsworth about ethics?
5. What should C.G. do?
6. What was the ethical thing for the personnel officer to do?
7. If you were a member of the CCVU faculty, what would you do?
Note: Plagiarism will not be tolerated
